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Constituency

61. Chalakudi

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-CHALAKUDI

KEC 48.0%won by 0.2%INC 47.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: KCP (KCP) lost it to Kerala Congress (KEC), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • KEC vote shareKEC went from 0.0% to 48.0% of the vote here (+48.0%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 129 votes (0.20%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
64,096
Margin
129
0.20%

Candidates

7 contested · winner KEC
  1. 1P. K. ITTOOPKerala Congress · KEC30,78648.0%
  2. 2P. A. THOMASIndian National Congress · INC30,65747.8%
  3. 3C. J. GEORGEIndependent · IND1,6872.6%
  4. 4P. L. CHINNAPAPPAIndependent · IND3290.5%
  5. 5N. A. GEORGEIndependent · IND2260.4%
  6. 6K. L. THIMOTHYIndependent · IND2200.3%
  7. 7K. P. JOHNIndependent · IND1910.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
KCP
Winner now
KECflipped
KEC–INC swing
+42.9%
KEC share
0.0% → 48.0%
INC share
42.7% → 47.8%
Turnout
— → —
60. Kodakara62. Mala
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