Constituency
126. Chathanoor
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-CHATHANOOR
CPI 50.2%won by 7.9%JNP 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.4% to 7.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.2% — 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
67,870
Margin
5,367
7.91%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1J. CHITHARANJANCommunist Party of India · CPI34,03750.2%
- 2VARINJAM VASU PILLAIJanata Party · JNP28,67042.2%
- 3PHILIP M. PRASADJNPS · JNPS3,1044.6%
- 4A. ABDUL SAMEIIndependent · IND7151.1%
- 5A. RAGHAVANIndependent · IND5910.9%
- 6K. BADARUDDINSUC · SUC3770.6%
- 7N. GANAPATHY PILLAIIndependent · IND2210.3%
- 8P. K. CHANDRANIndependent · IND1550.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −54.9%
- CPI share
- 62.8% → 50.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —