1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Kerala state assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.23%
 First partySecond party
  E.K.Nayanar 1.jpg Karunakaran Kannoth.jpg
Leader E.K. Nayanar K. Karunakaran
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader's seat Malampuzha Mala
Seats won9346
Seat changeNewNew
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Kerala, India
Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
Chief Minister before election

President's Rule

 Chief Minister

E. K. Nayanar
CPI(M)

Elections were held on 1980 January 3 and 5 to elect members to the sixth Niyamasabha. This election saw the formation of two pre-poll alliances, viz. LDF and UDF, most of whose constituent parties were part of the erstwhile United Front. CPI(M)-led LDF to win the election, after winning 93 seats altogether. E. K. Nayanar was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 26 March 1980 [1]

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History

The Congress party had split into two splinter parties, the INC (I) and the INC (U). Kerala Congress too underwent a split, with the formation of KC (M) and the KC (J). The ML (O) assumed the name AIML. [2] The United Front which won the 1977 election, had dissolved in 1979 which lead to the creation of two long-running alliance formula in the state:

Results

Party Wise Results

Party Wise Results [1]
India Kerala Legislative Assembly 1980.svg
PartySeatsAlliance
Communist Party of India (CPI)17Left Democratic Front
Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM)35
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))21
Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)1
Kerala Congress (M) (KCM)8
All India Muslim League (AIMUL)5
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)6
Indian National Congress (I) (INC (I))17United Democratic Front
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)14
Kerala Congress (J) (KEC)6
Janata Party (JNP)5
National Democratic Party (NDP)3
Praja Socialist Party (PSP)1
Independent (IND)1N/A
Total140LDF-93,UDF-46,IND-1

