Constituency
216. Quilon
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-QUILON
RSP 60.9%won by 25.3%IND 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 25.3%.
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 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 19.3% to 76.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,82,742
Turnout
76.8%
Valid votes
4,47,542
Margin
1,13,161
25.29%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1N. SREEKANTAN NAIRRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP2,72,37860.9%
- 2N. RAJAGOPALANIndependent · IND1,59,21735.6%
- 3JAMES JOSEPHSUC · SUC8,3051.9%
- 4C. N. CHELLAMMA KRISHNANIndependent · IND5,6391.3%
- 5SEKHARIndependent · IND2,0030.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–IND swing
- −10.7%
- RSP share
- 66.1% → 60.9%
- IND share
- 30.1% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 76.8%