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Constituency

86. Peermade

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-PEERMADE

CPI 51.5%won by 5.0%INC 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 5.0%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 86.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
67,501
Margin
3,351
4.96%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1C. A. KURIANCommunist Party of India · CPI34,79551.5%
  2. 2MICHAAL MANARKATTUIndian National Congress · INC31,44446.6%
  3. 3CHELLAMUTHU THANGAMUTHUIndependent · IND4950.7%
  4. 4CHELLIAH R. K.Independent · IND2720.4%
  5. 5MARISHNANKUKTTY KUMARANIndependent · IND2440.4%
  6. 6MANMADHAN NAIR AYYAPPAB NAIRIndependent · IND1510.2%
  7. 7VISWANATHA PANICKER SANKARANIndependent · IND1000.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−44.9%
CPI share
49.9% → 51.5%
INC share
0.0% → 46.6%
Turnout
— → —
85. Udumbanchola87. Kanjirappally
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