Constituency Wise Results

Detailed constituency-wise Results [3] [4]
Sl No.Constituency NameCategoryWinner Candidates NameGenderPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NameGenderPartyvote
1ManjeshwarGENDr. A. Subba RaoMCPI20816Chorkalam AbdullahMMUL20660
2KasaragodGENC. T. AhamedaliMMUL30793Gorvacis AreeckalMKEC14113
3UdmaGENK. PurushothamanMCPM31948N. K. BalakrishnanMIND26928
4HosdrugSCK. T. KumaranMCPI42136T. Kumaran MasterMINC(I)32031
5TrikaripurGENP. KarunakaranMCPM47643K. P. KunhikannanMINC(I)32026
6IrikkurGENRam Chandran KacannoppallyMINC(U)37440Dr. K. C. JosephMKCJ31992
7PayyannurGENN. Subrammaniya ShenoyMCPM46351T. V. KoranMIND26939
8TaliparambaGENC. P. Moossan KuttyMCPM47420Chandren T. P.MIND30829
9AzhikodeGENP. DevootyFCPM38985T. V. NarayananMINC(I)24502
10CannanoreGENP. BhaskaranMJNP35565O. BharathanMCPM35216
11EdakkadGENP. P. V. MoosaMIML39843K. SudhakaranMJNP29886
12TellicherryGENM. V. RajagopalanMCPM42673V. P. MarakikarMINC(I)25971
13PeringalamGENA. K. SaseendranMINC(U)38049K. C. MararMJNP32159
14KuthuparambaGENN. V. RaghavanMCPM44207R. KarunakaranMIND22556
15PeravoorGENK. P. NoorudeenMINC(U)45486C. M. Karunakaran NambiarMINC(I)31370
16North WayanadSTM. V. Rajan MasterMINC(I)33723A. GopalanMCPM29940
17BadagaraGENK. Chandra SekharanMJNP41684P. V. KunhikannanMCPM40322
18NadapuramGENK. T. KanaranMCPI42680Dr. K. G. AdiyediMINC(I)36940
19MeppayurGENA. V. Abdulurahiman HajiMIML43851P. K. K. BavaMMUL36044
20QuilandyGENManimangalath KuttialyMINC(I)42171P. K. SankaranMCPM37143
21PerambraGENV. V. DakshinamoorthyMCPM44695K. A. DevassiaMKCJ35227
22BalusseriGENA. C. ShanmukhadasMINC(U)39664P. K. Sankaran KuttyMJNP30716
23KoduvallyGENP. V. MohammedMMUL41134K. MoossakuttyMCPM35608
24Calicut- IGENN. Chandrasekhara KurupMCPM41796K. T. RaghavanMINC(I)38011
25Calicut- IIGENP. M. AbubackarMIML40160C. K. NanuMJNP34931
26BeyporeGENN. P. MoideenMINC(U)43360N. K. Abdulla KoyaMMUL36052
27KunnamangalamSCK. P. RamanMIML35234K. GopalanMINC(I)31173
28ThiruvambadyGEN P. Cyriac John MINC(U)35623N. M. HussainMMUL29953
29KalpettaGEN M. Kamalam FJNP37442K. Abdul KhaderMRSP24403
30Sultan's BatteryGENK. K. Ramachandran MasterMINC(I)36974P. T. JoseMKEC29580
31WandoorSC M. A. Kuttappan MINC(I)35187P. SureshMINC(U)29298
32NilamburGENC. HaridasMINC(U)41744T. K. HamsaMINC(I)35321
32 1 NilamburGENA.MohammadMINC(U)49609M.R.ChandranMINC(I)31768
33ManjeriGENC. H. Mohamed KoyaMMUL43209M. P. M. Aboobacker KunikkalMIML21905
33 2 ManjeriGENI.Kurikkal.M.P.MMMUL47988M.C.MohammedMIML26179
34MalappuramGENU. A. BeeranMMUL36602T. K. F. M. A. Muthukoya ThangalMIML17272
35KondottyGENP. Seethi HajiMMUL41848M. C. MohamedMIML26650
36TirurangadiGENAvukkaderkutty MahaMMUL37775K. Koyakunhi NahaMCPI25816
37TanurGENE. AhmmedMMUL38998U. K. BhasyMINC(U)15265
38TirurGENP. T. Kunhi Mohammed Alias Kunhutty HajeeMMUL38469Mohammed S/O AbduMIML36201
39PonnaniGENK. SreedharanMCPM38791P. T. KohanakrishnanMINC(I)36475
40KuttippuramGENKorambayil Ahammed HajiMMUL33863P. V. S. Musthafa Pookkoya ThangalMIML15703
41MankadaGENK. P. MajeedMMUL35623Abu Haji K.MIML31861
42PerinthalmannaGENNalakath SooppyMMUL37203Paloli Mohammed KuttyMCPM33289
43ThrithalaSCM. P. ThamiMINC(I)30214N. SubbayyanMINC(U)29595
44PattambiGENM. P. GangadharanMINC(I)31570E. P. GopalanMCPI28119
45OttapalamGENV. C. KabeerMINC(U)23683P. R. NambiarMJNP20499
46SreekrishnapuramGENK. SankaranarayananMINC(I)33532M. P. KunjuMCPM33114
47MannarkkadGENA. P. HamzaMMUL30091A. N. YusufMCPI28703
48MalampuzhaGENE. K. NayanarMCPM35333K. RajanMJNP19776
49PalghatGENC. M. SundaramMIND35902K. A. ChandranMINC(U)25695
50ChitturGENK. KrishnankuttyMJNP23882P. SankarMCPI23578
51KollengodeGENC. Vasudeva MenonMCPM36688A. Sunna SahibMINC(I)34156
52CoyalmannamSCT. K. ArumughanMCPM34530V. ManiMINC(I)28210
53AlathurGENC. T. KrishnanMCPM36244K. P. KaladharanMIND30262
54ChelakaraSCK. K. BalakrishnanMINC(I)32024K. S. SankaranMCPM30899
55WadakkancheryGENK. S. Narayanan NamboodriMINC(I)34658A. PadmanabhanMCPM32391
56KunnamkulamGEN K. P. Viswanathan MINC(U)33127N. MadhavaMIND16421
57CherpuGENK. P. PrabhakaranMCPI35973Therambil RamakrishnanMIND29253
58TrichurGENM. K. KannanMCPM32296K. J. GeorgeMJNP28872
59OllurGENRaghavan PoshakadavilMINC(I)32302Francis P. R.MINC(U)32277
60KodakaraGENLonappan NambadanMKEC29023V. L. LonappanMINC(I)24503
61ChalakudiGENP. K. IttoopMKEC30786P. A. ThomasMINC(I)30657
62MalaGENK. KarunakaranMINC(I)35964Paul KokkatMCPM32562
63IrinjalakudaGENJoes ThanickalMINC(U)36086A. P. GeorgeMJNP28396
64ManalurGENV. M. SudheeranMINC(U)35551N. I. DevassikuttyMINC(I)27619
65GuruvayoorGENB. V. Seethi ThangalMMUL30176C. K. KumaranMCPM28424
66NattikaGENP. K. GopalakrishnanMCPI31463K. MoiduMJNP26900
67KodungallurGENV. K. RajanMCPI35567Kollickatharan RaviMIND33047
68AnkamaliGENA. P. KurrianMCPM40565P. J. JoyMJNP38759
69VadakkekaraGENT. K. AbduMCPM38387P. N. Sukumaran NairMJNP26640
70ParurGENA. C. JoseMINC(U)31246K. P. GeorgeMIND26761
