KERALA · 1980

20 seats

Seats20

Electors1.33 Cr

Votes polled82.47 L

Median turnout62.2%

Party standings

20 seats · majority 11

Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 7 of 20 seats · 35% 4 short of a majority

Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 7

Indian National Congress (I) 5

Indian National Congress (U) 3

Muslim Leage 2

Kerala Congress 1

Independent 1

Communist Party Of India 1

by constituency number

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Margin	Margin %	Turnout
1	Kasaragod	M. Ramanna Rai	CPIM	466,974	73,587	15.8	68.8
2	Cannanore	K. Kunhambu	INCU	449,902	73,257	16.3	70.5
3	Badagara	K.P. Unnikrishnan	INCU	506,343	41,682	8.2	73.9
4	Calicut	E. K. Imbichi Bava	CPIM	427,612	40,695	9.5	60.6
5	Manjeri	Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait	ML	435,656	34,581	7.9	64.6
6	Ponnani	Banatwala Gulam Mehmood	ML	405,196	50,863	12.6	60.4
7	Palghat	V.S. Vijaya Raghavan	INCI	415,718	12,088	2.9	59.0
8	Ottapalam	A.K. Balan	CPIM	391,617	23,408	6.0	58.8
9	TrichurSC	K. A. Rajan	CPIM	387,098	43,151	11.1	62.2
10	Mukundapuram	Balanandan	CPIM	404,796	65,131	16.1	63.8
11	Ernakulam	Xavier Varghese Arakal	INCI	398,409	2,502	0.6	59.0
12	Muvattupuzha	George Joseph (Baby Mundackal)	IND	363,029	4,330	1.2	57.2
13	Kottayam	Skaria Thomas	KC	383,531	5,375	1.4	58.2
14	Idukki	M.M. Lawrence	CPIM	377,284	7,033	1.9	54.1
15	Alleppey	Suseela Gopalana	CPIM	422,720	114,764	27.1	65.4
16	MavelikaraSC	P. J. Kurien	INCU	421,893	63,122	15.0	67.6
17	Adoor	P. K. Kodiyan	CPI	324,289	25,399	7.8	53.0
18	Quilon	B. K. Nair	INCI	420,586	36,586	8.7	63.6
19	Chirayinkil	A. A. Rahim	INCI	390,602	6,063	1.6	59.1
20	Trivandrum	A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar	INCI	453,458	107,057	23.6	63.5