Constituency
173. Ernakulam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-ERNAKULAM
INC 50.2%won by 6.0%CPM 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 44.4% to 50.2% of the vote here (+5.8%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.8% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,34,112
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
3,79,497
Margin
22,670
5.97%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1HENRY AUSTINIndian National Congress · INC1,90,60250.2%
- 2V. VISWANATHA MENONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,67,93244.3%
- 3ALEXANDER PARAMBITHARANCO · NCO20,9635.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +10.6%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 50.2%
- CPM share
- 49.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- 78.8% → 71.0%