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State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Ponnani
Total Votes Polled:	733423
Winner: MUL	G M Banatwalla	354808
Runner Up: CPI	Mokkath Rahmathulla	275513
Margin: 79295 (11.09%)

An early domination by the Communists soon gave way to the Muslim League, and since 1977 this has been the pocket borough of G M Banatwala of the Muslim League. In 1991 Sait won from here, and in 1996 made way for his colleague Banatwala, who, incidentally, lives in Bombay.