70 2 ParurGENA.C.JoseMIND32781S.PillaiMCPI31335
71NarakkalSCM. K. KrishnanMCPM34932T. K. C. VaduthalaMIND31959
72ErnakulamGENA. L. JacobMINC(I)36668K. N. RavindranathMCPM36091
73MattancherryGENM. J. ZakariaMIML26543A. S. AbdulrahimanMJNP24757
74PalluruthyGENT. P. Peethambaran MasterMINC(U)40879T. T. MathewMKCJ33663
75ThrippunithuraGENT. K. RamakrishnanMCPM44813H. N. Velayudhan NairMIND34720
76AlwayeGENK. Mohammed AliMINC(U)46291T. H. MustaffaMINC(I)39962
77PerumbavoorGENP. R. SivanMCPM40525Kochunny Master A. A.MINC(I)33455
78KunnathunadGENP. P. EsthoseMCPM36460P. P. ThankachanMINC(I)36027
79PiravomGENP. C. ChaekoMINC(U)38659C. PauloseMIND35408
80MuvattupuzhaGENV. JosephMKCJ37044Johny Nelloor VarkeyMKEC33523
81KothamangalamGEN T. M. Jacob MKCJ40356M. V. ManiMKEC32843
82ThodupuzhaGENP. J. JosephMKCJ43410Kusuman JosephFINC(U)33093
83DevicolamSCG. VaradanMCPM36346P. A. PrakashMIND19951
84IdukkiGENJose KuttyaniMINC(I)33367V. T. SebastianMKEC28838
85UdumbancholaGENThomas JosephMKEC38417Pachady SreedaranMIND33030
86PeermadeGENC. A. KurianMCPI34795Michaal ManarkattuMINC(I)31444
87KanjirappallyGENThomas KallampallyMKEC33172Joseph VaranamMKCJ31167
88VazhoorGENM. K. JosephMKEC27819P. S. JohnMINC(I)16377
89ChanganacherryGENC. F. ThomasMKEC37041K. J. ChackoMKCJ34408
90KottayamGENK. M. AbrahamMCPM37588P. B. R. PillaiMJNP25624
91EttumanoorGENVaikom ViswanMCPM34239George Joseph PodiparaMIND33865
92PuthuppallyGENOommen ChandyMINC(U)38612M. R. G. PanickerMIND24953
93PoonjarGENP. C. GeorgeMKCJ25806V. J. JosephMKEC24658
94PalaiGENK. N. ManiMKEC38739M. M. JacobMINC(I)34173
95KaduthuruthyGENO. LukoseMKEC32863E. J. LukoseMKCJ31577
96VaikomSCM. K. KesavanMCPI40590GopalanMIND28098
97AroorGENK. R. GouriFCPM44219T. K. Sadanandan (Sadanadan Kunjan)MINC(I)31855
98SherthalaiGENP. S. SreenivasanMCPI38613Joseph MathanMJNP27200
99MararikulamGENA. V. ThamarakshanMRSP45714Raju GangadharanMIND35885
100AlleppeyGENP. K. Vasudevan NairMCPI34786K. P. Ramchandran NairMIND33783
101AmbalapuzhaGENP. K. ChandranandanMCPM36009V. DinakaranMIND32884
102KuttanadGENOoman MathewMKCJ37346K. P. JosephMCPM33256
103HaripadGENC. B. WarrierMCPM41514G. P. Mangalathu MademMINC(I)38105
104KayamkulamGENThachedy PrabhakaranMINC(U)41320Thundathil Kunjukrishna PillaiMINC(I)29718
105ThiruvallaGENP. C. ThomasMJNP29485Varghese KarippavilMKCP28285
106KalloopparaGENK. A. MathewMKCJ29399C. A. MathewMKEC24261
107AranmulaGENK. K. SreenivasanMINC(I)30227Thoppil RaviMINC(U)27121
108ChengannurGENK. R. Saraswathi AmmaFIND35910Thomas KuthiravattomMKEC31610
109MavelikaraGENS. Govinda KurupMCPM37990N. Bhaskaran NairMIND32063
110PandalamSCP. K. VelayudhanMINC(U)39890P. S. RajanMINC(I)32376
111RanniGENM. C. CherianMINC(U)31243Sunny PanavelilMINC(I)30097
112PathanamthittaGENK. K. NairMIND27549Eapan VarugheseMKCJ25566
113KonniGENV. S. Chandra Sekhar PillaiMCPM33107G. Gopinadhan NairMINC(U)31054
114PathanapuramGENE. K. PillaiMCPI37527Bava SahibMIND28328
115PunalurGENP. K. SreenivasanMCPI36133Sam Oommen OommenMKCJ33920
115 2 PunalurGENV.S.PillaiMKCJ46553P.K.SreenivasanMCPI45579
116ChadayamangalamGENE. Chandrasekharan NairMCPI33991Valiyaveedan Mohammed KunjuMMUL23107
117KottarakkaraGENR. Balakrishna PillaiMKCP48473Thevannoor Sreedharan NairMIND11762
118NeduvathurSCC. K. ThankappanMCPM35041M. R. KottaraMINC(I)28784
119AdoorGENC. P. Karunakaran PillaiMCPM31639Thennala Balakrishna PillaiMINC(I)28326
120KunnathurSCKallada NarayananMRSP40582Kottakkuzhy SukumaranMJNP29686
121KarunagappallyGENB. M. SheriffMCPI35831T. V. VijayarajanMIND33842
122ChavaraGENBaby JohnMRSP41448C. RajendranMJNP24835
123KundaraGENV. V. JosephMCPM39690V. Sankara Narayana PillaiMINC(I)27319
124QuilonGENK. SivadasanMRSP35749C. V. PadmarajanMINC(I)33335
125EravipuramGENR. S. UnniMRSP45281A. Yunus KunjuMMUL31712
126ChathanoorGENJ. ChitharanjanMCPI34037Varinjam Vasu PillaiMJNP28670
127VarkalaGENVarkala RadhakrishanMCPM34148G. KarthikeyanMINC(I)26887
128AttingalGENVakkom PurushothamanMINC(U)35634Vakkom DevarajanMIND22561
129KilimanoorSCBhargavi ThunkappanFCPI36513V. K. RamMJNP14761
130VamanapuramGENKoliyakode N. Krishnan NairMCPM38333A. Nafeesath BeeviFINC(I)26273
131AriyanadGENK. PankajakshanMRSP29108Charupara RaviMJNP27822
132NedumangadGENK. V. SurendranathMCPI33919Purathekattu Chandrasekharan NairMIND27619
133KazhakuttamGENN. M. HassanMINC(U)35739Lakshmanen VaidyanMINC(I)32939
134Trivandrum NorthGENK. AnirudhanMCPM36460R. Sundaresan NairMJNP34200
135Trivandrum WestGENP. A. Mohemmed KannuMMUL31490K. C. VamadevanMRSP26231
136Trivandrum EastGENC. S. Neelakantan NairMIND33519K. Sankaranarayana PillaiMINC(U)32734
137NemomGENE. Ramesan NairMINC(I)37589S. Varaderajan NairMINC(U)30312
138KovalamGENM. R. Raghu Chandra BalMINC(I)40047V. ThankayyanMCPI32526
139NeyyattinkaraGENR. Sundaresan NairMIND39975R. Parameswaran PillaiMCPM30331
140ParassalaGENN. Sundaran NadarMINC(I)40680M. SathynesanMCPM26121
1 Bye-poll on 1980
2 Bye-poll on 1984

