Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Ernakulam (Kerala) was won by Hibi Eden (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 169,153 votes over P Rajeev. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Ernakulam, Kerala, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Thomas ( Alungal )
Indian National Congress
142,202
48.3%
Abdul Kadar (Independent)
10,623 (3.6 pts)
1962
A. M. Thomas
Indian National Congress
181,105
50.7%
M. M. Abdul Khader (Communist Party of India)
23,399 (6.6 pts)
1967
V. V. Menon
CPI (Marxist)
176,624
49.0%
A. M. Thomas (Indian National Congress)
16,606 (4.6 pts)
1971
Henry Austin
Indian National Congress
190,602
50.2%
V. Viswanatha Menon (CPI (Marxist))
22,670 (6.0 pts)
1977
Henry Austin
Indian National Congress
227,896
49.8%
K. N. Raveendranath (CPI (Marxist))
7,285 (1.6 pts)
1980
Xavier Varghese Arakal
Congress (I)
189,225
48.0%
Henry Austin (Congress (U))
2,502 (0.6 pts)
1984
K. V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
277,374
50.6%
A. A. Kochunny Master (ICS)
70,324 (12.8 pts)
1989
K. V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
385,176
49.9%
P. Subramnoian Poti (Independent)
36,465 (4.7 pts)
1991
K.V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
362,975
49.6%
V. Viswanatha Menon (CPI (Marxist))
47,144 (6.5 pts)
1996
Xavier Arrakkal
Independent
335,479
46.9%
K.V.Thomas (Indian National Congress)
30,385 (4.2 pts)
1998
Adv. George Eden
Indian National Congress
389,387
50.5%
Dr. Sebastian Paul (Independent)
74,508 (9.7 pts)
1999
Adv. George Eden
Indian National Congress
394,058
50.8%
Mani Vithayathil (Independent)
111,305 (14.3 pts)
2004
Dr. Sebastian Paul
Independent
323,042
49.0%
Dr Edward Edezhath (Indian National Congress)
70,099 (10.6 pts)
2009
Prof. K V Thomas
Indian National Congress
342,845
46.0%
Sindhu Joy (CPI (Marxist))
11,790 (1.6 pts)
2014
Prof. K.V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
353,841
41.6%
Christy Fernandez (Independent)
87,047 (10.2 pts)
2019
Hibi Eden
Indian National Congress
491,263
51.1%
P Rajeev (CPI (Marxist))
169,153 (17.6 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thomas ( Alungal )
Indian National Congress
142,202
48.3%
Abdul Kadar
Independent
131,579
44.7%
Madhavan E. K.
Independent
12,544
4.3%
Moothedan Varkey
Independent
8,275
2.8%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
A. M. Thomas
Indian National Congress
181,105
50.7%
M. M. Abdul Khader
Communist Party of India
157,706
44.2%
S. P. Luiz
Independent
18,068
5.1%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
V. V. Menon
CPI (Marxist)
176,624
49.0%
A. M. Thomas
Indian National Congress
160,018
44.4%
S. P. Luiz
Independent
9,646
2.7%
P. Narayanaswami
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
7,460
2.1%
S. R. Sivaraman
Independent
6,620
1.8%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Henry Austin
Indian National Congress
190,602
50.2%
V. Viswanatha Menon
CPI (Marxist)
167,932
44.3%
Alexander Parambithara
Congress (O)
20,963
5.5%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Henry Austin
Indian National Congress
227,896
49.8%
K. N. Raveendranath
CPI (Marxist)
220,611
48.3%
V. V. Elayath
Independent
6,643
1.5%
A. K. Balkrishnan Nair
Independent
2,019
0.4%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Xavier Varghese Arakal
Congress (I)
189,225
48.0%
Henry Austin
Congress (U)
186,723
47.4%
Sreenivasan M.S. Madhavan
Independent
9,808
2.5%
Sukumaran Pottekat
Independent
4,206
1.1%
I. Velayudhan
Independent
2,082
0.5%
Sreenivasan Kochunny
Independent
1,981
0.5%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K. V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
277,374
50.6%
A. A. Kochunny Master
ICS
207,050
37.8%
P. R. Nambiar
Bharatiya Janata Party
29,893
5.5%
C. V. Antony
Independent
12,102
2.2%
A. G. Krishnan
Independent
10,202
1.9%
P. B. Lakshmanan
Independent
5,804
1.1%
Jose Padikkal
Independent
1,220
0.2%
K. M. Muhammed (Ummu)
Independent
1,121
0.2%
Raghavan
Independent
1,060
0.2%
I. Velayudhan
Independent
794
0.1%
Padman S. Menon
Independent
431
0.1%
C. V. Sivaprasad
Independent
301
0.1%
T. M. Poulose
Independent
300
0.1%
G. P. C. Nayar
Independent
213
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K. V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
385,176
49.9%
P. Subramnoian Poti
Independent
348,711
45.2%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
Bharatiya Janata Party
29,162
3.8%
John Joseph
Independent
2,029
0.3%
Kaloor Joseph
Independent
1,108
0.1%
N. V. Mathew
JNP (JP)
1,095
0.1%
M. Velayudhan
Independent
1,066
0.1%
K. O. Johny
Independent
856
0.1%
Kallara Sukumaran
Independent
748
0.1%
V. R. Menon
Independent
739
0.1%
K. V. Suresh
Independent
595
0.1%
Premakumar Krishnan
Independent
558
0.1%
C. R. Balakrishnan
Bahujan Samaj Party
421
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K.V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
362,975
49.6%
V. Viswanatha Menon
CPI (Marxist)
315,831
43.2%
V.A. Rahman
Bharatiya Janata Party
30,082
4.1%
Rajasekharan Nair
Independent
6,575
0.9%
Valath Salim
Independent
3,381
0.5%
Abdul Rasheed
Independent
1,928
0.3%
G.P.C. Nayar
Janata Party
1,912
0.3%
K.V. Thomas
Independent
1,645
0.2%
Jose Padikkal
Independent
1,225
0.2%
Beena Jacob (W)
LKD
1,195
0.2%
Anil Kumar P.G.
DDP
1,155
0.2%
P.A. Aboobacker
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,148
0.2%
Premakumar Krishnan
Independent
862
0.1%
Johnson Kottoor
Independent
469
0.1%
Thulassedharan Pillai Ramkrishna Pillai
Independent
463
0.1%
K.G. Raphael
Independent
301
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Xavier Arrakkal
Independent
335,479
46.9%
K.V.Thomas
Indian National Congress
305,094
42.7%
O.M.Mathew
Bharatiya Janata Party
46,559
6.5%
P.T. Inasi
Independent
9,119
1.3%
Kaloor Joseph
Independent
4,608
0.6%
V.C.Rajappan
Independent
2,570
0.4%
R Prakash
Shiv Sena
2,225
0.3%
Anjiparambil Gilbert
Independent
1,321
0.2%
Raghavan (Pooyapilly Raghavan)
Independent
1,296
0.2%
P A Viswambharan
Independent
1,285
0.2%
Stanley Joseph Stanley
Independent
1,263
0.2%
Baby John
Independent
1,046
0.1%
M S Jayachandran
Independent
865
0.1%
Abdul Rasheed
Independent
850
0.1%
R. Thulasidharan Pillai
Independent
849
0.1%
Unnikrishnan Velayudhan Nair
Independent
713
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adv. George Eden
Indian National Congress
389,387
50.5%
Dr. Sebastian Paul
Independent
314,879
40.9%
V.V. Augustine
Bharatiya Janata Party
62,262
8.1%
Jose Padikkal
Independent
4,084
0.5%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adv. George Eden
Indian National Congress
394,058
50.8%
Mani Vithayathil
