1977
1971196719621957Total Constituencies: 20
Kerala Lok Sabha Election 1977 covered all 20 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 29.13% and won 11 seats, while the CPM received 20.33% of the vote and won 0 seats. The CPI won 4 seats with 10.38% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Kerala.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 11 | 29.13% | 52.46% | 25,79,745 | |
| CPM | 9 | 0 | 20.33% | 45.68% | 18,00,193 |
| 4 | 4 | 10.38% | 53.18% | 9,19,359 | |
| IND | 11 | 0 | 8.67% | 15.89% | 7,67,671 |
| BLD | 3 | 0 | 7.20% | 46.15% | 6,37,206 |
| MUL | 2 | 2 | 6.03% | 62.59% | 5,33,726 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Kasaragod | Ramachandran Kadannappally | INC | 2,27,305 | M. Ramanna Rai | CPM | 2,22,263 | 5,042 | 1.12 |
| Cannanore | C. K. Chandrappan | CPI | 2,25,328 | O. Bharathan | CPM | 2,12,451 | 12,877 | 2.88 |
| Badagara | K. P. Unnikrishnan | INC | 2,53,462 | Arangil Sreedharan | BLD | 2,45,392 | 8,070 | 1.62 |
| Calicut | V. A. Seyid Muhammad | INC | 2,31,063 | M. Kamalam | BLD | 2,17,359 | 13,704 | 3.06 |
| Manjeri | Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait | MUL | 2,64,235 | B. M. Hussain | MLO | 1,67,034 | 97,201 | 22.54 |
| Ponnani | G. M. Banatwala | MUL | 2,69,491 | M. Moideen Kutty Haji | MLO | 1,51,945 | 1,17,546 | 27.9 |
| Palghat | A. Sunnasahib | INC | 2,07,604 | T. Sivadasa Menon | CPM | 1,92,733 | 14,871 | 3.56 |
| Ottapalam (Sc) | K. Kunhambu | INC | 2,32,412 | C. K. Chakrapani | CPM | 1,96,691 | 35,721 | 8.32 |
| Trichur | K. A. Rajan | CPI | 2,21,815 | Aravindakshan | CPM | 1,84,309 | 37,506 | 8.8 |
| Mukundapuram | A. C. George | INC | 2,25,095 | S. C. S. Menon | IND | 2,20,875 | 4,220 | 0.91 |
| Ernakulam | Henry Austin | INC | 2,27,896 | K. N. Raveendranath | CPM | 2,20,611 | 7,285 | 1.59 |
| Muvattupuzha | George J. Mathew | KEC | 2,49,287 | K. M. Joseph Kuruppamadham | KCP | 2,04,467 | 44,820 | 9.88 |
| Kottayam | Skariah Thomas | KEC | 2,42,387 | Varkey George | KCP | 1,73,692 | 68,695 | 15.06 |
| Idukki | C. M. Stephen | INC | 2,28,035 | M. M. Joseph | KCP | 1,48,778 | 79,257 | 19.06 |
| Alleppey | V. M. Sudheeran | INC | 2,70,451 | E. Balanandan | CPM | 2,06,435 | 64,016 | 13.42 |
| Mavelikara | B. K. Nair | INC | 2,38,169 | B. G. Verghese | IND | 1,81,617 | 56,552 | 12.73 |
| Adoor (Sc) | P. K. Kodiyan | CPI | 2,27,939 | K. Chandrasekharan Shastri | CPM | 1,87,372 | 40,567 | 9.62 |
| Quilon | N. Sreekantan Nair | RSP | 2,72,378 | N. Rajagopalan | IND | 1,59,217 | 1,13,161 | 25.28 |
| Chirayinkil | Vayalar Ravi | INC | 2,38,253 | K. Anirudhan | CPM | 1,77,328 | 60,925 | 14.66 |
| Trivandrum | M. N. Govindan Nair | CPI | 2,44,277 | P. Viswambharan | BLD | 1,74,455 | 69,822 | 16.11 |
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