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{{For|Lok Sabha election|1977 Indian general election in Kerala}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1970
| next_election = 1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1980
| election_date = 19 March 1977
| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 71
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=K._Karunakaran_in_1977.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = [[United Front (Kerala)|United Front]]
| leaders_seat1 = Mala
| seats1 = 38
| last_election1 = 30
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 8
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat2 = [[Alathur Assembly constituency|Alathur]]
| alliance2 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
| seats2 = 29
| last_election2 = 29
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| map2_image = [[File:Kerala Alliance wise Result in 1977.svg]]
| swing2 =
| map_image = India-KERALA.svg
| map_size = 150px
| map2_size = 200px
| map_caption = '''Kerala, India'''<br/>Kerala, one of the states in [[South India]], has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
| title = [[Chief Minister of Kerala|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Kerala|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[C. Achutha Menon]]
| map2_caption = Alliance wise structure
| before_party = [[CPI]]
| after_election = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| turnout = 79.19% ({{increase}} 3.90%)
}}

Elections were held on 19 March 1977 to elect members to the fifth [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Niyamasabha]]. The [[United Front (Kerala)|United Front]], led by [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won plurality of seats and remained in power, with [[K. Karunakaran]] as the Chief Minister.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |title=History of Kerala legislature - Government of Kerala, India |website=kerala.gov.in |access-date=26 May 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814235820/https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly, which was elected in 1970, completed its term by 1975, but it was extended on three occasions during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaassembly.org/records.html |title=Golden Jubilee of Kerala Assembly: 2006-2007- records (updated) |website=www.keralaassembly.org |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> Election of 1977 was the general election after the withdrawal of Emergency imposed on 26 June 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/recalling-the-emergency-1975-77-the-emergency-at-work/ |title=Recalling the Emergency years |date=29 June 2015 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/who-was-k-karunakaran-442836 |title=Who was K Karunakaran? |website=NDTV.com |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>

This is the first election the 1974 [[Delimitation Commission of India|delimitation of Assembly Constituencies]] was put to effect,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1817/18170940.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191106063350/https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1817/18170940.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2019 |title=A Bill with limitations |website=frontline.thehindu.com |access-date=26 May 2019 }}</ref> which increased number of seat in the assembly from 133 to 140

== Results ==

=== Party Wise Results ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Party Wise Results'''
!colspan=10|[[File:India Kerala Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|-
!Alliance
!Party
!Seats
|----
|----
| rowspan="7" style="background:skyblue; color:black;" | United Front
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]]
|38
|----
|[[Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India (CPI)]]
|23
|----
|[[Kerala Congress|Kerala Congress (KEC)]]
|20
|----
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)]]
|13
|----
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)]]
|9
|-
|[[National Democratic Party (Kerala)|National Democratic Party (NDP)]]{{efn|name=fn1}}
|5
|-
|[[Praja Socialist Party|Praja Socialist Party (PSP)]]{{efn|name=fn1}}
|3
|----
| rowspan="5" style="background:#f00; color:black;" | Opposition
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]]
|17
|----
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal|Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD)]]
|6
|----
|[[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League (Opposition) (AIML)]]
|3
|----
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)]]
|2
|----
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (IND)
|1
|----
!rowspan=2|Total
!140
|----
|}

==== Notes ====

{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|The members of the PSP and NDP were elected as independent candidates.}}}}

=== Constituency Wise Results ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Detailed constituency-wise Results<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1977_ST_REP.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERELA |publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |year=1987 |pages=4–7}}</ref>'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1977 |website=www.elections.in |access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>
!'''Sl No.'''
