Kerala assembly election, Mar 1977
140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 76.53% turnout.
Seats
140
Candidates
569
11 women, 1 elected
Turnout
76.53%
87.7 lakh of 1.15 cr
Leading party
INC
38 of 140 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 38 | +8 | 54 | 17,55,882 | 20.02% | +2.39 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 23 | +7 | 27 | 8,72,309 | 9.94% | +0.98 |
| KECKerala Congress | 20 | +8 | 22 | 7,34,879 | 8.38% | +2.46 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 17 | -12 | 68 | 19,46,051 | 22.18% | -1.64 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 13 | +2 | 16 | 5,84,642 | 6.66% | -0.89 |
| INDIndependent | 9 | -7 | 308 | 10,28,567 | 11.72% | -6.02 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 9 | +3 | 11 | 3,68,642 | 4.20% | -0.19 |
| BLDBharatiya Lok Dal | 6 | +6 | 27 | 6,89,574 | 7.86% | — |
| MLOMLO | 3 | +3 | 16 | 3,90,139 | 4.45% | — |
| KCPKCP | 2 | +2 | 15 | 3,97,814 | 4.53% | — |
| ADKADK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,114 | 0.02% | — |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,928 | 0.02% | 0.00 |
- INC38 (27%)
- CPI23 (16%)
- KEC20 (14%)
- CPM17 (12%)
- MUL13 (9%)
- IND9 (6%)
- Others20 (14%)
- INC38
- CPI23
- KEC20
- CPM17
- MUL13
- IND9
- Others20
- INC38
- CPI23
- KEC20
- CPM17
- MUL13
- IND9
- RSP9
- BLD6
- Others5
Constituency performance
From the 140 results in Kerala
Closest contest
ETTUMANOOR
won by 242 (0.38%)
Biggest victory
TANUR
won by 30,728 (55.82%)
Highest turnout
BALUSSERI
85.85%
Lowest turnout
UDUMBANCHOLA
60.33%
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1970), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat140 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 140 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- CPI
- KEC
- CPM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | INCTHENNALA BALAKRISHNA PILLAI | KCPMATHEW MUTHALALI | 7,38812.79% | 80.7% |
| ALATHUR | CPME. M. S. NAMBOODIRIPAD | INCV. S. VIJAYARAGHAVAN | 1,9993.21% | 73.4% |
| ALLEPPEY | CPIP. K. VASUDEVAN NAIR | BLDJOSEPH MATAHN | 9,67015.87% | 74.4% |
| ALWAYE | INCT. H. MUSTHAFA | MLOM. P. M. JAPHERKHAN | 7581.01% | 79.1% |
| AMBALAPUZHA | RSPK.K. KUMARA PILLAI | CPMV.S. ACHUTHANANDAN | 5,5859.03% | 82.2% |
| ANKAMALI | CPMA. P. KURIAN | INCP. P. THANKACHAN | 5610.77% | 84.7% |
| ARANMULA | INCM.K. HEMACHANDRAN | INDP.N. CHANDRASENAN | 14,35524.40% | 76.9% |
| ARIYANAD | RSPK.C. VAMADEVAN | BLDTHAKIDI KRISHANAN NAIR | 7,19213.80% | 72.6% |
| AROOR | CPIP. S. SREENIVASAN | CPMK. R. GOURI | 9,59513.57% | 84.5% |
| ATTINGAL | INCVAKKAM PURUSHOTHAMAN | CPMVARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN | 8,56014.79% | 73.2% |
| AZHICODE | CPMCHATAYAN GOVINDAN | MULC. C. ABDUL HALIM | 5,8369.70% | 81.1% |
| BADAGARA | BLDK. CHANDRASEKHARAN | INCP. VIJAYAN | 2,5453.51% | 81.8% |
| BALUSSERI | BLDP. K. SANKARANKUTTY | INCPUTHOOR RAMAKRISHNAN NAIR | 1,5472.33% | 85.8% |
| BEYPORE | INCN. P. MOIDEEN | CPMK. CHATHUNNI MASTER | 2,1963.20% | 80.9% |
| CALICUT- I | CPMN. CHANDRASEKHARA KURUP | INCP. V. SANKARANARAYANAN | 1,7732.44% | 76.3% |
