Constituency
72. Ernakulam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-ERNAKULAM
INC 49.8%won by 2.6%BLD 47.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.2% to 2.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 47.2% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 89.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
66,977
Margin
1,724
2.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1A. L. JACOBIndian National Congress · INC33,36749.8%
- 2ALEXANDER PARAMBITHARABLD · BLD31,64347.2%
- 3M. A. SAROJINIIndependent · IND1,1221.7%
- 4KALOOR RAVIIndependent · IND6010.9%
- 5NAMBATH SIVARAMA MEMONIndependent · IND2440.4%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −46.8%
- INC share
- 49.3% → 49.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 47.2%
- Turnout
- — → —