1980_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election Knowpia

1980 Kerala state assembly election
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly; 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.23%
	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]

History edit

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:

The United Democratic Front (UDF) consisting of the INC (I), the IUML, the KC (J), the PSP, the NDP, and the SRP
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) comprising, the CPM, the CPI, the INC (U), the KC (M), the KC (PG), the AIML, and the RSP

Results edit

Party Wise Results edit

**Party Wise Results**^[1]

Party	Seats	Alliance
Communist Party of India (CPI)	17	Left 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))	17	United 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)	1	N/A
Total	140	LDF-93,UDF-46,IND-1

Constituency Wise Results edit

**Detailed constituency-wise Results^[3]**^[4]
Sl No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Gender	Party	vote
1	Manjeshwar	GEN	Dr. A. Subba Rao	M	CPI	20816	Chorkalam Abdullah	M	MUL	20660
2	Kasaragod	GEN	C. T. Ahamedali	M	MUL	30793	Gorvacis Areeckal	M	KEC	14113
3	Udma	GEN	K. Purushothaman	M	CPM	31948	N. K. Balakrishnan	M	IND	26928
4	Hosdrug	SC	K. T. Kumaran	M	CPI	42136	T. Kumaran Master	M	INC(I)	32031
5	Trikaripur	GEN	P. Karunakaran	M	CPM	47643	K. P. Kunhikannan	M	INC(I)	32026
6	Irikkur	GEN	Ram Chandran Kacannoppally	M	INC(U)	37440	Dr. K. C. Joseph	M	KCJ	31992
7	Payyannur	GEN	N. Subrammaniya Shenoy	M	CPM	46351	T. V. Koran	M	IND	26939
8	Taliparamba	GEN	C. P. Moossan Kutty	M	CPM	47420	Chandren T. P.	M	IND	30829
9	Azhikode	GEN	P. Devooty	F	CPM	38985	T. V. Narayanan	M	INC(I)	24502
10	Cannanore	GEN	P. Bhaskaran	M	JNP	35565	O. Bharathan	M	CPM	35216
11	Edakkad	GEN	P. P. V. Moosa	M	IML	39843	K. Sudhakaran	M	JNP	29886
12	Tellicherry	GEN	M. V. Rajagopalan	M	CPM	42673	V. P. Marakikar	M	INC(I)	25971
13	Peringalam	GEN	A. K. Saseendran	M	INC(U)	38049	K. C. Marar	M	JNP	32159
14	Kuthuparamba	GEN	N. V. Raghavan	M	CPM	44207	R. Karunakaran	M	IND	22556
15	Peravoor	GEN	K. P. Noorudeen	M	INC(U)	45486	C. M. Karunakaran Nambiar	M	INC(I)	31370
16	North Wayanad	ST	M. V. Rajan Master	M	INC(I)	33723	A. Gopalan	M	CPM	29940
17	Badagara	GEN	K. Chandra Sekharan	M	JNP	41684	P. V. Kunhikannan	M	CPM	40322
18	Nadapuram	GEN	K. T. Kanaran	M	CPI	42680	Dr. K. G. Adiyedi	M	INC(I)	36940
19	Meppayur	GEN	A. V. Abdulurahiman Haji	M	IML	43851	P. K. K. Bava	M	MUL	36044
20	Quilandy	GEN	Manimangalath Kuttialy	M	INC(I)	42171	P. K. Sankaran	M	CPM	37143
21	Perambra	GEN	V. V. Dakshinamoorthy	M	CPM	44695	K. A. Devassia	M	KCJ	35227
22	Balusseri	GEN	A. C. Shanmukhadas	M	INC(U)	39664	P. K. Sankaran Kutty	M	JNP	30716
23	Koduvally	GEN	P. V. Mohammed	M	MUL	41134	K. Moossakutty	M	CPM	35608
24	Calicut- I	GEN	N. Chandrasekhara Kurup	M	CPM	41796	K. T. Raghavan	M	INC(I)	38011
25	Calicut- II	GEN	P. M. Abubackar	M	IML	40160	C. K. Nanu	M	JNP	34931
26	Beypore	GEN	N. P. Moideen	M	INC(U)	43360	N. K. Abdulla Koya	M	MUL	36052
27	Kunnamangalam	SC	K. P. Raman	M	IML	35234	K. Gopalan	M	INC(I)	31173
28	Thiruvambady	GEN	P. Cyriac John	M	INC(U)	35623	N. M. Hussain	M	MUL	29953
29	Kalpetta	GEN	M. Kamalam	F	JNP	37442	K. Abdul Khader	M	RSP	24403
30	Sultan's Battery	GEN	K. K. Ramachandran Master	M	INC(I)	36974	P. T. Jose	M	KEC	29580
31	Wandoor	SC	M. A. Kuttappan	M	INC(I)	35187	P. Suresh	M	INC(U)	29298
32	Nilambur	GEN	C. Haridas	M	INC(U)	41744	T. K. Hamsa	M	INC(I)	35321
32 ¹	Nilambur	GEN	A.Mohammad	M	INC(U)	49609	M.R.Chandran	M	INC(I)	31768
33	Manjeri	GEN	C. H. Mohamed Koya	M	MUL	43209	M. P. M. Aboobacker Kunikkal	M	IML	21905
33 ²	Manjeri	GEN	I.Kurikkal.M.P.M	M	MUL	47988	M.C.Mohammed	M	IML	26179
34	Malappuram	GEN	U. A. Beeran	M	MUL	36602	T. K. F. M. A. Muthukoya Thangal	M	IML	17272
35	Kondotty	GEN	P. Seethi Haji	M	MUL	41848	M. C. Mohamed	M	IML	26650
36	Tirurangadi	GEN	Avukkaderkutty Maha	M	MUL	37775	K. Koyakunhi Naha	M	CPI	25816
37	Tanur	GEN	E. Ahmmed	M	MUL	38998	U. K. Bhasy	M	INC(U)	15265
38	Tirur	GEN	P. T. Kunhi Mohammed Alias Kunhutty Hajee	M	MUL	38469	Mohammed S/O Abdu	M	IML	36201
39	Ponnani	GEN	K. Sreedharan	M	CPM	38791	P. T. Kohanakrishnan	M	INC(I)	36475
40	Kuttippuram	GEN	Korambayil Ahammed Haji	M	MUL	33863	P. V. S. Musthafa Pookkoya Thangal	M	IML	15703
41	Mankada	GEN	K. P. Majeed	M	MUL	35623	Abu Haji K.	M	IML	31861
42	Perinthalmanna	GEN	Nalakath Sooppy	M	MUL	37203	Paloli Mohammed Kutty	M	CPM	33289
43	Thrithala	SC	M. P. Thami	M	INC(I)	30214	N. Subbayyan	M	INC(U)	29595
44	Pattambi	GEN	M. P. Gangadharan	M	INC(I)	31570	E. P. Gopalan	M	CPI	28119
45	Ottapalam	GEN	V. C. Kabeer	M	INC(U)	23683	P. R. Nambiar	M	JNP	20499
46	Sreekrishnapuram	GEN	K. Sankaranarayanan	M	INC(I)	33532	M. P. Kunju	M	CPM	33114
47	Mannarkkad	GEN	A. P. Hamza	M	MUL	30091	A. N. Yusuf	M	CPI	28703
48	Malampuzha	GEN	E. K. Nayanar	M	CPM	35333	K. Rajan	M	JNP	19776
49	Palghat	GEN	C. M. Sundaram	M	IND	35902	K. A. Chandran	M	INC(U)	25695
50	Chittur	GEN	K. Krishnankutty	M	JNP	23882	P. Sankar	M	CPI	23578
