Constituency
187. Kasaragod
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-KASARAGOD
CPM 56.9%won by 15.9%JNP 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 15.9%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 49.4% to 56.9% of the vote here (+7.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.5% to 68.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,78,476
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
4,63,026
Margin
73,587
15.89%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1M. RAMANNA RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,63,67356.9%
- 2O. RAJAGOPALJanata Party · JNP1,90,08641.1%
- 3PATTATHIL RAGHAVANIndependent · IND4,3600.9%
- 4M.A. ABDULLA MALLATHIndependent · IND2,4920.5%
- 5K.V. BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND2,4150.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −33.5%
- CPM share
- 49.4% → 56.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- 77.7% → 68.3%