Constituency
192. Ponnani
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-PONNANI
MUL 55.5%won by 12.7%INCU 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedMUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.9% to 12.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.7% to 59.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,71,001
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
4,01,261
Margin
50,863
12.68%
Candidates
3 contested · winner MUL- 1BANATWALA GULAM MEHMOODMUL · MUL2,22,83455.5%
- 2ARIADAN MOHAMEDINCU · INCU1,71,97142.9%
- 3P.H. GOPALA IYERIndependent · IND6,4561.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–INCU swing
- −51.3%
- MUL share
- 63.9% → 55.5%
- INCU share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- 73.5% → 59.8%