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Kerala Assembly Election, 1977

140 seats · vs 1970 (133-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1977 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 38 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsKerala Congress — 20 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 17 seatsMUL — 13 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 9 seats3 other parties — 11 seats71140of 140 seats
  • INC38
  • CPI23
  • KEC20
  • CPM17
  • MUL13
  • IND9
  • RSP9
  • Others11

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress3827%17,55,88220.0%54
CPICommunist Party of India2316%8,72,3099.9%27
KECKerala Congress2014%7,34,8798.4%22
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1712%19,46,05122.2%68
MULMUL139%5,84,6426.7%16
INDIndependent96%10,28,56711.7%308
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party96%3,68,6424.2%11
BLDBLD64%6,89,5747.9%27
MLOMLO32%3,90,1394.4%16
KCPKCP21%3,97,8144.5%15

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1977 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1977 · selected
Majority 71
INC38CPI23KEC20CPM17MUL13IND9RSP9BLD6MLO3KCP2
1970 · previous
Majority 67

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1970 → 1977

1970 1977· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
17.6
20.0
9.0
9.9
5.9
8.4
23.8
22.2
7.6
6.7
17.7
11.7
4.4
4.2
INCCPIKECCPMMULINDRSP

Seat change

1977 seats minus 1970 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
30 → 38
+8
CPI
16 → 23
+7
KEC
12 → 20
+8
CPM
29 → 17
−12
MUL
11 → 13
+2
IND
16 → 9
−7
RSP
6 → 9
+3
BLD
0 → 6
+6
MLO
0 → 3
+3
KCP
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1970 → 1977

share lostshare gained
BLD
0.0% → 7.9%
+7.9%
KCP
0.0% → 4.5%
+4.5%
MLO
0.0% → 4.4%
+4.4%
KEC
5.9% → 8.4%
+2.5%
INC
17.6% → 20.0%
+2.4%
CPI
9.0% → 9.9%
+1.0%
KSP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
BJS
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
MUL
7.6% → 6.7%
−0.9%
CPM
23.8% → 22.2%
−1.6%

Biggest INC–CPI swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPI vote gap moved most, 1970 → 1977. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPI share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPI.

toward CPItoward INC
Adoor
+94.1%
Irinjalakuda
+81.4%
Kottayam
−72.1%
Puthuppally
+60.1%
Kazhakuttam
+59.9%
Wadakkancherry
+58.1%
Ponnani
+57.3%
Irikkur
+55.3%
Nemom
+52.6%
Perambra
−51.7%
Beypore
+51.6%
Hosdrug
−51.6%

Closest races · 1977

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1977

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1970