51	Kollengode	GEN	C. Vasudeva Menon	M	CPM	36688	A. Sunna Sahib	M	INC(I)	34156
52	Coyalmannam	SC	T. K. Arumughan	M	CPM	34530	V. Mani	M	INC(I)	28210
53	Alathur	GEN	C. T. Krishnan	M	CPM	36244	K. P. Kaladharan	M	IND	30262
54	Chelakara	SC	K. K. Balakrishnan	M	INC(I)	32024	K. S. Sankaran	M	CPM	30899
55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. S. Narayanan Namboodri	M	INC(I)	34658	A. Padmanabhan	M	CPM	32391
56	Kunnamkulam	GEN	K. P. Viswanathan	M	INC(U)	33127	N. Madhava	M	IND	16421
57	Cherpu	GEN	K. P. Prabhakaran	M	CPI	35973	Therambil Ramakrishnan	M	IND	29253
58	Trichur	GEN	M. K. Kannan	M	CPM	32296	K. J. George	M	JNP	28872
59	Ollur	GEN	Raghavan Poshakadavil	M	INC(I)	32302	Francis P. R.	M	INC(U)	32277
60	Kodakara	GEN	Lonappan Nambadan	M	KEC	29023	V. L. Lonappan	M	INC(I)	24503
61	Chalakudi	GEN	P. K. Ittoop	M	KEC	30786	P. A. Thomas	M	INC(I)	30657
62	Mala	GEN	K. Karunakaran	M	INC(I)	35964	Paul Kokkat	M	CPM	32562
63	Irinjalakuda	GEN	Joes Thanickal	M	INC(U)	36086	A. P. George	M	JNP	28396
64	Manalur	GEN	V. M. Sudheeran	M	INC(U)	35551	N. I. Devassikutty	M	INC(I)	27619
65	Guruvayoor	GEN	B. V. Seethi Thangal	M	MUL	30176	C. K. Kumaran	M	CPM	28424
66	Nattika	GEN	P. K. Gopalakrishnan	M	CPI	31463	K. Moidu	M	JNP	26900
67	Kodungallur	GEN	V. K. Rajan	M	CPI	35567	Kollickatharan Ravi	M	IND	33047
68	Ankamali	GEN	A. P. Kurrian	M	CPM	40565	P. J. Joy	M	JNP	38759
69	Vadakkekara	GEN	T. K. Abdu	M	CPM	38387	P. N. Sukumaran Nair	M	JNP	26640
70	Parur	GEN	A. C. Jose	M	INC(U)	31246	K. P. George	M	IND	26761
70 ²	Parur	GEN	A.C.Jose	M	IND	32781	S.Pillai	M	CPI	31335
71	Narakkal	SC	M. K. Krishnan	M	CPM	34932	T. K. C. Vaduthala	M	IND	31959
72	Ernakulam	GEN	A. L. Jacob	M	INC(I)	36668	K. N. Ravindranath	M	CPM	36091
73	Mattancherry	GEN	M. J. Zakaria	M	IML	26543	A. S. Abdulrahiman	M	JNP	24757
74	Palluruthy	GEN	T. P. Peethambaran Master	M	INC(U)	40879	T. T. Mathew	M	KCJ	33663
75	Thrippunithura	GEN	T. K. Ramakrishnan	M	CPM	44813	H. N. Velayudhan Nair	M	IND	34720
76	Alwaye	GEN	K. Mohammed Ali	M	INC(U)	46291	T. H. Mustaffa	M	INC(I)	39962
77	Perumbavoor	GEN	P. R. Sivan	M	CPM	40525	Kochunny Master A. A.	M	INC(I)	33455
78	Kunnathunad	GEN	P. P. Esthose	M	CPM	36460	P. P. Thankachan	M	INC(I)	36027
79	Piravom	GEN	P. C. Chaeko	M	INC(U)	38659	C. Paulose	M	IND	35408
80	Muvattupuzha	GEN	V. Joseph	M	KCJ	37044	Johny Nelloor Varkey	M	KEC	33523
81	Kothamangalam	GEN	T. M. Jacob	M	KCJ	40356	M. V. Mani	M	KEC	32843
82	Thodupuzha	GEN	P. J. Joseph	M	KCJ	43410	Kusuman Joseph	F	INC(U)	33093
