GEN · Kerala
Trivandrum
V. K. Krishna Menon (IND) won by 24,127 votes (7.6%).
- Electors
- 5,33,641
- Votes polled
- 3,18,883
- Valid votes
- 3,16,793
- Turnout
- 59.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 7.6% (median 21.5%). Back to Kerala · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 7.1%(+5.2%)
- Turnout
- 68.4%(+5.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 67.8%
Winning margin over time · Trivandrum
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. K. Krishna MenonWinner | IND | 1,67,872 | 53.0% |
| 2 | D. Damodaran Potti | PSP | 1,43,745 | 45.4% |
| 3 | George Kunjipalu | IND | 2,430 | 0.8% |
| 4 | P. Kunjan | IND | 1,946 | 0.6% |
| 5 | S. R. Chandran | IND | 800 | 0.3% |
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