1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
← 197019 March 19771980 →
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.19% (Increase 3.90%)
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderK. KarunakaranE. M. S. Namboodiripad
PartyINCCPI(M)
AllianceUnited FrontCPI (M)+ Front
Leader's seatMalaAlathur
Seats won11129
Seat changeIncrease32Steady
Kerala, India
Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
Chief Minister before election

C. Achutha Menon
CPI

Chief Minister

K. Karunakaran
Indian National Congress

Elections were held on 19 March 1977 to elect members to the fifth Niyamasabha. The United Front, led by INC and CPI won plurality of seats and remained in power, with K. Karunakaran as the Chief Minister.[1]

History

Fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly, which was elected in 1970, completed its term by 1975, but it was extended on three occasions during the Emergency.[2] Election of 1977 was the general election after the withdrawal of Emergency imposed on 26 June 1975.[3][4]

This is the first election the 1974 delimitation of Assembly Constituencies was put to effect,[5] which increased number of seat in the assembly from 133 to 140

Results

Party Wise Results

Party Wise Results
AlliancePartySeats
United Front 111Indian National Congress (INC)38
Communist Party of India (CPI)23
Kerala Congress (KEC)20
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)13
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)9
United Front Independents8
Opposition 29Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)17
Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD)6
All India Muslim League (Opposition) (AIML)3
Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)2
LDF Independent (IND)1 (Kovalam)
Total140

