Constituency
83. Devicolam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-DEVICOLAM
CPM 62.2%won by 28.1%IND 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.1%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 34.0% to 62.2% of the vote here (+28.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
58,395
Margin
16,395
28.08%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1G. VARADANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,34662.2%
- 2P. A. PRAKASHIndependent · IND19,95134.2%
- 3S. M. PONNUSAMYJanata Party · JNP1,8893.2%
- 4INPANATHANIndependent · IND2090.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- +9.2%
- CPM share
- 34.0% → 62.2%
- IND share
- 15.0% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- — → —