Constituency
201. Badagara
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BADAGARA
INC 50.8%won by 1.6%BLD 49.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.4% to 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 49.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.2% to 81.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,11,107
Turnout
81.6%
Valid votes
4,98,854
Margin
8,070
1.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1K. P. UNNIKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC2,53,46250.8%
- 2ARANGIL SREEDHARANBLD · BLD2,45,39249.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −51.3%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 50.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 49.2%
- Turnout
- 66.4% → 81.6%