Constituency
195. Trichur
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-TRICHUR
CPM 51.0%won by 11.3%INCI 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.3%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.2% to 51.0% of the vote here (+7.8%).
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 16.0% to 61.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,22,311
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
3,82,690
Margin
43,151
11.28%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1K. A. RAJANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,95,34351.0%
- 2P.P. GEORGEINCI · INCI1,52,19239.8%
- 3K.V.K. PANICKERJanata Party · JNP25,1336.6%
- 4M.M. BENNYIndependent · IND2,3390.6%
- 5P. DAMODARA MENONIndependent · IND1,9220.5%
- 6K.R. MADHAVANIndependent · IND1,8260.5%
- 7M.S. CHANDRAPRAKASAM(MADAKKAVIL)Independent · IND1,7500.5%
- 8SUKUMARAN POTTEKATIndependent · IND1,3740.4%
- 9M.K. BALAGANGADHARA THILAKANIndependent · IND8110.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INCI swing
- −32.0%
- CPM share
- 43.2% → 51.0%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- 77.5% → 61.5%