Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency

Ernakulam
Lok Sabha constituency
Map of Ernakulam Parliament Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Kalamassery Paravur Vypin Kochi Thrippunithura Ernakulam Thrikkakara
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Hibi Eden
Party	INC
Elected year	2019

Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

It comprises 7 legislative assembly constituencies. The constituency is dominated by Latin Catholics who constitute one third of the population and Syrian Catholicssyro malabar who forms one sixth of the population making this seat a Congress stronghold. Eleven of the twelve legislatures were from this community, and the Left parties have only succeeded here by contesting independents, barring once. ^{[1] [2]}

Assembly segments

Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: ^[3]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
77.	Kalamassery	None	Ernakulam
78.	Paravur	None	Ernakulam
79.	Vypin	None	Ernakulam
80.	Kochi	None	Ernakulam
81.	Thrippunithura	None	Ernakulam
82.	Ernakulam	None	Ernakulam
83.	Thrikkakara	None	Ernakulam

Members of Parliament

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
Travancore-Cochin
1952	1st	C. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty		Indian National Congress	1952-1957
After the Formation of Kerala
1957	2nd	A.M. Thomas		Indian National Congress	1957-1962
1962	3rd				1962-1967
1967	4th	V. Viswanatha Menon		Communist Party of India	1967-1971
1971	5th	Henry Austin		Indian National Congress	1971-1977
1977	6th				1977-1980
1980	7th	Xavier Arakkal			1980-1984
1984	8th	K.V. Thomas			1984-1989
1989	9th				1989-1991
1991	10th				1991-1996
1996	11th	Xavier Arakkal		Independent (supported by LDF)	1996-1997
1997*		Sebastian Paul			1997-1998
1998	12th	George Eden		Indian National Congress	1998-1999
1999	13th				1999-2003
2003*		Sebastian Paul		Independent (supported by LDF)	2003-2004
2004	14th				2004-2009
2009	15th	K.V. Thomas		Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th				2014-2019
2019	17th	Hibi Eden			Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Votes in elections

Year	Polled votes	Poll%	Winner	Party	Votes	%	2nd position	Party	Votes	%	3rd position	Party	Votes	%	Margin
2019	967203	72.02	Hibi Eden	Indian National Congress	491263	50.79	P Rajeev	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	322110	33.3	Alphons Kannanthanam	Bharatiya Janata Party	137749	14.24	169153
2014	850910	73.58	K. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress	353841		Christy Fernandez	LDF Independent	266794		A. N. Radhakrishnan	Bharatiya Janata Party	99003		87047
2009	744996	72.81	K. V. Thomas	INC	342845	46.03	Sindhu Joy	CPI(M)	331055	44.44	A. N. Radhakrishnan	BJP	52968	7.11	11790
2004	659176	61.09	Sebastian Paul	LDF	323042	49.03	Edward Edezhath	INC	252943	38.39	O.G. Thankappan	BJP	60697	9.21	70099
1999	776933	65.79	George Eden	INC	394058	50.78	Mani Thomas	LDF	282753	36.44	T. D. Rajaleskshmi	BJP	77640	10.01	111305
1998	776105	68.86	George Eden	INC	389387	50.53	Sebastian Paul	LDF	314879	40.86	V. V. Augustine	BJP	62262	8.08	74508
1996	729915	68.77	Xavier Arackal	LDF	335479	46.91	K. V. Thomas	INC	305094	42.66	O. M. Mathew	BJP	46559	6.51	30385
1991	740854	72.67	K. V. Thomas	INC	362975	49.64	V. Viswanatha Menon	CPI(M)	315831	43.20	V. Rahiman	BJP	30082	4.11	47144
1984	774809	80.68	K. V. Thomas	INC	384434	49.90	P. Subramanian Potti	LDF	347684	45.13	A. N. Radhakrishnan	BJP	29107	3.78	36750

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Ernakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	KJ Shine
	INC	Hibi Eden
	BJP	Dr. K S Radhakrishnan
	Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam	Adv Antony Judy
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

According to Election Commission, there are 12,09,44 registered voters in Ernakulam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. ^[4]

2019 Indian general election  : Ernakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hibi Eden	491,263	50.79	+9.21
	CPI(M)	P Rajeev	3,22,210	33.30	N/A
	BJP	Alphons Kannanthanam	1,37,749	14.24	+2.61
	SDPI	VM Faizal	4,309	0.4	-1.34
Margin of victory			1,69,053	17.48
Turnout			9,67,390	77.64
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election  : Ernakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.V. Thomas	3,53,841	41.58	-4.45
	Left Democratic Front	Christy Fernandez	2,66,794	31.35	N/A
	BJP	A.N. Radhakrishnan	99,003	11.63	+4.52
	AAP	Anita Pratap	51,517	6.05	N/A
	IND.	K. V. Bhaskaran	22,733	2.67	N/A
	SDPI	Zulficar Ali	14,825	1.74	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	9,735	1.14	---
Margin of victory			87,047	10.23	+8.64
Turnout			8,50,834	73.56
	INC hold		Swing	-4.44

See also

• Ernakulam
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)

References

Citations

1. Sanandakumar, S. "One thing's sure: The next Ernakulam MP will be Latin Catholic". The Economic Times .
2. "Latin Catholic Votes Set to Prove Crucial in Ernakulam". New Indian Express . 10 March 2014.
3. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
4. Indiancrux : 2019 General Election Ernakulam Constituency Live Results

External links

• Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
• 2019 General Election Ernakulam Constituency Live Results

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