Constituency
94. Palai
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-PALAI
KEC 52.7%won by 6.2%INC 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedKerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 6.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,495
Margin
4,566
6.21%
Candidates
5 contested · winner KEC- 1K. N. MANIKerala Congress · KEC38,73952.7%
- 2M. M. JACOBIndian National Congress · INC34,17346.5%
- 3ESTHAPPAN AUGUSTHIIndependent · IND2910.4%
- 4RAMACHANDRAN NAIR (EDAMATTON)Independent · IND1580.2%
- 5V. GOPINATHAN NAIRIndependent · IND1340.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- KEC
- Winner now
- KEC
- KEC–INC swing
- −54.8%
- KEC share
- 61.0% → 52.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- — → —