Kerala assembly election, Jan 1980
140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 71.88% turnout.
Seats
140
Candidates
602
13 women, 5 elected
Turnout
71.88%
95.4 lakh of 1.33 cr
Leading party
CPM
35 of 140 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 35 | +18 | 50 | 18,46,312 | 19.35% | -2.83 |
| INC(U)INC(U) | 21 | +21 | 31 | 10,75,770 | 11.28% | — |
| INC(I)INC(I) | 17 | +17 | 53 | 16,24,446 | 17.03% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 17 | -6 | 22 | 7,44,112 | 7.80% | -2.14 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 14 | +1 | 21 | 6,84,910 | 7.18% | +0.51 |
| KECKerala Congress | 8 | -12 | 17 | 5,00,894 | 5.25% | -3.13 |
| KECJKECJ | 6 | +6 | 17 | 4,71,817 | 4.95% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 6 | -3 | 8 | 2,88,516 | 3.02% | -1.18 |
| INDIndependent | 5 | -4 | 329 | 11,52,537 | 12.08% | +0.35 |
| JNPJanata Party | 5 | +5 | 29 | 7,27,635 | 7.63% | — |
| IMLIML | 5 | +5 | 11 | 3,35,223 | 3.51% | — |
| KCPKCP | 1 | -1 | 2 | 76,758 | 0.80% | -3.73 |
| JNPSJNPS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7,855 | 0.08% | — |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3,885 | 0.04% | +0.02 |
| ILPILP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 0.00% | — |
| ADKADK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 224 | 0.00% | -0.02 |
- CPM35 (25%)
- INC(U)21 (15%)
- INC(I)17 (12%)
- CPI17 (12%)
- MUL14 (10%)
- KEC8 (6%)
- Others28 (20%)
- CPM35
- INC(U)21
- INC(I)17
- CPI17
- MUL14
- KEC8
- Others28
- CPM35
- INC(U)21
- INC(I)17
- CPI17
- MUL14
- KEC8
- KECJ6
- RSP6
- IND5
- JNP5
- IML5
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 140 results in Kerala
Closest contest
OLLUR
won by 25 (0.04%)
Biggest victory
KOTTARAKARA
won by 36,711 (56.17%)
Highest turnout
AROOR
85.25%
Lowest turnout
OTTAPALAM
50.75%
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1977), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained62 (44%)
- Changed hands75 (54%)
- New seat3 (2%)
62 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 75 changed hands. 3 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC(U)
- INC(I)
- CPI
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | CPMC. P. KARUNAKARAN PILLAI | INC(I)THENNALA BALAKRISHNA PILLAI | 3,3135.35% | 69.0% |
| ALATHUR | CPMC. T. KRISHNAN | INDK. P. KALADHARAN | 5,9828.93% | 64.2% |
| ALLEPPEY | CPIP. K. VASUDEVAN NAIR | INDK. P. RAMCHANDRAN NAIR | 1,0031.44% | 76.4% |
| ALWAYE | INC(U)K. MOHAMMED ALI | INC(I)T. H. MUSTAFFA | 6,3297.16% | 80.2% |
| AMBALAPUZHA | CPMP. K. CHANDRANANDAN | INDV. DINAKARAN | 3,1254.54% | 78.5% |
| ANKAMALI | CPMA. P. KURRIAN | JNPP. J. JOY | 1,8062.22% | 83.2% |
| ARANMULA | INC(I)K. K. SREENIVASAN | INC(U)THOPPIL RAVI | 3,1065.22% | 71.2% |
| ARIYANAD | RSPK. PANKAJAKSHAN | JNPCHARUPARA RAVI | 1,2862.24% | 67.7% |
| AROOR | CPMK. R. GOURI | INC(I)T. K. SADANANDAN (SADANADAN KUNJAN) | 12,36416.03% | 85.3% |
| ATTINGAL | INC(U)VAKKOM PURUSHOTHAMAN | INDVAKKOM DEVARAJAN | 13,07321.70% | 65.5% |
| AZHICODE | CPMP. DEVOOTY | INC(I)T. V. NARAYANAN | 14,48322.65% | 78.0% |
| BADAGARA | JNPK. CHANDRA SEKHARAN | CPMP. V. KUNHIKANNAN | 1,3621.66% | 80.4% |
| BALUSSERI | INC(U)A. C. SHANMUKHADAS | JNPP. K. SANKARAN KUTTY | 8,94812.71% | 78.3% |
