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Kerala Assembly Election, 1980

140 seats · 63 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1980 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 35 seatsINCU — 21 seatsIndian National Congress — 17 seatsCommunist Party of India — 17 seatsMUL — 14 seatsKerala Congress — 8 seatsKCJ — 6 seats5 other parties — 22 seats71140of 140 seats
  • CPM35
  • INCU21
  • INC17
  • CPI17
  • MUL14
  • KEC8
  • KCJ6
  • Others22

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3525%18,46,31219.4%50
INCUINCU2115%10,75,77011.3%31
INCIndian National Congress1712%16,24,44617.0%53
CPICommunist Party of India1712%7,44,1127.8%22
MULMUL1410%6,84,9107.2%21
KECKerala Congress86%5,00,8945.2%17
KCJKCJ64%4,71,8174.9%17
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party64%2,88,5163.0%8
INDIndependent54%11,52,53712.1%329
JNPJanata Party54%7,27,6357.6%29
IMLIML54%3,35,2233.5%11
KCPKCP11%76,7580.8%2

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1980 · selected
Majority 71
CPM35INCU21INC17CPI17MUL14KEC8KCJ6RSP6IND5JNP5+2 more · 6 seats
1977 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
22.2
19.4
0.0
11.3
20.0
17.0
9.9
7.8
6.7
7.2
8.4
5.2
0.0
4.9
CPMINCUINCCPIMULKECKCJ

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
17 → 35
+18
INCU
0 → 21
+21
INC
38 → 17
−21
CPI
23 → 17
−6
MUL
13 → 14
+1
KEC
20 → 8
−12
KCJ
0 → 6
+6
RSP
9 → 6
−3
IND
9 → 5
−4
JNP
0 → 5
+5

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
INCU
0.0% → 11.3%
+11.3%
JNP
0.0% → 7.6%
+7.6%
KCJ
0.0% → 4.9%
+4.9%
IML
0.0% → 3.5%
+3.5%
MUL
6.7% → 7.2%
+0.5%
IND
11.7% → 12.1%
+0.4%
RSP
4.2% → 3.0%
−1.2%
CPI
9.9% → 7.8%
−2.1%
CPM
22.2% → 19.4%
−2.8%
INC
20.0% → 17.0%
−3.0%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1977 → 1980. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Pattambi
−98.4%
Cannanore
+98.3%
Badagara
+97.4%
Trichur
+96.9%
Hosdrug
−91.6%
Nadapuram
−90.7%
Ettumanoor
+86.6%
Quilon
−85.8%
Peermade
−83.0%
Devicolam
+77.3%
Kundara
+67.8%
Puthuppally
+59.4%

Closest races · 1980

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1980

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1977