Constituency
53. Alathur
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-ALATHUR
CPM 54.1%won by 8.9%IND 45.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 8.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
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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Valid votes
66,962
Margin
5,982
8.93%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1C. T. KRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,24454.1%
- 2K. P. KALADHARANIndependent · IND30,26245.2%
- 3A. BALANIndependent · IND4560.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −39.4%
- CPM share
- 50.5% → 54.1%
- IND share
- 2.2% → 45.2%
- Turnout
- — → —