1980 Indian general election in Kerala

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1980 Indian general election
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E.K.Nayanar 1.jpg
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Leader E. K. Nayanar K. Karunakaran
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader's seat--
Last election020
Seats won128
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 12Decrease2.svg 12
Prime Minister before election

Charan Singh
JP(S)

Prime Minister after election

Indira Gandhi
INC

The 1980 Parliamentary Election was a mid-term election held following the collapse of the Janata Party led governments led by Prime Ministers Morarji Desai and Charan Singh. It was also the first election that the Indian National Congress fought from the opposition. The party had suffered a split, with the faction led by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Indian National Congress (Indira)) asserting its electoral popularity by winning 353 seats and forming a majority government of its own..

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This was the first election fought in Kerala since the two coalitions, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) came into existence. These elections were held in the backdrop of growing political instability in Kerala. The previous Legislative Assembly (1977-79) had seen four Chief Ministers come to power- K. Karunakaran, A.K. Antony, P. K. Vasudevan Nair and C. H. Mohammed Koya, The Communist Party of India, the INC (U) and KC (Mani) split off from the United Front coalition led by the Indian National Congress to form the LDF, a coalition with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the principle opposition party in Kerala. On the other hand, the INC (I) along with the Indian Union Muslim League, KC (Joseph) and the Janata Party formed the primary components of the UDF.

The LDF registered a comfortable victory over the UDF by winning 12 seats over the 8 seats bagged by the latter. In the assembly election held a fortnight later, the LDF came to power with senior CPI(M) leader E. K. Nayanar assuming the office of Chief Minister.

Parties and alliances

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Key CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Key
8
2. Indian National Congress (Urs) No image available.svg 6
3. Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
2
4. Kerala Congress Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 2
5. Revolutionary Socialist Party Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png 1
6. All India Muslim League No image available.svg 1

United Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 11
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Janata Party 3
4. Independent No image available.svg 4

Results

No.PartySeats wonSeats contestedVotesVoteshare
Left Democratic Front (LDF)
1Communist Party of India (Marxist)7817,54,38721.5%
2Indian National Congress (Urs)3612,94,48015.8%
3Communist Party of India123,37,1944.1%
4Kerala Congress123,56,9974.4%
5All India Muslim League011,96,8202.4%
6Revolutionary Socialist Party011,85,5622.3%
TotalLDF122041,25,44050.5%
United Democratic Front (UDF)
1Indian National Congress (Indira)51121,50,18626.3%
2Indian Union Muslim League224,54,2355.6%
3Independents-146,76,1648.2%
4Janata Party035,22,3216.3%
TotalUDF82038,02,90646.4%
Vote Share by alliance
  1. LDF (50.5%)
  2. UDF (46.4%)
  3. Other (3.10%)

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