Constituency
194. Ottapalam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-OTTAPALAM
CPM 52.6%won by 6.1%INCI 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.1%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.8% to 52.6% of the vote here (+6.7%).
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 46.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 16.7% to 58.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,66,300
Turnout
58.0%
Valid votes
3,86,568
Margin
23,408
6.06%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1A.K. BALANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,03,25652.6%
- 2V. EACHARANINCI · INCI1,79,84846.5%
- 3K. SANKARANIndependent · IND3,4640.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INCI swing
- −39.8%
- CPM share
- 45.8% → 52.6%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- 74.7% → 58.0%