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Kasaragod #1GEN
Won
M. Ramanna Rai
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
73,587 15.8 pp
votes
over O. Rajagopal (JP)
The contest
Electors6,78,476
Votes polled4,66,974
Turnout68.8%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.33 L49.1% of electorate
Female electors3.45 L50.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,036females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 3,948, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 463,026 · NOTA n/a · published 466,974 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1980
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- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12