Kerala assembly election, Jan 1980

The 7th Kerala legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

140

71 needed for a majority

Largest party

CPM

35 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

602

13 women, 5 elected

Turnout

71.88%

95.4 lakh of 1.33 cr

The house

140 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

CPM35
INC(U)21
INC(I)17
CPI17
MUL14
KEC8
KECJ6
RSP6
IND5
JNP5
IML5
Others1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Kerala assembly election (1977)

CPM

+18

KEC

-12

CPI

-6

IND

-4

RSP

-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	35	+18	50	52.4%	18,46,312	19.35%	-2.83	0
INC(U)INC(U)	21	—	31	51.1%	10,75,770	11.28%	—	0
INC(I)INC(I)	17	—	53	44.1%	16,24,446	17.03%	—	3
CPI Communist Party of India	17	-6	22	51.3%	7,44,112	7.80%	-2.15	0
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	14	+1	21	50.1%	6,84,910	7.18%	+0.51	1
KEC Kerala Congress	8	-12	17	44.6%	5,00,894	5.25%	-3.13	0
KECJ KECJ	6	—	17	39.7%	4,71,817	4.95%	—	3
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	6	-3	8	51.8%	2,88,516	3.02%	-1.18	0
IND Independent	5	-4	329	5.2%	11,52,537	12.08%	+0.36	295
JNP Janata Party	5	—	29	38.2%	7,27,635	7.63%	—	4
IML IML	5	—	11	46.1%	3,35,223	3.51%	—	0
KCP KCP	1	-1	2	62.0%	76,758	0.80%	-3.73	0
JNPS JNPS	0	—	4	2.9%	7,855	0.08%	—	4
SUC SUC	0	0	6	0.9%	3,885	0.04%	+0.02	6
ILP ILP	0	—	1	0.3%	245	0.00%	—	1
ADK ADK	0	0	1	0.3%	224	0.00%	-0.02	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Kerala at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Jan 1980

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
KOTTARAKARA	Kerala	KCPR. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI	INDTHEVANNOOR SREEDHARAN NAIR	36,71156.17%
TANUR	Kerala	MULE. AHMMED	INC(U)U. K. BHASY	23,73343.74%
KILIMANOOR	Kerala	CPIBHARGAVI THUNKAPPAN	JNPV. K. RAM	21,75241.04%
KUTTIPPURAM	Kerala	MULKORAMBAYIL AHAMMED HAJI	IMLP. V. S. MUSTHAFA POOKKOYA THANGAL	18,16036.64%
MALAPPURAM	Kerala	MULU. A. BEERAN	IMLT. K. F. M. A. MUTHUKOYA THANGAL	19,33035.88%
KASARAGOD	Kerala	MULC. T. AHAMEDALI	KECGORVACIS AREECKAL	16,68032.45%
MANJERI	Kerala	MULC. H. MOHAMED KOYA	IMLM. P. M. ABOOBACKER KUNIKKAL	21,30432.24%
KUTHUPARAMBA	Kerala	CPMN. V. RAGHAVAN	INDR. KARUNAKARAN	21,65132.11%
KUNNAMKULAM	Kerala	INC(U)K. P. VISWANATHAN	INDN. MADHAVAN	16,70628.19%
DEVICOLAM	Kerala	CPMG. VARADAN	INDP. A. PRAKASH	16,39528.08%

Closest results of Jan 1980

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
OLLUR	Kerala	INC(I)RAGHAVAN POSHAKADAVIL	INC(U)FRANCIS P. R.	250.04%
CHALAKUDI	Kerala	KECP. K. ITTOOP	INC(I)P. A. THOMAS	1290.20%
MANJESWAR	Kerala	CPIDR. A. SUBBA RAO	MULCHORKALAM ABDULLAH	1560.29%
CHITTUR	Kerala	JNPK. KRISHNANKUTTY	CPIP. SANKAR	3040.49%
CANNANORE	Kerala	JNPP. BHASKARAN	CPMO. BHARATHAN	3490.49%
ETTUMANOOR	Kerala	CPMVAIKOM VISWAN	INDGEORGE JOSEPH PODIPARA	3740.54%
KUNNATHUNAD	Kerala	CPMP. P. ESTHOSE	INC(I)P. P. THANKACHAN	4330.59%
SREEKRISHNAPURAM	Kerala	INC(I)K. SANKARANARAYANAN	CPMM. P. KUNJU	4180.61%
ERNAKULAM	Kerala	INC(I)A. L. JACOB	CPMK. N. RAVINDRANATH	5770.78%
THRITHALA	Kerala	INC(I)M. P. THAMI	INC(U)N. SUBBAYYAN	6191.03%

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, Jan 1980?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 35 of 140 seats, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, Jan 1980?

Turnout was 71.88% — 95.4 lakh of 1.33 cr registered electors voted.

How many candidates contested the Kerala assembly election, Jan 1980?

602 candidates contested 140 seats.