Constituency Wise Results

Detailed constituency-wise Results[6][7]
Sl No.Constituency NameCategoryWinner Candidates NameGenderPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NameGenderPartyvote
1ManjeshwarGENM. RamappaMCPI25709H. Shankara AlvaMBLD21100
2KasaragodGENT. A. IbrahimMMUL29402B. M. Abdul RehimanMMLO22619
3UdmaGENN. K. BalakrishnanMUnited Front IND31690K. G. MararMBLD28145
4Hosdrug(SC)K. T. KumaranMCPI34683M. RaghavanMCPM32578
5TrikaripurGENP. KarunakaranMCPM38632P. T. JoseMKEC32512
6IrikkurGENC. P. Govindan NambiarMINC34889Sabastian VettamMKCP27741
7PayyannurGENN. Subramoniya ShenoyMCPM37256T. C. BharathanMIND32209
8TaliparambaGENM. V. RaghavanMCPM36829K. Narayanan NambiarMIND35304
9AzhikodeGENChatayan GovindanMCPM32548C. C. Abdul HalimMMUL26712
10kannurGENP. BhaskaranMBLD31391N. K. KumaranMINC30701
11EdakkadGENP. P. V. MoosaMMLO34266N. RamakrishnanMINC30947
12thalasseryGENPattiam GopalanMCPM38419N. C. MammoottyMCPI29946
13PeringalamGENP. R. KarupMINC33916V. K. AchuthanMBLD31958
14KuthuparambaGENPinarayi VijayanMCPM34465AbdulkadarMRSP30064
15PeravoorGENK. P. NoorudeenMINC36449E. P. Krishnan NambiarMCPM31465
16North Wynad(ST)M. V. RajanMINC32589A. GopalanMCPM24288
17VatakaraGENK. ChandrasekharanMBLD37543P. VijayanMINC34998
18NadapuramGENKandalottu KunhambuMCPI37391E. V. KumaranMCPM30321
19MeppayurGENPanarath KunhimohammedMMUL40642A. V. Abdurahiman HajiMMLO34808
20QuilandyGENE. Narayanan NairMINC39581E. Rajagopalan NairMBLD35074
21PerambraGENK. C. JosephMKEC35694V. V. DakshinamoorthyMCPM34921
22BalusseriGENP. K. SankarankuttyMBLD33960Puthoor Ramakrishnan NairMINC32413
23KoduvallyGENE. AhammadMMUL39241K. MoosakuttyMCPM31206
24Calicut- IGENN. Chandrasekhara KurupMCPM37249P. V. SankaranarayananMINC35476
25Calicut- IIGENP. M. AboobackerMMLO33531S. V. UsmankoyaMMUL32433
26BeyporeGENN. P. MoideenMINC35374K. Chathunni MasterMCPM33178
27Kunnamangalam(SC)K. P. RamanMMLO30289P. K. KannanMCPI28601
28ThiruvambadyGENP. Cyriac JohnMINC29835E. T. Mohammed BasheerMMLO26454
29KalpettaGENK. G. AdiyodiMINC28713M. P. VeerandrakumarMBLD26608
30Sultan'S Battery(ST)K. Raghavan MasterMINC29204Nidyachery VasuMBLD24213
31Wandoor(SC)V. EacharanMINC35369K. GopalanMBLD22079
32NilamburGENAryadan MuhammedMINC35410K. Saidali KuttyMCPM27695
33ManjeriGENM. P. M Abdulla KurikkalMMUL43626K. A. QuaderMMLO16807
34MalappuramGENC. H. Mohammed KoyaMMUL39362T. K. S. A. MuthukoyathangalMMLO15724
35KondottyGENP. Seethi HajiMMUL41731M. C. MuhammedMMLO20159
36TirurangadiGENAvakader Kutty NahaMMUL40540T. P. Kunhalan KuttyMIND21479
37TanurGENU. A. BeeranMMUL42886C. M. KuttyMMLO12158
38TirurGENP. T. Kunhimuhammed ( Kunhukutty Hajee )MMUL41675K. Moideen Kutty Haji ( K. Bava Haji )MMLO26127
39PonnaniGENM. P. GangadharanMINC38083E. K. Imbichi BavaMCPM28334
40KuttippuramGENChakeri AhmedkuttyMMUL36367K. MoiduMMLO12023
41MankadaGENKorambayil Ahammed HajiMMUL33597Cherukoya ThangalMMLO26207
42PerinthalmannaGENK. K. S. ThangalMMUL32356Paloli Muhammed KuttyMCPM24751
43ThrithalaGENK. SankaranarayananMINC34012P. P. KrishnanMCPM24288
44PattambiGENE. P. GopalanMCPI30659Devaki WarrierFCPM26072
45OttapalamGENP. BalanMINC30937K. P. UnniMCPM24120
46SreekrishnapuramGENK. SukumaranunniMINC32071C. Govinda PanickerMCPM28136
47MannarkkadGENA. N. YusuffMCPI30563C. S. GangadharanMCPM23854
48MalampuzhaGENP. V. KunhikannanMCPM27122C. M. ChandrasekharanMRSP22696
49PalghatGENC. M. SundaramMUnited Front IND30160R. KrishnanMCPM27357
50ChitturGENP. SankarMCPI28698K. A. Sivarama BharathyMBLD21121
51KollengodeGENC. Vasudeva MenonMCPM29303K. V. NarayananMCPI28865
52Coyalmannam(SC)M. K. KrishnanMCPM34798N. SubbayyanMINC29570
53AlathurGENE. M. S. NamboodiripadMCPM31424V. S. VijayaraghavanMINC29425
54Chelakara(SC)K. K. BalakrishnanMINC34460K. S. SankaranMCPM24525
55WadakkancheryGENK. S. Narayanan NamboodiriMINC37783A. S. N. NambisanMCPM25725
56KunnamkulamGENK. P. ViswanathanMINC35230T. K. KrishnanMCPM29889
57CherpuGENK. P. PrabhakaranMCPI33526I. M. VelayudhanMIND29007
58TrichurGENK. J. GeorgeMBLD32335P. A. AntonyMINC28185
59OllurGENP. R. FrancisMINC30931Adv. P. K. AsokanMCPM29845
60KodakaraGENLonappan NambadanMKEC30569T. P. SitaramanMBLD29119
61ChalakudiGENP. K. IttoopMKCP33581P. P. GeorgeMINC25968
62MalaGENK. KarunakaranMINC34699Paul KokkatMCPM25233
63IrinjalakudaGENSidharthan KattungalMINC33377John ManjooranMIND31243
64ManalurGENN. I. DevassykuttyMINC32314M. G. JayachandranMIND24986
65GuruvayoorGENB. V. Seethi ThangalMMUL34063V. M. SulaimanMMLO20071
66NattikaGENP. K. GopalakrishnanMCPI32917V. K. GopinathanMBLD24711
67KodungallurGENV. K. RajanMCPI32159P. V. Abdul KaderMIND24048
68AnkamaliGENA. P. KurianMCPM36261P. P. ThankachanMINC35700
69VadakkekaraGENT. K. AbduMCPM30498K. C. MathewMCPI29541
70ParurGENXavier ArakkalMINC29644Varkey PainandarMIND24733
71Narakkal(SC)T. A. ParamanMRSP30985S. VasuMCPM28795
72ErnakulamGENA. L. JacobMINC33367Alexander ParambitharaMBLD31643
73MattancherryGENK. J. HarschelMBLD29543A. A. KochunnyMINC25348
74PalluruthyGENEapen VargheseMKEC32479M. M. LawrenceMCPM30638
75ThrippunithuraGENT. K. RamakrishnanMCPM35754K. M. RamsakunjuMMUL30009
76AlwayeGENT. H. MusthafaMINC37017M. P. M. JapherkhanMMLO36259
77PerumbavoorGENP. R. SivanMCPM34133P. I. PouloseMINC32386
78KunnathunadGENP. R. EsthoseMCPM31126Paul P. ManiMINC28436
79PiravomGENT. M. JacobMKEC35598Alunkal DevassyMBLD29868
80MuvattupuzhaGENP. C. JosephMKEC32994Sunny MannathukaranMKCP28349
81KothamangalamGENM. V. ManiMKEC34523M. E. KuriakoseMKCP31432
82ThodupuzhaGENP. J. JosephMKEC38294A. C. ChackoMKCP24386
83Devicolam(SC)KittappanarayanaswamyMINC27348G. VaradanMCPM18949
84IdukkiGENV. T. SebastianMKEC23244Johan Thomas MoolapparampilMIND14071
85UdumbancholaGENThomas JosephMKEC29083M. GinadevanMCPM20843
86PeermadeGENC. A. KuriyanMCPI27360K. S. KrishnanMCPM20013
87KanjirappallyGENK. V. KurianMKEC32207Eapen JacobMKCP28227
88VazhoorGENK. Narayana KurupMKEC37391K. M. Sadasivan NairMCPM17356
89ChanganacherryGENJoseph ChackoMKEC31960Mathew MullakupademMKCP19481
90KottayamGENP. P. GeorgeMCPI35683M. ThomasMCPM32107
91EttumanoorGENP. B. R. PillaiMBLD23795M. C. AbrahamMINC23553
92PuthuppallyGENOommen ChandyMINC40376P. C. CherianMBLD24466
93PoonjarGENV. J. JosephMKEC34770P. I. DevasiaMKCP21065
94PalaiGENK. M. ManiMKEC39664N. C. JosephMIND24807
95KaduthuruthyGENO. LukoseMKEC38403K. K. JosephMCPM25652
96Vaikom(SC)M. K. KesavanMCPI39711K. G. BhaskaranMCPM24770
97AroorGENP. S. SreenivasanMCPI39643K. R. GouriFCPM30048
98SherthalaGENM. K. RaghavanMINC37767N. P. ThandarMCPM26007
99MararikulamGENA. V. ThamarakshanMRSP39094P. K. ChandrandanMCPM34748
100AlleppeyGENP. K. Vasudevan NairMCPI35301Joseph MatahnMBLD25631
101AmbalapuzhaGENK. K. Kumara PillaiMRSP32056V. S. AchuthanandanMCPM26471
102KuttanadGENEappen KandakudyMKEC34161K.P. JosephMCPM27014
103HaripadGENG.P. Mangalathu MadaomMUnited Front IND33037C.B.C. WarrierMCPM30118
104KayamkulamGENThundathie Kunjukrishna PillaiMINC29742P.A. Haris P.K. KunjuMBLD24655
105ThiruvallaGENE. John JacobMKEC31548John Jacob VallakkalilMKCP24573
106KalloopparaGENT.S. JohnMKEC33967E.K. KuriakoseMKCP17173
107AranmulaGENM.K. HemachandranMINC35482P.N. ChandrasenanMIND21127
108ChengannurGENThakappan PillaiMUnited Front IND33909K.R. Saraswathi AmmaFKCP27356
109MavelikaraGENBhaskaran NairMUnited front IND35103S. Govinda KurupMCPM26310
110Pandalam(SC)Damodaran KalasseryMINC36938V. KesavanMCPM31764
111RanniGENK.A. MathewMKEC32530F. Thomas KuttikayamMKCP23235
112PathanamthittaGENGeorge MathewMKEC34853K.K. NairMIND30686
113KonniGENP.J. ThomasMINC30714R.C. UnnithanMCPM30277
114PathanapuramGENE.K. PillaiMCPI30927A. GeorgeMKCP30136
115PunalurGENP.K. SreenjvasanMCPI33870V. BharathanMCPM30668
116ChadayamangalamGENChandrasekharan NairMCPI31906N. SundaresanMCPM20219
117KottarakkaraGENR. Balakrishan PillaiMKCP37253Kottara GopalkrishanMINC23098
118Neduvathur(SC)Bhargavi ThankappanFCPI33941Vettikavala KochukunjuMBLD22019
119AdoorGENThennala Balakrishna PillaiMINC31214Mathew MuthalaliMKCP23826
120Kunnathur(SC)Kallada NarayananMRSP43347C.K. ThankappanMCPM25103
121KarunagappallyGENP. M. SheriffMCPI29739C.P. Karunnakaran PillaiMCPM24255
122ChavaraGENBaby JohnMRSP36892A. Noorundin KunjuMIND17583
123KundaraGENA. A. RahimMINC29758V. V. JosephMIND29362
124QuilonGENThyagarajanMRSP37065N. PadmalochananMCPM24049
125EravipuramGENR. S. UnniMRSP39119R. M. ParameswaranMIND22666
126ChathanoorGENJ. ChitharanjanMCPI38787Varinja Vasu PillaiMBLD20016
127VarkalaGENT. A. MajeedMCPI25210ShamsuddinMBLD18991
128AttingalGENVakkam PurushothamanMINC32452Varkala RadhakrishnanMCPM23892
129Kilimanoor(SC)P. K. Chathan MasterMCPI32242C. K. BalakrishnanMCPM31412
130VamanapuramGENN. Vasudevan PillaiMCPM31463M. Kunju Krishnan PillaiMINC29071
131AriyanadGENK. C. VamadevanMRSP26100Thakidi Krishanan NairMBLD18908
132NedumangadGENKaniapuram Ramachandran NairMCPI34731R. Sundaresan NairMIND23992
133KazhakuttamGENThlaekunnil BasheerMINC37014A. EssuddinMMLO22637
134Trivandrum NorthGENK. Raveendran NairMUnited Front IND31971S. DharmarajanMCPM25806
135Trivandrum WestGENK. PankajakshanMRSP31224S.M. NoohuMBLD20301
136Trivandrum EastGENP. Narayanan NairMUnited Front IND33405J. SaradammaFCPM22802
137NemomGENS. Varadarajan NairMINC32063Pallichal SadasivanMCPM25142
138KovalamGENA. Neellalohithadasan NadarMLeft IND32549N. SakthanMKEC28435
139NeyyattinkaraGENR. Sundaresan NairMUnited Front IND30372R. ParameswaranMCPM24678
140ParassalaGENM. Kunjukrishnan NadarMINC34485M. SathyanesanMCPM21084

By-Elections

S.No.ConstituencyTypeYearWinning CandidatePartyVotesRunner-up CandidatePartyVotesWinning PartyMajority
133KazhakootamGEN1977A.K. AntonyINC38463P. Sreedharan NairCPM- Ind.29794INC8669
136Trivandrum EastGEN1978K.AnirudhanCPM23891P.K.PillaiIND22106CPM1785
2KasaragodGEN1979B. M. A. RahimanMLO22419C. T. A. AliMUL21269MLO1150
12TellicherryGEN1979M.V.RajagopalanCPM44457K.SreedharanCPI23799CPM20658
105ThiruvallaGEN1979P.C.T.PainummoottilJNP30552J.J.VallakkalilKEC24863JNP5689
140ParassalaGEN1979M.SahyanesanCPM27986M. S. NadarINC(I)20657CPM7329

Formation of Ministry

On 25 March, K. Karunakaran of Congress sworn as Chief Minister. However, Karunakaran had to resign within a month over the controversial death of Left-leaning engineering student Rajan, who was tortured during the Emergency when he was the Home Minister.[8][9] Then 15 member ministry under the leadership of A.K. Antony assumed office on 27 April 1977. When Congress split in January 1978, Karunakaran joined the new Indira Congress, and A K Antony continued with the 'main' Congress, which was variously known as Congress (Urs), Congress (Socialist). Antony resigned as Chief Minister in late 1978 when his Congress faction decided to support Indira Gandhi in Chickmagalur bye-election. CPI and Congress also drifted apart. Though the ruling alliance had won nearly 80% seats in the election, it became unstable, and the assembly lasted less than 3 years.

K. Karunakaran's ministry holds the record for ministry which served the shortest term[10]

References

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  2. ^ "Golden Jubilee of Kerala Assembly: 2006-2007- records (updated)". www.keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Recalling the Emergency years". The Indian Express. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Who was K Karunakaran?". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ "A Bill with limitations". frontline.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERELA (PDF). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. 1987. pp. 4–7.
  7. ^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1977". www.elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ Haritha John, Rakesh Mehar (21 June 2017). "Kerala Chronicles: How one missing student brought down a Congress govt in just a month". The News Minute. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Once there was a hero.... - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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