| CALICUT- II | MLOP. M. ABOOBACKER | MULS. V. USMANKOYA | 1,0981.66% | 75.4% |
| CANNANORE | BLDP. BHASKARAN | INCN. K. KUMARAN | 6901.10% | 75.9% |
| CHADAYAMANGALAM | CPICHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR | CPMN. SUNDARESAN | 11,68721.93% | 76.6% |
| CHALAKUDI | KCPP. K. ITTOOP | INCP. P. GEORGE | 7,61312.51% | 82.7% |
| CHANGANACHERRY | KECJOSEPH CHACKO | KCPMATHEW MULLAKUPADEM | 12,47919.50% | 79.2% |
| CHATHANOOR | CPIJ. CHITHARANJAN | BLDVARINJA VASU PILLAI | 18,77130.40% | 71.7% |
| CHAVARA | RSPBABY JOHN | INDA. NOORUNDIN KUNJU | 19,30931.83% | 79.2% |
| CHELAKARA | INCK. K. BALAKRISHNAN | CPMK. S. SANKARAN | 9,93516.50% | 74.6% |
| CHENGANNUR | INDTHAKAPPAN PILLAI | KCPK.R. SARASWATHI AMMA | 6,55310.27% | 78.1% |
| CHERPU | CPIK. P. PRABHAKARAN | INDI. M. VELAYUDHAN | 4,5197.12% | 80.1% |
| CHITTUR | CPIP. SANKAR | BLDK. A. SIVARAMA BHARATHY | 7,57713.54% | 65.7% |
| COYALMANNAM | CPMM. K. KRISHNAN | INCN. SUBBAYYAN | 5,2288.12% | 74.5% |
| DEVICOLAM | INCKITTAPPANARAYANASWAMY | CPMG. VARADAN | 8,39915.05% | 72.0% |
| EDAKKAD | MLOP. P. V. MOOSA | INCN. RAMAKRISHNAN | 3,3195.03% | 81.9% |
| ERAVIPURAM | RSPR.S. UNNI | INDR.M. PARAMESWARAN | 16,45324.61% | 73.1% |
| ERNAKULAM | INCA. L. JACOB | BLDALEXANDER PARAMBITHARA | 1,7242.57% | 73.4% |
| ETTUMANOOR | BLDP. B. R. PILLAI | INCM. C. ABRAHAM | 2420.38% | 78.1% |
| GURUVAYOOR | MULB. V. SEETHI THANGAL | MLOV. M. SULAIMAN | 13,99225.12% | 71.5% |
| HARIPAD | INDG.P. MANGALATHU MADAOM | CPMC.B.C. WARRIER | 2,9194.06% | 80.8% |
| HOSDRUG | CPIK. T. KUMARAN | CPMM. RAGHAVAN | 2,1053.13% | 78.5% |
| IDUKKI | KECV. T. SEBASTIAN | INDJOHAN THOMAS MOOLAPPARAMPIL | 9,17317.32% | 62.1% |
| IRIKKUR | INCC. P. GOVINDAN NAMBIAR | KCPSABASTIAN VETTAM | 7,14811.32% | 82.0% |
| IRINJALAKUDA | INCSIDHARTHAN KATTUNGAL | INDJOHN MANJOORAN | 2,1343.21% | 79.3% |
| KADUTHURUTHY | KECO. LUKOSE | CPMK. K. JOSEPH | 12,75119.91% | 80.4% |
| KALLOOPPARA | KECT.S. JOHN | KCPE.K. KURIAKOSE | 16,79430.56% | 72.7% |
| KALPETTA | INCK. G. ADIYODI | BLDM. P. VEERANDRAKUMAR | 2,1053.74% | 79.3% |
| KANJIRAPPALLY | KECK. V. KURIAN | KCPEAPEN JACOB | 3,9806.29% | 77.3% |
| KARUNAGAPALLY | CPIP.M. SHERIFF | CPMC.P. KARUNNAKARAN PILLAI | 5,4848.82% | 77.5% |
| KASARAGOD | MULT. A. IBRAHIM | MLOB. M. ABDUL REHIMAN | 6,78312.57% | 74.3% |
| KAYAMKULAM | INCTHUNDATHIE KUNJUKRISHNA PILLAI | BLDP.A. HARIS P.K. KUNJU | 5,0877.94% | 78.3% |
| KAZHAKUTTAM | INCTHLAEKUNNIL BASHEER | MLOA. ESSUDDIN | 14,37723.28% | 74.0% |
| KILIMANOOR | CPIP.K. CHATHAN MASTER | CPMC.K. BALAKRISHNAN | 8301.30% | 72.5% |
| KODAKARA | KECLONAPPAN NAMBADAN | BLDT. P. SITARAMAN | 1,4502.32% | 78.0% |
| KODUNGALLUR | CPIV. K. RAJAN | INDP. V. ABDUL KADER | 8,11112.45% | 80.1% |
| KODUVALLY | MULE. AHAMMAD | CPMK. MOOSAKUTTY | 8,03511.41% | 84.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Kerala assembly election, Mar 1977?
Indian National Congress won 38 of 140 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, Mar 1977?
Turnout was 76.53% — 87.7 lakh of 1.15 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Kerala have?
Kerala has 140 assembly seats.