!Constituency Name
!Category
!Winner Candidates Name
!Gender
!Party
!Vote
!Runner-up Candidates Name
!Gender
!Party
!vote
|----
|----
|----
|1
|[[Manjeshwar Assembly constituency|Manjeshwar]]
|GEN
|[[M. Ramappa]]
|M
|CPI
|25709
|[[H. Shankara Alva]]
|M
|BLD
|21100
|----
|2
|[[Kasaragod Assembly constituency|Kasaragod]]
|GEN
|[[T. A. Ibrahim]]
|M
|MUL
|29402
|B. M. Abdul Rehiman
|M
|MLO
|22619
|----
|3
|[[Udma Assembly constituency|Udma]]
|GEN
|[[N. K. Balakrishnan]]
|M
|United Front IND
|31690
|[[K. G. Marar]]
|M
|BLD
|28145
|----
|4
|[[Kanhangad Assembly constituency|Hosdrug]]
|(SC)
|[[K. T. Kumaran]]
|M
|CPI
|34683
|M. Raghavan
|M
|CPM
|32578
|----
|5
|[[Thrikaripur Assembly constituency|Trikaripur]]
|GEN
|[[P. Karunakaran]]
|M
|CPM
|38632
|P. T. Jose
|M
|KEC
|32512
|----
|6
|[[Irikkur Assembly constituency|Irikkur]]
|GEN
|[[C. P. Govindan Nambiar]]
|M
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|34889
|Sabastian Vettam
|M
|KCP
|27741
|----
|7
|[[Payyanur Assembly constituency|Payyannur]]
|GEN
|N. Subramoniya Shenoy
|M
|CPM
|37256
|T. C. Bharathan
|M
|IND
|32209
|----
|8
|[[Taliparamba Assembly constituency|Taliparamba]]
|GEN
|M. V. Raghavan
|M
|CPM
|36829
|K. Narayanan Nambiar
|M
|IND
|35304
|----
|9
|[[Azhikode Assembly constituency|Azhikode]]
|GEN
|[[Chadayan Govindan|Chatayan Govindan]]
|M
|CPM
|32548
|C. C. Abdul Halim
|M
|MUL
|26712
|----
|10
|[[Kannur Assembly constituency|kannur]]
|GEN
|[[P. Bhaskaran]]
|M
|BLD
|31391
|N. K. Kumaran
|M
|INC
|30701
|----
|11
|[[Edakkad Assembly constituency|Edakkad]]
|GEN
|P. P. V. Moosa
|M
|MLO
|34266
|[[N Ramakrishnan|N. Ramakrishnan]]
|M
|INC
|30947
|----
|12
|[[Thalassery Assembly constituency|thalassery]]
|GEN
|[[Pattiam Gopalan]]
|M
|CPM
|38419
|N. C. Mammootty
|M
|CPI
|29946
|----
|13
|[[Peringalam Assembly constituency|Peringalam]]
|GEN
|[[P. R. Kurup|P. R. Karup]]
|M
|INC
|33916
|V. K. Achuthan
|M
|BLD
|31958
|----
|14
|[[Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency|Kuthuparamba]]
|GEN
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|M
|CPM
|34465
|Abdulkadar
|M
|RSP
|30064
|----
|15
|[[Peravoor Assembly constituency|Peravoor]]
|GEN
|[[K. P. Noorudeen]]
|M
|INC
|36449
|E. P. Krishnan Nambiar
|M
|CPM
|31465
|----
|16
|North Wynad
|(ST)
|M. V. Rajan
|M
|INC
|32589
|A. Gopalan
|M
|CPM
|24288
|----
|17
|[[Vadakara Assembly constituency|Vatakara]]
|GEN
|K. Chandrasekharan
|M
|BLD
|37543
|P. Vijayan
|M
|INC
|34998
|----
|18
|Nadapuram
|GEN
|Kandalottu Kunhambu
|M
|CPI
|37391
|E. V. Kumaran
|M
|CPM
|30321
|----
|19
|Meppayur
|GEN
|Panarath Kunhimohammed
|M
|MUL
|40642
|A. V. Abdurahiman Haji
