Election
Constituency

2. Kasaragod

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-KASARAGOD

MUL 59.9%won by 32.5%KEC 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

MUL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 32.5%.

  • New challengerKerala Congress (KEC) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
51,401
Margin
16,680
32.45%

Candidates

5 contested · winner MUL
  1. 1C. T. AHAMEDALIMUL · MUL30,79359.9%
  2. 2GORVACIS AREECKALKerala Congress · KEC14,11327.5%
  3. 3KAYYAR KINHANNA RAIIndependent · IND5,74211.2%
  4. 4K. KISHNANIndependent · IND3980.8%
  5. 5A. G. NAIRIndependent · IND3550.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
MUL
Winner now
MUL
MUL–KEC swing
−22.0%
MUL share
54.5% → 59.9%
KEC share
0.0% → 27.5%
Turnout
— → —
1. Manjeswar3. Udma
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