Constituency
48. Malampuzha
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-MALAMPUZHA
CPM 61.6%won by 27.1%JNP 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 27.1%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
57,339
Margin
15,557
27.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1E. K. NAYANARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,33361.6%
- 2K. RAJANJanata Party · JNP19,77634.5%
- 3A. V. ARYANIndependent · IND1,5532.7%
- 4M. MANIKANIndependent · IND6771.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–JNP swing
- −24.5%
- CPM share
- 51.6% → 61.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —