State board · Lok Sabha

Kerala Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 19 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateKerala

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 19

Electors

1.02Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

65.93L

64.5% of electors

Median turnout

64.2%

Median of 19 seats

INC short

−4

Below majority · 6 − 10

[01]Seat matrix

19 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 10 of 19INC 6 · 4 short of majority

INC 631.6% Indian National Congress

CPI 315.8% Communist Party of India

KEC 315.8% Kerala Congress

RSP 210.5% Revolutionary Socialist Party

CPI(M) 210.5% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

ML 210.5% Muslim Leage

IND 15.3% Independents

State level, as published

CPI(M) 26.2%2 seats · 10.5%

INC 19.8%6 seats · 31.6%

CPI 9.1%3 seats · 15.8%

KEC 8.3%3 seats · 15.8%

RSP 6.4%2 seats · 10.5%

Others 30.2%3 seats · 15.8%

Vote share not published

ML2 seats
IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 19.8% of votes into 31.6% of seats, a seat premium of 11.8 pp.
6 ÷ 19 = 31.6% · 31.6 − 19.8 = +11.8
CPI(M) polled 26.2% of votes, the highest share, but won 2 seats (10.5%).
2 ÷ 19 = 10.5% · 10.5 − 26.2 = −15.7
Ponnani was decided by 11,923 votes, the closest of 19 seats; Manjeri had the widest margin, 1,19,837.
min / max of margin over 19 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 45.8% in Manjeri to 77.5% in Ambalapuzha; the median seat polled 64.2%.
min / median / max over 19 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

19 of 19 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 15.3% of seats

50–60 421.1% of seats

60–70 736.8% of seats

70–80 736.8% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestManjeri45.8%
HighestAmbalapuzha77.5%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

19 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1971, all 19 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
148	Kasargod	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	Indian National Congress	4,15,761	28,404	6.8	71.8
149	Tellicherry	C. K. Chandrappan	Communist Party of India	4,00,335	39,824	9.9	71.1
150	Badagara	K. P. Unnikrishnan	Indian National Congress	3,80,037	57,804	15.2	67.1
151	Kozhikode	Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait	Muslim Leage	3,67,454	72,076	19.6	61.7
152	ManjeriWIDEST	Muhammad Ismail Sahib	Muslim Leage	2,56,834	1,19,837	46.7	45.8
153	PonnaniSCCLOSEST	M. K. Krishnan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,02,569	11,923	3.9	57.2
154	Palghat	A. K. Gopalan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,41,486	52,266	15.3	60.5
155	Trichur	C. Janardhanan	Communist Party of India	3,92,382	20,324	5.2	71.7
156	Mukundapuram	A. C. George	Indian National Congress	3,75,929	72,610	19.3	71.3
157	Ernakulam	Henry Austin	Indian National Congress	3,82,724	22,670	5.9	71.7
158	Muvattpuzha	C. M. Stephen	Indian National Congress	3,21,367	38,137	11.9	64.2
159	Peermade	M. M. Joseph	Kerala Congress	2,69,222	74,624	27.7	51.0
160	Kottayam	Varkey George	Kerala Congress	3,30,399	26,015	7.9	67.3
161	Ambalapuzha	K. Balakrishnan	Revolutionary Socialist Party	4,08,735	25,918	6.3	77.5
162	Mavelikara	R. Balakrishna Pillai	Kerala Congress	3,81,567	55,527	14.6	74.2
163	AdoorSC	K. Bhargavi	Communist Party of India	3,12,726	1,08,897	34.8	61.4
164	Quilon	N. Sreekantan Nair	Revolutionary Socialist Party	3,14,953	1,12,384	35.7	58.0
165	Chirayinkil	Vayalar Ravi	Indian National Congress	3,20,083	49,272	15.4	63.7
166	Trivandrum	V. K. Krishna Menon	Independent	3,18,883	24,127	7.6	59.8

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,19,837 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Kerala · 19 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database