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I think we can assume that the majority of the nobility in KL was at the sept to spectate the trial so it's likely there is no nobility left to challenge her outside the Knights of the Kingsguard. This isn't revolutionary France, the peasants aren't going to rise up immediately to deny Cersi the throne. I doubt that who the king or queen is to the matters overly much really. All they know is that some rich person with control of an army and the Kingsguard is on the throne.
The fact that you think we all should make that presumption is a pretty big indicator of poor writing/depiction from the show writers. We are never shown or told what aristocracy exists in KL and how many of them would be in attendance for the trials. Or at the very least, its a gross convenience for the plot. (Like I said, it was my only quibble. Cersei's coronation should have been somewhat challenged. If for no other reason that she was clearly responsible for the explosion.)
I guess it just doesn't seem that egregious to me ...
1) We have never been shown a huge "court" of important nobles who would be able to challenge for the throne ... yeah we often see a packed throne room but it never gives the hit of political intrigue. The biggest "players" in Kings Landing are shown in both the books and in the show to be on the small council and that is regardless of blood (Varys, Little Finger, Pycelle are all shown to have some measure of power/influence without blood)
2) The 7 kingdoms are fairly far flung with KL being fairly equal distance between The Eyrie, Riverrun, and Storms End and significantly farther from Casterly Rock, Highgarden, Sunspear, and Winterfell. Whatever power is left in the 7 kingdoms is either too far away or under Lannister control.
Yeah we know that there are other minor houses out there but they are tending to their own lands like Tarly and the Frey's (before the Frey Pies). The houses of the Vale are with LF and Robyn, the houses of the Riverlands and Westerlands are under the Lannister thumbs. In the Stormlands no one has enough power to claim the throne. The Reach is basically one old lady who is in Dorne making an alliance. It is completely reasonable that EVEN as unliked as Cersi is, she would be accepted as Queen due to her familiarity and the perception of power.
I mean ... would it be MORE believable if some random minor lording were to challenge Cersi's ascension in Kings Landing? or if house Tarly or house Tarth were to just show up and lay claim? Maybe they could have worked in a peasant revolt but that would be outside the norm too, we have seen the citizenry get rowdy when food was scarce but since the Reach has been allied with KL and the Riverlands are now brought to heel there shouldn't be any food shortages ... other than that there has been no hint of unrest or potential uprising in KL to hint at a mob takeover.
I guess I am just not seeing who would challenge her .. you can argue it is poor writing to not show any other nobles powerful enough to challenge in the city, but I don't see it that way. That is the culture of Westeros that has been built up, the houses usually keep to their own lands, so it makes sense that the only major nobles in KL at the time were Lannisters and Tyrell's