Aftermath

Formation of Ministry

On 25 January 1980, a 17 member ministry headed by E.K. Nayanar of CPI(M) was sworn in, revoking President's rule. [5]

Withdrawal of support

Despite the thumping majority for the LDF in the Assembly, the Nayanar government’s majority depended on the support of 21 members of the Congress (U), led by A. K. Antony, as well as eight members of the Mani faction of the Kerala Congress. Both of these factions had trouble with the CPI (M) style of rule, and withdrew their support on 16 October 1981, leading to Nayanar’s resignation 4 days later.

Formation of new government

Following two months of uncertainty, Congress (S) decided to suppoer Congress (Indira), and an eight-member ministry was formed on 28 December 1981, with K. Karunakaran, of Indira-Congress, at the helm. It was the twelfth ministry in Kerala. However Karunakaran couldn’t build a comfortable majority either, as troubles began to rise as the Congress (S) split into two factions, 16 members joining the Antony group and six remaining as members of the Chacko group, along with a split in Janata Party.

With these shifts, the Assembly was divided exactly down the middle, with the ruling front of the Congress and the CPI (M)-led Opposition both having 70 MLAs each. The only vote that shifted the balance was Speaker A. C. Jose’s. His casting vote, exercised eight times, was the only thing that kept the Karunakaran government in power for nearly three months.

The deadlock finally came to an end when Lonappan Nambadan, a founder-member of the Kerala Congress – then allied with the ruling United Democratic Front – voted against the government. On 17 March 1982, the Karunakaran government resigned and the Assembly was dissolved. The state came under President’s rule for the eighth time, forcing an interim election in 1982. [6] [1]

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