83	Devicolam	SC	G. Varadan	M	CPM	36346	P. A. Prakash	M	IND	19951
84	Idukki	GEN	Jose Kuttyani	M	INC(I)	33367	V. T. Sebastian	M	KEC	28838
85	Udumbanchola	GEN	Thomas Joseph	M	KEC	38417	Pachady Sreedaran	M	IND	33030
86	Peermade	GEN	C. A. Kurian	M	CPI	34795	Michaal Manarkattu	M	INC(I)	31444
87	Kanjirappally	GEN	Thomas Kallampally	M	KEC	33172	Joseph Varanam	M	KCJ	31167
88	Vazhoor	GEN	M. K. Joseph	M	KEC	27819	P. S. John	M	INC(I)	16377
89	Changanacherry	GEN	C. F. Thomas	M	KEC	37041	K. J. Chacko	M	KCJ	34408
90	Kottayam	GEN	K. M. Abraham	M	CPM	37588	P. B. R. Pillai	M	JNP	25624
91	Ettumanoor	GEN	Vaikom Viswan	M	CPM	34239	George Joseph Podipara	M	IND	33865
92	Puthuppally	GEN	Oommen Chandy	M	INC(U)	38612	M. R. G. Panicker	M	IND	24953
93	Poonjar	GEN	P. C. George	M	KCJ	25806	V. J. Joseph	M	KEC	24658
94	Palai	GEN	K. N. Mani	M	KEC	38739	M. M. Jacob	M	INC(I)	34173
95	Kaduthuruthy	GEN	O. Lukose	M	KEC	32863	E. J. Lukose	M	KCJ	31577
96	Vaikom	SC	M. K. Kesavan	M	CPI	40590	Gopalan	M	IND	28098
97	Aroor	GEN	K. R. Gouri	F	CPM	44219	T. K. Sadanandan (Sadanadan Kunjan)	M	INC(I)	31855
98	Sherthalai	GEN	P. S. Sreenivasan	M	CPI	38613	Joseph Mathan	M	JNP	27200
99	Mararikulam	GEN	A. V. Thamarakshan	M	RSP	45714	Raju Gangadharan	M	IND	35885
100	Alleppey	GEN	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	M	CPI	34786	K. P. Ramchandran Nair	M	IND	33783
101	Ambalapuzha	GEN	P. K. Chandranandan	M	CPM	36009	V. Dinakaran	M	IND	32884
102	Kuttanad	GEN	Ooman Mathew	M	KCJ	37346	K. P. Joseph	M	CPM	33256
103	Haripad	GEN	C. B. Warrier	M	CPM	41514	G. P. Mangalathu Madem	M	INC(I)	38105
104	Kayamkulam	GEN	Thachedy Prabhakaran	M	INC(U)	41320	Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai	M	INC(I)	29718
105	Thiruvalla	GEN	P. C. Thomas	M	JNP	29485	Varghese Karippavil	M	KCP	28285
106	Kallooppara	GEN	K. A. Mathew	M	KCJ	29399	C. A. Mathew	M	KEC	24261
107	Aranmula	GEN	K. K. Sreenivasan	M	INC(I)	30227	Thoppil Ravi	M	INC(U)	27121
108	Chengannur	GEN	K. R. Saraswathi Amma	F	IND	35910	Thomas Kuthiravattom	M	KEC	31610
109	Mavelikara	GEN	S. Govinda Kurup	M	CPM	37990	N. Bhaskaran Nair	M	IND	32063
110	Pandalam	SC	P. K. Velayudhan	M	INC(U)	39890	P. S. Rajan	M	INC(I)	32376
111	Ranni	GEN	M. C. Cherian	M	INC(U)	31243	Sunny Panavelil	M	INC(I)	30097
112	Pathanamthitta	GEN	K. K. Nair	M	IND	27549	Eapan Varughese	M	KCJ	25566
113	Konni	GEN	V. S. Chandra Sekhar Pillai	M	CPM	33107	G. Gopinadhan Nair	M	INC(U)	31054
114	Pathanapuram	GEN	E. K. Pillai	M	CPI	37527	Bava Sahib	M	IND	28328
