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Constituency

78. Kunnathunad

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-KUNNATHUNAD

CPM 49.4%won by 0.6%INC 48.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 0.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.3% of the vote between them, up from 92.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 433 votes (0.59%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
73,757
Margin
433
0.59%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−3.6%
CPM share
48.1% 49.4%
INC share
44.0% 48.8%
Turnout