Constituency
190. Calicut
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-CALICUT
CPM 53.6%won by 9.6%JNP 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 53.6% of the vote here (+53.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 20.3% to 60.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,05,630
Turnout
60.0%
Valid votes
4,23,031
Margin
40,695
9.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1E. K. IMBICHI BAVACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,26,94053.6%
- 2ARANGIL SREEEDHARANJanata Party · JNP1,86,24544.0%
- 3P.O.G. NAMBIARIndependent · IND7,8271.9%
- 4M.P. SHANTHI VARMA JAINIndependent · IND2,0190.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- +9.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 53.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 80.2% → 60.0%