115	Punalur	GEN	P. K. Sreenivasan	M	CPI	36133	Sam Oommen Oommen	M	KCJ	33920
115 ²	Punalur	GEN	V.S.Pillai	M	KCJ	46553	P.K.Sreenivasan	M	CPI	45579
116	Chadayamangalam	GEN	E. Chandrasekharan Nair	M	CPI	33991	Valiyaveedan Mohammed Kunju	M	MUL	23107
117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KCP	48473	Thevannoor Sreedharan Nair	M	IND	11762
118	Neduvathur	SC	C. K. Thankappan	M	CPM	35041	M. R. Kottara	M	INC(I)	28784
119	Adoor	GEN	C. P. Karunakaran Pillai	M	CPM	31639	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai	M	INC(I)	28326
120	Kunnathur	SC	Kallada Narayanan	M	RSP	40582	Kottakkuzhy Sukumaran	M	JNP	29686
121	Karunagappally	GEN	B. M. Sheriff	M	CPI	35831	T. V. Vijayarajan	M	IND	33842
122	Chavara	GEN	Baby John	M	RSP	41448	C. Rajendran	M	JNP	24835
123	Kundara	GEN	V. V. Joseph	M	CPM	39690	V. Sankara Narayana Pillai	M	INC(I)	27319
124	Quilon	GEN	K. Sivadasan	M	RSP	35749	C. V. Padmarajan	M	INC(I)	33335
125	Eravipuram	GEN	R. S. Unni	M	RSP	45281	A. Yunus Kunju	M	MUL	31712
126	Chathanoor	GEN	J. Chitharanjan	M	CPI	34037	Varinjam Vasu Pillai	M	JNP	28670
127	Varkala	GEN	Varkala Radhakrishan	M	CPM	34148	G. Karthikeyan	M	INC(I)	26887
128	Attingal	GEN	Vakkom Purushothaman	M	INC(U)	35634	Vakkom Devarajan	M	IND	22561
129	Kilimanoor	SC	Bhargavi Thunkappan	F	CPI	36513	V. K. Ram	M	JNP	14761
130	Vamanapuram	GEN	Koliyakode N. Krishnan Nair	M	CPM	38333	A. Nafeesath Beevi	F	INC(I)	26273
131	Ariyanad	GEN	K. Pankajakshan	M	RSP	29108	Charupara Ravi	M	JNP	27822
132	Nedumangad	GEN	K. V. Surendranath	M	CPI	33919	Purathekattu Chandrasekharan Nair	M	IND	27619
133	Kazhakuttam	GEN	N. M. Hassan	M	INC(U)	35739	Lakshmanen Vaidyan	M	INC(I)	32939
134	Trivandrum North	GEN	K. Anirudhan	M	CPM	36460	R. Sundaresan Nair	M	JNP	34200
135	Trivandrum West	GEN	P. A. Mohemmed Kannu	M	MUL	31490	K. C. Vamadevan	M	RSP	26231
136	Trivandrum East	GEN	C. S. Neelakantan Nair	M	IND	33519	K. Sankaranarayana Pillai	M	INC(U)	32734
137	Nemom	GEN	E. Ramesan Nair	M	INC(I)	37589	S. Varaderajan Nair	M	INC(U)	30312
138	Kovalam	GEN	M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal	M	INC(I)	40047	V. Thankayyan	M	CPI	32526
139	Neyyattinkara	GEN	R. Sundaresan Nair	M	IND	39975	R. Parameswaran Pillai	M	CPM	30331
140	Parassala	GEN	N. Sundaran Nadar	M	INC(I)	40680	M. Sathynesan	M	CPM	26121

¹ Bye-poll on 1980

² Bye-poll on 1984

Aftermath edit

Formation of Ministry edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

References edit

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