Bharatiya Lok Dal on Vadakara

State 32 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 1 contested

BLD runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share48.40%in 1977

Worst vote share48.40%in 1977

Average vote share48.40% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested1977

Votes polled here2.45 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Bharatiya Lok Dal vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1977	Arangil Sreedharan	2,45,392	48.40%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Indian Congress (SOCIALIST- SARAT CHANDRA SINHA)Indian Congress (SOCIALIST)Indian National Congress (U)Independent Indian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Janta Party Social Democratic Party Of India Indian National League Jharkhand Party Bahujan Samaj Party Janata Pary (JP)National Labour Party Aam Aadmi Party Peoples Democratic Party Samata Party Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Vadakara

Publisher: Election Commission of India
Retrieved: 2026-09-12
Computed: 2026-09-12 23:30 UTC

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