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122. Chavara

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

KL-CHAVARA

RSP 60.0%won by 24.0%JNP 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.8% to 24.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.8% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
69,103
Margin
16,613
24.04%

Candidates

6 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1BABY JOHNRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP41,44860.0%
  2. 2C. RAJENDRANJanata Party · JNP24,83535.9%
  3. 3C. JOSEPHIndependent · IND1,2881.9%
  4. 4JALALUDDIN A.SUC · SUC6881.0%
  5. 5M. UMMER KHANIndependent · IND4910.7%
  6. 6T. N. RAGHAVAN PILLAIIndependent · IND3530.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–JNP swing
−36.8%
RSP share
60.8% → 60.0%
JNP share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
— → —
121. Karunagapally123. Kundara
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