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Kerala Lok Sabha 1980

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKerala
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
1.33Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
82.47L
62.2% of electors
Median turnout
61.4%
Median of 20 seats
CPI(M) short
−4
Below majority · 7 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: CPI(M) 7, INC 5, INC(U) 3, ML 2, KEC 1, IND 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: CPI(M) 7, INC 5, INC(U) 3, ML 2, KEC 1, IND 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20CPI(M) 7 · 4 short of majority
CPI(M) 735.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
INC 525.0% Indian National Congress
INC(U) 315.0% Indian National Congress (U)
ML 210.0% Muslim Leage
KEC 15.0% Kerala Congress
IND 15.0% Independents
CPI 15.0% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 26.3%5 seats · 25.0%
CPI(M) 21.5%7 seats · 35.0%
INC(U) 15.8%3 seats · 15.0%
JNP 6.7%0 seats
MUL 5.6%Seats unmatched
Others 24.1%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • ML2 seats
  • KEC1 seat
  • IND1 seat
  • CPI1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. CPI(M) converted 21.5% of votes into 35.0% of seats, a seat premium of 13.5 pp.

    7 ÷ 20 = 35.0% · 35.0 − 21.5 = +13.5

  2. JNP polled 6.7% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 20 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 6.7 = −6.7

  3. Ernakulam was decided by 2,502 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Alleppey had the widest margin, 1,14,764.

    min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; INC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 20 · INC 1

  5. Turnout ran from 53.0% in Adoor to 73.9% in Badagara; the median seat polled 61.4%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510061.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 840.0% of seats
60–70 1050.0% of seats
70–80 210.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestAdoor53.0%
  • HighestBadagara73.9%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1980, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Kasaragod M. Ramanna Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,66,974 73,587 15.8 68.8
02 Cannanore K. Kunhambu Indian National Congress (U) 4,49,902 73,257 16.3 70.5
03 Badagara K.P. Unnikrishnan Indian National Congress (U) 5,06,343 41,682 8.2 73.9
04 Calicut E. K. Imbichi Bava Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,27,612 40,695 9.5 60.6
05 Manjeri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Muslim Leage 4,35,656 34,581 7.9 64.6
06 Ponnani Banatwala Gulam Mehmood Muslim Leage 4,05,196 50,863 12.6 60.4
07 Palghat V.S. Vijaya Raghavan Indian National Congress 4,15,718 12,088 2.9 59.0
08 Ottapalam A.K. Balan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,91,617 23,408 6.0 58.8
09 TrichurSC K. A. Rajan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,87,098 43,151 11.1 62.2
10 Mukundapuram Balanandan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,04,796 65,131 16.1 63.8
11 ErnakulamCLOSEST Xavier Varghese Arakal Indian National Congress 3,98,409 2,502 0.6 59.0
12 Muvattupuzha George Joseph (Baby Mundackal) Independent 3,63,029 4,330 1.2 57.2
13 Kottayam Skaria Thomas Kerala Congress 3,83,531 5,375 1.4 58.2
14 Idukki M.M. Lawrence Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,77,284 7,033 1.9 54.1
15 AlleppeyWIDEST Suseela Gopalana Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,22,720 1,14,764 27.1 65.4
16 MavelikaraSC P. J. Kurien Indian National Congress (U) 4,21,893 63,122 15.0 67.6
17 Adoor P. K. Kodiyan Communist Party of India 3,24,289 25,399 7.8 53.0
18 Quilon B. K. Nair Indian National Congress 4,20,586 36,586 8.7 63.6
19 Chirayinkil A. A. Rahim Indian National Congress 3,90,602 6,063 1.6 59.1
20 Trivandrum A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar Indian National Congress 4,53,458 1,07,057 23.6 63.5
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,14,764 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · Kerala · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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