|M
|MLO
|34808
|----
|20
|Quilandy
|GEN
|E. Narayanan Nair
|M
|INC
|39581
|E. Rajagopalan Nair
|M
|BLD
|35074
|----
|21
|Perambra
|GEN
|K. C. Joseph
|M
|KEC
|35694
|V. V. Dakshinamoorthy
|M
|CPM
|34921
|----
|22
|Balusseri
|GEN
|P. K. Sankarankutty
|M
|BLD
|33960
|Puthoor Ramakrishnan Nair
|M
|INC
|32413
|----
|23
|Koduvally
|GEN
|E. Ahammad
|M
|MUL
|39241
|K. Moosakutty
|M
|CPM
|31206
|----
|24
|Calicut- I
|GEN
|N. Chandrasekhara Kurup
|M
|CPM
|37249
|P. V. Sankaranarayanan
|M
|INC
|35476
|----
|25
|Calicut- II
|GEN
|P. M. Aboobacker
|M
|MLO
|33531
|S. V. Usmankoya
|M
|MUL
|32433
|----
|26
|Beypore
|GEN
|N. P. Moideen
|M
|INC
|35374
|K. Chathunni Master
|M
|CPM
|33178
|----
|27
|Kunnamangalam
|(SC)
|K. P. Raman
|M
|MLO
|30289
|P. K. Kannan
|M
|CPI
|28601
|----
|28
|Thiruvambady
|GEN
|[[P. Cyriac John]]
|M
|INC
|29835
|E. T. Mohammed Basheer
|M
|MLO
|26454
|----
|29
|Kalpetta
|GEN
|K. G. Adiyodi
|M
|INC
|28713
|M. P. Veerandrakumar
|M
|BLD
|26608
|----
|30
|Sultan'S Battery
|(ST)
|K. Raghavan Master
|M
|INC
|29204
|Nidyachery Vasu
|M
|BLD
|24213
|----
|31
|Wandoor
|(SC)
|V. Eacharan
|M
|INC
|35369
|K. Gopalan
|M
|BLD
|22079
|----
|32
|Nilambur
|GEN
|Aryadan Muhammed
|M
|INC
|35410
|K. Saidali Kutty
|M
|CPM
|27695
|----
|33
|Manjeri
|GEN
|M. P. M Abdulla Kurikkal
|M
|MUL
|43626
|K. A. Quader
|M
|MLO
|16807
|----
|34
|Malappuram
|GEN
|C. H. Mohammed Koya
|M
|MUL
|39362
|T. K. S. A. Muthukoyathangal
|M
|MLO
|15724
|----
|35
|Kondotty
|GEN
|P. Seethi Haji
|M
|MUL
|41731
|M. C. Muhammed
|M
|MLO
|20159
|----
|36
|Tirurangadi
|GEN
|Avakader Kutty Naha
|M
|MUL
|40540
|T. P. Kunhalan Kutty
|M
|IND
|21479
|----
|37
|Tanur
|GEN
|U. A. Beeran
|M
|MUL
|42886
|C. M. Kutty
|M
|MLO
|12158
|----
|38
|Tirur
|GEN
|P. T. Kunhimuhammed ( Kunhukutty Hajee )
|M
|MUL
|41675
|K. Moideen Kutty Haji ( K. Bava Haji )
|M
|MLO
|26127
|----
|39
|Ponnani
|GEN
|M. P. Gangadharan
|M
|INC
|38083
|E. K. Imbichi Bava
|M
|CPM
|28334
|----
|40
|Kuttippuram
|GEN
|Chakeri Ahmedkutty
|M
|MUL
|36367
|K. Moidu
|M
|MLO
|12023
|----
|41
|Mankada
|GEN
|Korambayil Ahammed Haji
|M
|MUL
|33597
|Cherukoya Thangal
|M
|MLO
|26207
|----
|42
|Perinthalmanna
|GEN
|K. K. S. Thangal
|M
|MUL
|32356
|Paloli Muhammed Kutty
|M
|CPM
|24751
|----
|43
|Thrithala
|GEN
|K. Sankaranarayanan
|M
|INC
|34012
|P. P. Krishnan
|M
|CPM
|24288
|----
|44
|Pattambi
|GEN
|E. P. Gopalan
|M
|CPI
|30659
|Devaki Warrier
|F
|CPM
|26072
|----
|45
|Ottapalam
|GEN
|P. Balan
|M
|INC
|30937
|K. P. Unni
|M
|CPM
|24120
|----
|46
|Sreekrishnapuram
|GEN
|K. Sukumaranunni
|M
|INC
|32071
|C. Govinda Panicker
|M
|CPM
|28136
|----
|47
|Mannarkkad
