Constituency
37. Kakching
Community mirrorManipur Assembly Election, 1980
MN-KAKCHING
CPI 38.1%won by 3.9%JNP 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.3% to 3.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.2% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
11,449
Margin
449
3.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1KSHETRI IRABOTCommunist Party of India · CPI4,36538.1%
- 2YENGKHOM THAMBALJanata Party · JNP3,91634.2%
- 3NONGMAITHEM MODHUIndian National Congress · INC2,86825.1%
- 4KSHETRIMAYUM GOBARDHONMPP · MPP3002.6%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −33.0%
- CPI share
- 36.9% → 38.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- — → —