Constituency
29. Kalpetta
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-KALPETTA
JNP 59.4%won by 20.7%RSP 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 20.7%.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 59.4% of the vote here (+59.4%).
- New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 38.7% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
62,996
Margin
13,039
20.70%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1M. KAMALAMJanata Party · JNP37,44259.4%
- 2K. ABDUL KHADERRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP24,40338.7%
- 3PILEKKAL VARGHESEIndependent · IND5010.8%
- 4M. P. VIJAYAKUMARIndependent · IND2690.4%
- 5VELAKOMBIL GOPALAN V. K.Independent · IND1860.3%
- 6T. J. ANTONYIndependent · IND1020.2%
- 7VADAKKEKKARA VARGHESE NATHAIIndependent · IND930.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–RSP swing
- +20.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.4%
- RSP share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —