1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1980 Kerala state assembly election

← 1977 3 January and 5 January 1980 1982 →

All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.23%
  First party Second party
 
Leader E.K. Nayanar K. Karunakaran
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader's seat Malampuzha Mala
Seats won 93 46
Seat change New New

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]

  1. ^ "History of Kerala legislature - Government of Kerala, India". kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2019.