Constituency
218. Trivandrum
Community mirrorKerala · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-TRIVANDRUM
CPI 56.3%won by 16.1%BLD 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 16.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.4% to 69.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,21,533
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
4,33,598
Margin
69,822
16.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1M. N. GOVINDAN NAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI2,44,27756.3%
- 2P. VISWAMBHARANBLD · BLD1,74,45540.2%
- 3J. M. DAICYIndependent · IND14,8663.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–BLD swing
- +16.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 56.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- 59.4% → 69.8%