Constituency
209. Ernakulam
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ERNAKULAM
INC 49.8%won by 1.6%CPM 48.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 78.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,82,804
Turnout
78.4%
Valid votes
4,57,169
Margin
7,285
1.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HENRY AUSTINIndian National Congress · INC2,27,89649.8%
- 2K. N. RAVEENDRANATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,20,61148.3%
- 3V. V. ELAYATHIndependent · IND6,6431.5%
- 4A. K. BALKRISHNAN NAIRIndependent · IND2,0190.4%
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–CPM swing
- −4.4%
- INC share
- 50.2% → 49.8%
- CPM share
- 44.3% → 48.3%
- Turnout
- 71.0% → 78.4%