|GEN
|A. N. Yusuff
|M
|CPI
|30563
|[[C. S. Gangadharan]]
|M
|CPM
|23854
|----
|48
|Malampuzha
|GEN
|P. V. Kunhikannan
|M
|CPM
|27122
|C. M. Chandrasekharan
|M
|RSP
|22696
|----
|49
|Palghat
|GEN
|C. M. Sundaram
|M
|United Front IND
|30160
|R. Krishnan
|M
|CPM
|27357
|----
|50
|Chittur
|GEN
|P. Sankar
|M
|CPI
|28698
|K. A. Sivarama Bharathy
|M
|BLD
|21121
|----
|51
|Kollengode
|GEN
|C. Vasudeva Menon
|M
|CPM
|29303
|K. V. Narayanan
|M
|CPI
|28865
|----
|52
|Coyalmannam
|(SC)
|M. K. Krishnan
|M
|CPM
|34798
|N. Subbayyan
|M
|INC
|29570
|----
|53
|Alathur
|GEN
|E. M. S. Namboodiripad
|M
|CPM
|31424
|V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|M
|INC
|29425
|----
|54
|Chelakara
|(SC)
|K. K. Balakrishnan
|M
|INC
|34460
|K. S. Sankaran
|M
|CPM
|24525
|----
|55
|Wadakkanchery
|GEN
|K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri
|M
|INC
|37783
|A. S. N. Nambisan
|M
|CPM
|25725
|----
|56
|Kunnamkulam
|GEN
|[[K. P. Viswanathan]]
|M
|INC
|35230
|T. K. Krishnan
|M
|CPM
|29889
|----
|57
|Cherpu
|GEN
|K. P. Prabhakaran
|M
|CPI
|33526
|I. M. Velayudhan
|M
|IND
|29007
|----
|58
|Trichur
|GEN
|[[K. J. George (born 1934)|K. J. George]]
|M
|BLD
|32335
|P. A. Antony
|M
|INC
|28185
|----
|59
|Ollur
|GEN
|P. R. Francis
|M
|INC
|30931
|Adv. P. K. Asokan
|M
|CPM
|29845
|----
|60
|Kodakara
|GEN
|Lonappan Nambadan
|M
|KEC
|30569
|T. P. Sitaraman
|M
|BLD
|29119
|----
|61
|Chalakudi
|GEN
|[[P. K. Ittoop]]
|M
|KCP
|33581
|P. P. George
|M
|INC
|25968
|----
|62
|Mala
|GEN
|K. Karunakaran
|M
|INC
|34699
|Paul Kokkat
|M
|CPM
|25233
|----
|63
|Irinjalakuda
|GEN
|Sidharthan Kattungal
|M
|INC
|33377
|John Manjooran
|M
|IND
|31243
|----
|64
|Manalur
|GEN
|N. I. Devassykutty
|M
|INC
|32314
|M. G. Jayachandran
|M
|IND
|24986
|----
|65
|Guruvayoor
|GEN
|B. V. Seethi Thangal
|M
|MUL
|34063
|V. M. Sulaiman
|M
|MLO
|20071
|----
|66
|Nattika
|GEN
|P. K. Gopalakrishnan
|M
|CPI
|32917
|V. K. Gopinathan
|M
|BLD
|24711
|----
|67
|Kodungallur
|GEN
|V. K. Rajan
|M
|CPI
|32159
|P. V. Abdul Kader
|M
|IND
|24048
|----
|68
|Ankamali
|GEN
|A. P. Kurian
|M
|CPM
|36261
|P. P. Thankachan
|M
|INC
|35700
|----
|69
|Vadakkekara
|GEN
|T. K. Abdu
|M
|CPM
|30498
|K. C. Mathew
|M
|CPI
|29541
|----
|70
|Parur
|GEN
|Xavier Arakkal
|M
|INC
|29644
|Varkey Painandar
|M
|IND
|24733
|----
|71
|Narakkal
|(SC)
|T. A. Paraman
|M
|RSP
|30985
|S. Vasu
|M
|CPM
|28795
|----
|72
|Ernakulam
|GEN
|A. L. Jacob
|M
|INC
|33367
|Alexander Parambithara
|M
|BLD
|31643
|----
|73
|Mattancherry
|GEN
|K. J. Harschel
|M
|BLD
|29543
|A. A. Kochunny
|M
|INC
|25348
|----
|74
|Palluruthy
|GEN
|Eapen Varghese
|M
|KEC
|32479
