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1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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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]

Quick facts All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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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

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Results

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Constituency Wise Results

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By-Elections

S.No. Constituency Type Year Winning Candidate Party Votes Runner-up Candidate Party Votes Winning Party Majority
133 Kazhakootam GEN 1977 A.K. Antony INC 38463 P. Sreedharan Nair CPM- Ind. 29794 INC 8669
136 Trivandrum East GEN 1978 K.Anirudhan CPM 23891 P.K.Pillai IND 22106 CPM 1785
2 Kasaragod GEN 1979 B. M. A. Rahiman MLO 22419 C. T. A. Ali MUL 21269 MLO 1150
12 Tellicherry GEN 1979 M.V.Rajagopalan CPM 44457 K.Sreedharan CPI 23799 CPM 20658
105 Thiruvalla GEN 1979 P.C.T.Painummoottil JNP 30552 J.J.Vallakkalil KEC 24863 JNP 5689
140 Parassala GEN 1979 M.Sahyanesan CPM 27986 M. S. Nadar INC(I) 20657 CPM 7329

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]

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