Independent
282,753
36.4%
Adv. T.D. Rajalakshmi
Bharatiya Janata Party
77,640
10.0%
Edwin Tomson
Independent
7,242
0.9%
T.K. Padmanabhan
Independent
6,311
0.8%
Jogi Vithayathil
Independent
3,202
0.4%
Jose Padickkal
Independent
2,994
0.4%
Haji Moideen Shah
Rashtriya Janata Dal
1,750
0.2%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Sebastian Paul
Independent
323,042
49.0%
Dr Edward Edezhath
Indian National Congress
252,943
38.4%
O G Thankappan
Bharatiya Janata Party
60,697
9.2%
Adv. T B Mini
Independent
10,418
1.6%
P S Gangadharan
Independent
6,185
0.9%
Thankappan
Independent
1,835
0.3%
Naushad Mather
Independent
1,718
0.3%
T E Thomas
Independent
1,102
0.2%
Munambam Hamza
Janata Dal (United)
976
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prof. K V Thomas
Indian National Congress
342,845
46.0%
Sindhu Joy
CPI (Marxist)
331,055
44.4%
A.N. Radhakrishnan
Bharatiya Janata Party
52,968
7.1%
Sherif Mohammed
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,083
0.5%
Mary Francis Moolampilly
Independent
3,134
0.4%
Sindhu Jayan
Independent
3,004
0.4%
Saju Thomas
LJP
2,902
0.4%
Sindhu K.S
Independent
2,734
0.4%
Viswambaran
Independent
1,313
0.2%
Saji Thuruthikunnel
Independent
831
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prof. K.V. Thomas
Indian National Congress
353,841
41.6%
Christy Fernandez
Independent
266,794
31.4%
A.N. Radhakrishnan
Bharatiya Janata Party
99,003
11.6%
Anitha Pratap
Aam Aadmi Party
51,517
6.1%
K.V. Bhaskaran
Independent
22,733
2.7%
Zulfikal Ali
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
14,825
1.7%
None Of The Above
Independent
9,735
1.1%
Rajaneesh Babu
Independent
8,246
1.0%
P.D. Chandrabhanu
SRP
6,156
0.7%
Kishore
Independent
5,011
0.6%
K C Karthikeyan
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,685
0.3%
Densil Mendez
Janata Dal (United)
2,630
0.3%
N J Pious
Independent
2,347
0.3%
Adv. Radhakrishnan P T
Independent
2,104
0.2%
Anil Kumar
Independent
1,180
0.1%
Juno John Baby
Independent
1,077
0.1%
Krishnankutty M.K.
CPI(ML)RS
950
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Hibi Eden
Indian National Congress
491,263
51.1%
P Rajeev
CPI (Marxist)
322,110
33.5%
Alphons Kannanthanam
Bharatiya Janata Party
137,749
14.3%
V M Faizal
SOCIALDEMOCRATICPARTYOFINDIA
4,309
0.4%
P A Niamathulla
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,343
0.1%
Abdul Khader Vazhakkala
SFB
932
0.1%
Rajeev Nagan
API
821
0.1%
Laila Rasheed
Independent
797
0.1%
Kumar
Independent
604
0.1%
Sreedharan
Independent
554
0.1%
Aswathi Rajappan
Independent
494
0.1%
Shajahan Abdulkhadar
CPI(ML)RS
470
0.0%
Adv Vivek K Vijayan
Revolutionary Socialist Party
379
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Ernakulam has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Independent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Ernakulam in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Hibi Eden (Indian National Congress) won Ernakulam, Kerala, in 2019 with 491,263 votes (51.1%), a margin of 169,153 votes over P Rajeev.
Which parties have won Ernakulam since 1957?
Since 1957, Ernakulam has been won by: CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Ernakulam?
The closest result on record for Ernakulam was 1980, when Congress (I) beat Congress (U) by just 2,502 votes (0.6 percentage points).