|M. M. Lawrence
|M
|CPM
|30638
|----
|75
|Thrippunithura
|GEN
|T. K. Ramakrishnan
|M
|CPM
|35754
|K. M. Ramsakunju
|M
|MUL
|30009
|----
|76
|Alwaye
|GEN
|T. H. Musthafa
|M
|INC
|37017
|M. P. M. Japherkhan
|M
|MLO
|36259
|----
|77
|Perumbavoor
|GEN
|P. R. Sivan
|M
|CPM
|34133
|P. I. Poulose
|M
|INC
|32386
|----
|78
|Kunnathunad
|GEN
|P. R. Esthose
|M
|CPM
|31126
|[[Paul P. Mani]]
|M
|INC
|28436
|----
|79
|Piravom
|GEN
|T. M. Jacob
|M
|KEC
|35598
|Alunkal Devassy
|M
|BLD
|29868
|----
|80
|Muvattupuzha
|GEN
|P. C. Joseph
|M
|KEC
|32994
|Sunny Mannathukaran
|M
|KCP
|28349
|----
|81
|Kothamangalam
|GEN
|M. V. Mani
|M
|KEC
|34523
|M. E. Kuriakose
|M
|KCP
|31432
|----
|82
|Thodupuzha
|GEN
|P. J. Joseph
|M
|KEC
|38294
|A. C. Chacko
|M
|KCP
|24386
|----
|83
|Devicolam
|(SC)
|Kittappanarayanaswamy
|M
|INC
|27348
|G. Varadan
|M
|CPM
|18949
|----
|84
|Idukki
|GEN
|V. T. Sebastian
|M
|KEC
|23244
|John Thomas Mooleparambil
|M
|IND
|14071
|----
|85
|Udumbanchola
|GEN
|Thomas Joseph
|M
|KEC
|29083
|M. Ginadevan
|M
|CPM
|20843
|----
|86
|Peermade
|GEN
|C. A. Kuriyan
|M
|CPI
|27360
|K. S. Krishnan
|M
|CPM
|20013
|----
|87
|Kanjirappally
|GEN
|K. V. Kurian
|M
|KEC
|32207
|Eapen Jacob
|M
|KCP
|28227
|----
|88
|Vazhoor
|GEN
|K. Narayana Kurup
|M
|KEC
|37391
|K. M. Sadasivan Nair
|M
|CPM
|17356
|----
|89
|Changanacherry
|GEN
|Joseph Chacko
|M
|KEC
|31960
|Mathew Mullakupadem
|M
|KCP
|19481
|----
|90
|Kottayam
|GEN
|P. P. George
|M
|CPI
|35683
|M. Thomas
|M
|CPM
|32107
|----
|91
|Ettumanoor
|GEN
|P. B. R. Pillai
|M
|BLD
|23795
|M. C. Abraham
|M
|INC
|23553
|----
|92
|Puthuppally
|GEN
|Oommen Chandy
|M
|INC
|40376
|P. C. Cherian
|M
|BLD
|24466
|----
|93
|Poonjar
|GEN
|V. J. Joseph
|M
|KEC
|34770
|P. I. Devasia
|M
|KCP
|21065
|----
|94
|Palai
|GEN
|K. M. Mani
|M
|KEC
|39664
|N. C. Joseph
|M
|IND
|24807
|----
|95
|Kaduthuruthy
|GEN
|O. Lukose
|M
|KEC
|38403
|K. K. Joseph
|M
|CPM
|25652
|----
|96
|Vaikom
|(SC)
|M. K. Kesavan
|M
|CPI
|39711
|K. G. Bhaskaran
|M
|CPM
|24770
|----
|97
|Aroor
|GEN
|P. S. Sreenivasan
|M
|CPI
|39643
|K. R. Gouri
|F
|CPM
|30048
|----
|98
|Sherthala
|GEN
|M. K. Raghavan
|M
|INC
|37767
|N. P. Thandar
|M
|CPM
|26007
|----
|99
|Mararikulam
|GEN
|A. V. Thamarakshan
|M
|RSP
|39094
|P. K. Chandrandan
|M
|CPM
|34748
|----
|100
|Alleppey
|GEN
|P. K. Vasudevan Nair
|M
|CPI
|35301
|Joseph Matahn
|M
|BLD
|25631
|----
|101
|Ambalapuzha
|GEN
|K. K. Kumara Pillai
|M
|RSP
|32056
|V. S. Achuthanandan
|M
|CPM
|26471
|----
|102
|Kuttanad
|GEN
|Eappen Kandakudy
|M
|KEC
|34161
|K.P. Joseph
|M
|CPM
|27014
|----
|103
|Haripad
|GEN
|G.P. Mangalathu Madaom
|M
|United Front IND
|33037
