Constituency
182. Trivandrum
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-TRIVANDRUM
IND 53.0%won by 7.6%PSP 45.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 7.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 1.9% to 53.0% of the vote here (+51.0%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 45.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.5% to 59.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,33,641
Turnout
59.4%
Valid votes
3,16,793
Margin
24,127
7.62%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1V. K. KRISHNA MENONIndependent · IND1,67,87253.0%
- 2D. DAMODARAN POTTIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,43,74545.4%
- 3GEORGE KUNJIPALUIndependent · IND2,4300.8%
- 4P. KUNJANIndependent · IND1,9460.6%
- 5S. R. CHANDRANIndependent · IND8000.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–PSP swing
- +5.7%
- IND share
- 1.9% → 53.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 45.4%
- Turnout
- 67.9% → 59.4%