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State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Manjeri
Total Votes Polled:	795721
Winner: MUL	E Ahammed	376001
Runner Up: CPM	C H Ashiq	321030
Margin: 54971 (7.08%)

A Muslim League bastion, Sulaiman Sait shifted base from Calicut, and represented the constituency from 1977 to 1989. In 1991 and 1996, too, the seat remained with the MUL's E Ahmed.