Constituency
124. Quilon
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-QUILON
RSP 50.9%won by 3.4%INC 47.5%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 3.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.5% — 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
70,222
Margin
2,414
3.44%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1K. SIVADASANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP35,74950.9%
- 2C. V. PADMARAJANIndian National Congress · INC33,33547.5%
- 3LUKOSE KURIAKOSESUC · SUC5560.8%
- 4M. PAVITHNANIndependent · IND4230.6%
- 5CHANDRAN UNNITHANIndependent · IND1590.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- −55.7%
- RSP share
- 59.1% → 50.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- Turnout
- — → —