| BEYPORE | INC(U)N. P. MOIDEEN | MULN. K. ABDULLA KOYA | 7,3089.15% | 77.0% |
| CALICUT- I | CPMN. CHANDRASEKHARA KURUP | INC(I)K. T. RAGHAVAN | 3,7854.73% | 66.0% |
| CALICUT- II | IMLP. M. ABUBACKAR | JNPC. K. NANU | 5,2296.96% | 66.6% |
| CANNANORE | JNPP. BHASKARAN | CPMO. BHARATHAN | 3490.49% | 77.9% |
| CHADAYAMANGALAM | CPIE. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR | MULVALIYAVEEDAN MOHAMMED KUNJU | 10,88418.76% | 70.0% |
| CHALAKUDI | KECP. K. ITTOOP | INC(I)P. A. THOMAS | 1290.20% | 75.7% |
| CHANGANACHERRY | KECC. P. THOMAS | KECJK. J. CHACKO | 2,6333.69% | 77.5% |
| CHATHANOOR | CPIJ. CHITHARANJAN | JNPVARINJAM VASU PILLAI | 5,3677.91% | 71.4% |
| CHAVARA | RSPBABY JOHN | JNPC. RAJENDRAN | 16,61324.04% | 78.3% |
| CHELAKARA | INC(I)K. K. BALAKRISHNAN | CPMK. S. SANKARAN | 1,1251.77% | 68.8% |
| CHENGANNUR | INDK. R. SARASWATHI AMMA | KECTHOMAS KUTHIRAVATTOM | 4,3006.23% | 77.0% |
| CHERPU | CPIK. P. PRABHAKARAN | INDTHERAMBIL RAMAKRISHNAN | 6,72010.18% | 74.9% |
| CHITTUR | JNPK. KRISHNANKUTTY | CPIP. SANKAR | 3040.49% | 63.3% |
| COYALMANNAM | CPMT. K. ARUMUGHAN | INC(I)V. MANI | 6,3209.90% | 63.6% |
| DEVICOLAM | CPMG. VARADAN | INDP. A. PRAKASH | 16,39528.08% | 54.3% |
| EDAKKAD | IMLP. P. V. MOOSA | JNPK. SUDHAKARAN | 9,95714.09% | 79.9% |
| ERAVIPURAM | RSPR. S. UNNI | MULA. YUNUS KUNJU | 13,56917.27% | 75.5% |
| ERNAKULAM | INC(I)A. L. JACOB | CPMK. N. RAVINDRANATH | 5770.78% | 69.7% |
| ETTUMANOOR | CPMVAIKOM VISWAN | INDGEORGE JOSEPH PODIPARA | 3740.54% | 70.0% |
| GURUVAYOOR | MULB. V. SEETHI THANGAL | CPMC. K. KUMARAN | 1,7522.96% | 66.0% |
| HARIPAD | CPMC. B. WARRIER | INC(I)G. P. MANGALATHU MADEM | 3,4094.19% | 82.6% |
| HOSDRUG | CPIK. T. KUMARAN | INC(I)T. KUMARAN MASTER | 10,10513.62% | 70.6% |
| IDUKKI | INC(I)JOSE KUTTYANI | KECV. T. SEBASTIAN | 4,5297.11% | 64.2% |
| IRIKKUR | INC(U)RAM CHANDRAN KACANNOPPALLY | KECJDR. K. C. JOSEPH | 5,4487.77% | 74.7% |
| IRINJALAKUDA | INC(U)JOES THANICKAL | JNPA. P. GEORGE | 7,69011.73% | 71.2% |
| KADUTHURUTHY | KECO. LUKOSE | KECJE. J. LUKOSE | 1,2861.92% | 74.7% |
| KALLOOPPARA | KECJK. A. MATHEW | KECC. A. MATHEW | 5,1389.10% | 67.5% |
| KALPETTA | JNPM. KAMALAM | RSPK. ABDUL KHADER | 13,03920.70% | 66.9% |
| KANJIRAPPALLY | KECTHOMAS KALLAMPALLY | KECJJOSEPH VARANAM | 2,0053.03% | 71.6% |
| KARUNAGAPALLY | CPIB. M. SHERIFF | INDT. V. VIJAYARAJAN | 1,9892.82% | 78.5% |
| KASARAGOD | MULC. T. AHAMEDALI | KECGORVACIS AREECKAL | 16,68032.45% | 63.7% |
| KAYAMKULAM | INC(U)THACHEDY PRABHAKARAN | INC(I)THUNDATHIL KUNJUKRISHNA PILLAI | 11,60216.33% | 77.7% |
| KAZHAKUTTAM | INC(U)N. M. HASSAN | INC(I)LAKSHMANEN VAIDYAN | 2,8003.99% | 69.3% |
| KILIMANOOR | CPIBHARGAVI THUNKAPPAN | JNPV. K. RAM | 21,75241.04% | 52.1% |
| KODAKARA | KECLONAPPAN NAMBADAN | INC(I)V. L. LONAPPAN | 4,5206.90% | 71.2% |
| KODUNGALLUR | CPIV. K. RAJAN | INDKOLLICKATHARAN RAVI | 2,5203.66% | 76.1% |
| KODUVALLY | MULP. V. MOHAMMED | CPMK. MOOSSAKUTTY | 5,5267.20% | 79.3% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
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 in Kerala, 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 assembly seats does Kerala have?
Kerala has 140 assembly seats.