Constituency
203. Manjeri
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MANJERI
MUL 61.3%won by 22.5%MLO 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedMUL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.2% to 22.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerMLO (MLO) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 30.5% to 75.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,69,228
Turnout
75.8%
Valid votes
4,31,269
Margin
97,201
22.54%
Candidates
2 contested · winner MUL- 1EBRAHIM SULAIMAN SAITMUL · MUL2,64,23561.3%
- 2B. M. HUSSAINMLO · MLO1,67,03438.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- MUL
- Winner now
- MUL
- MUL–MLO swing
- −45.1%
- MUL share
- 67.6% → 61.3%
- MLO share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- 45.3% → 75.8%