Constituency
136. Trivandrum East
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1980
KL-TRIVANDRUM-EAST
IND 49.5%won by 1.2%INCU 48.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.3% to 1.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 48.3% — 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
67,731
Margin
785
1.16%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1C. S. NEELAKANTAN NAIRIndependent · IND33,51949.5%
- 2K. SANKARANARAYANA PILLAIINCU · INCU32,73448.3%
- 3N. SOMASEKHARANIndependent · IND5100.8%
- 4P. I. ALEXANDERIndependent · IND4300.6%
- 5I. A. PAILOIndependent · IND2310.3%
- 6V. SADANARAJANIndependent · IND1430.2%
- 7PARAVOOR MOHAMMED BASHEERIndependent · IND860.1%
- 8V. HAREENDRAN NAIRIndependent · IND780.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INCU swing
- −56.6%
- IND share
- 57.8% → 49.5%
- INCU share
- 0.0% → 48.3%
- Turnout
- — → —