|C.B.C. Warrier
|M
|CPM
|30118
|----
|104
|Kayamkulam
|GEN
|Thundathie Kunjukrishna Pillai
|M
|INC
|29742
|P.A. Haris P.K. Kunju
|M
|BLD
|24655
|----
|105
|Thiruvalla
|GEN
|E. John Jacob
|M
|KEC
|31548
|John Jacob Vallakkalil
|M
|KCP
|24573
|----
|106
|Kallooppara
|GEN
|T.S. John
|M
|KEC
|33967
|E.K. Kuriakose
|M
|KCP
|17173
|----
|107
|Aranmula
|GEN
|M.K. Hemachandran
|M
|INC
|35482
|P.N. Chandrasenan
|M
|IND
|21127
|----
|108
|Chengannur
|GEN
|Thakappan Pillai
|M
|United Front IND
|33909
|K.R. Saraswathi Amma
|F
|KCP
|27356
|----
|109
|Mavelikara
|GEN
|Bhaskaran Nair
|M
|United front IND
|35103
|S. Govinda Kurup
|M
|CPM
|26310
|----
|110
|Pandalam
|(SC)
|Damodaran Kalassery
|M
|INC
|36938
|V. Kesavan
|M
|CPM
|31764
|----
|111
|Ranni
|GEN
|K.A. Mathew
|M
|KEC
|32530
|F. Thomas Kuttikayam
|M
|KCP
|23235
|----
|112
|Pathanamthitta
|GEN
|George Mathew
|M
|KEC
|34853
|K.K. Nair
|M
|IND
|30686
|----
|113
|Konni
|GEN
|P.J. Thomas
|M
|INC
|30714
|R.C. Unnithan
|M
|CPM
|30277
|----
|114
|Pathanapuram
|GEN
|E.K. Pillai
|M
|CPI
|30927
|A. George
|M
|KCP
|30136
|----
|115
|Punalur
|GEN
|P.K. Sreenjvasan
|M
|CPI
|33870
|V. Bharathan
|M
|CPM
|30668
|----
|116
|Chadayamangalam
|GEN
|Chandrasekharan Nair
|M
|CPI
|31906
|N. Sundaresan
|M
|CPM
|20219
|----
|117
|Kottarakkara
|GEN
|R. Balakrishan Pillai
|M
|KCP
|37253
|Kottara Gopalkrishan
|M
|INC
|23098
|----
|118
|Neduvathur
|(SC)
|Bhargavi Thankappan
|F
|CPI
|33941
|Vettikavala Kochukunju
|M
|BLD
|22019
|----
|119
|Adoor
|GEN
|Thennala Balakrishna Pillai
|M
|INC
|31214
|Mathew Muthalali
|M
|KCP
|23826
|----
|120
|Kunnathur
|(SC)
|Kallada Narayanan
|M
|RSP
|43347
|C.K. Thankappan
|M
|CPM
|25103
|----
|121
|Karunagappally
|GEN
|P. M. Sheriff
|M
|CPI
|29739
|C.P. Karunnakaran Pillai
|M
|CPM
|24255
|----
|122
|Chavara
|GEN
|Baby John
|M
|RSP
|36892
|A. Noorundin Kunju
|M
|IND
|17583
|----
|123
|Kundara
|GEN
|A. A. Rahim
|M
|INC
|29758
|V. V. Joseph
|M
|IND
|29362
|----
|124
|Quilon
|GEN
|Thyagarajan
|M
|RSP
|37065
|N. Padmalochanan
|M
|CPM
|24049
|----
|125
|Eravipuram
|GEN
|R. S. Unni
|M
|RSP
|39119
|R. M. Parameswaran
|M
|IND
|22666
|----
|126
|Chathanoor
|GEN
|J. Chitharanjan
|M
|CPI
|38787
|Varinja Vasu Pillai
|M
|BLD
|20016
|----
|127
|Varkala
|GEN
|T. A. Majeed
|M
|CPI
|25210
|Shamsuddin
|M
|BLD
|18991
|----
|128
|Attingal
|GEN
|Vakkam Purushothaman
|M
|INC
|32452
|Varkala Radhakrishnan
|M
|CPM
|23892
|----
|129
|Kilimanoor
|(SC)
|P. K. Chathan Master
|M
|CPI
|32242
|C. K. Balakrishnan
|M
|CPM
|31412
|----
|130
|Vamanapuram
|GEN
|N. Vasudevan Pillai
|M
|CPM
|31463
|M. Kunju Krishnan Pillai
|M
|INC
|29071
|----
|131
|Ariyanad
|GEN
|K. C. Vamadevan
|M
|RSP
|26100
|Thakidi Krishanan Nair
|M
|BLD
|18908
|----
|132
|Nedumangad
|GEN
|Kaniapuram Ramachandran Nair
|M
|CPI
|34731
|R. Sundaresan Nair
|M
|IND
|23992
|----
|133
|Kazhakuttam
|GEN
|Thlaekunnil Basheer
|M
|INC
|37014
|A. Essuddin
|M
|MLO
|22637
|----
|134
|Trivandrum North
|GEN
|K. Raveendran Nair
|M
|United Front IND
|31971
|S. Dharmarajan
|M
|CPM
|25806
|----
|135
|Trivandrum West
|GEN
|K. Pankajakshan
|M
|RSP
|31224
|S.M. Noohu
|M
|BLD
|20301
|----
|136
|Trivandrum East
|GEN
|P. Narayanan Nair
|M
|United Front IND
|33405
|J. Saradamma
|F
|CPM
|22802
|----
|137
|Nemom
|GEN
|S. Varadarajan Nair
|M
|INC
|32063
|Pallichal Sadasivan
|M
|CPM
|25142
|----
|138
|Kovalam
|GEN
|A. Neellalohithadasan Nadar
|M
|Left IND
|32549
|N. Sakthan
|M
|KEC
|28435
|----
|139
|Neyyattinkara
|GEN
|R. Sundaresan Nair
|M
|United Front IND
|30372
|R. Parameswaran
|M
|CPM
|24678
|----
|140
|Parassala
|GEN
|M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar
|M
|INC
|34485
|M. Sathyanesan
|M
|CPM
|21084
|----
|}

=== By-Elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!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 [[Rajan case|controversial death of Left-leaning engineering student Rajan]], who was tortured during the Emergency when he was the Home Minister.<ref>Haritha John,
Rakesh Mehar (21 June 2017). [https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-how-one-missing-student-brought-down-congress-govt-just-month-64012 "Kerala Chronicles: How one missing student brought down a Congress govt in just a month"]. ''The News Minute''. Retrieved 1 January 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/once-there-was-a-hero..../705882/2 |title=Once there was a hero.... - Indian Express |website=archive.indianexpress.com |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> Then 15 member ministry under the leadership of [[A. K. Antony|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.

[[First K. Karunakaran Ministry|K. Karunakaran's ministry]] holds the record for ministry which served the shortest term<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaassembly.org/records.html |title=Golden Jubilee of Kerala Assembly: 2006-2007- records (updated) |website=www.keralaassembly.org |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.keralaassembly.org/ Kerala Assembly Election DATABASE]

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

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[[Category:1977 State Assembly elections in India|Kerala]]

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