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Constituency

5. Trikkarpur

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-TRIKKARPUR

CPM 59.1%won by 19.4%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 19.4%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
80,615
Margin
15,617
19.37%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1P. KARUNAKARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,64359.1%
  2. 2K. P. KUNHIKANNANIndian National Congress · INC32,02639.7%
  3. 3V. V. RAGHAVANIndependent · IND9461.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−34.6%
CPM share
53.9% → 59.1%
INC share
0.0% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
4. Hosdrug6. Irikkur
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