1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections

1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 65.37% ( 3.26%)
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Leader  | Parkash Singh Badal |  | Balram Jakhar
Party  | SAD | JP | INC
Leader's seat  | Gidderbaha  |  | Abohar
Last election  | 24  | New party | 66
Seats won  | 58  | 25  | 17
Seat change  |  34  |  25  |  49
Popular vote  | 1,776,602  | 847,718  | 1,899,534
Percentage  | 31.41  | 14.99  | 33.59
Swing  |  3.8%  |  15.0%  |  9.3%

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| Chief Minister before election

President's rule

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Parkash Singh Badal
SAD.

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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab in 1977. The result was a victory for Shiromani Akali Dal, which won 58 of the 117 seats.

## Result

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Party  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Popular Vote  | %
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 70  | 58  |  34  | 17,76,602  | 31.41%
| Janata Party | 41  | 25  | (new)  | 8,47,718  | 14.99%
| Indian National Congress | 96  | 17  |  49  | 18,99,534  | 33.59%
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 8  | 8  |  7  | 1,98,144  | 3.50%
| Communist Party of India | 18  | 7  |  3  | 3,72,711  | 6.59%
| Independents | 435  | 2  |  1  | 5,41,958  | 9.58%
| Others  | 14  | 0  | \-  | 18,686  | 0.33%
Total[1] | 682  | 117  |  | 56,55,353  |

## Constituency wise results

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#     | AC Name[2] | AC No.  | Type  | Winning Candidate  | Party  | Total Electors  | Total Votes  | Poll%  | Margin  | Margin %

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1  | Fatehgarh  | 1  | GEN  | Dr Jodh Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 74,591  | 51,574  | 69.1 %  | 648  | 1.3%
2  | Batala  | 2  | GEN  | Panna Lal Nayyar  | Janta Party  | 78,028  | 54,763  | 70.2 %  | 3,192  | 5.8%
3  | Qadian  | 3  | GEN  | Mohinder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,558  | 55,200  | 65.3 %  | 9,367  | 17.0%
4  | Srihargobindpur  | 4  | GEN  | Natha Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 66,348  | 42,242  | 63.7 %  | 5,003  | 11.8%
5  | Kahnuwan  | 5  | GEN  | Ujagar Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 66,729  | 45,449  | 68.1 %  | 3,961  | 8.7%
6  | Dhariwal  | 6  | GEN  | Swaran Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 69,219  | 47,045  | 68.0 %  | 1,666  | 3.5%
7  | Gurdaspur  | 7  | GEN  | Khushhal Bahl | Indian National Congress  | 76,676  | 53,659  | 70.0 %  | 1,053  | 2.0%
8  | Dina Nagar  | 8  | SC  | Gian Chand  | Janta Party  | 73,134  | 47,230  | 64.6 %  | 2,090  | 4.4%
9  | Narot Mehra  | 9  | SC  | Sunder Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 60,618  | 41,536  | 68.5 %  | 2,230  | 5.4%
10  | Pathankot  | 10  | GEN  | Om Parkash Bhardwaj  | Janta Party  | 66,569  | 44,104  | 66.3 %  | 2,486  | 5.6%
11  | Sujanpur  | 11  | GEN  | Chaman Lal  | Indian National Congress  | 59,313  | 42,768  | 72.1 %  | 4,770  | 11.2%
12  | Beas  | 12  | GEN  | Jiwan Singh Umara Nangal  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 83,636  | 52,209  | 62.4 %  | 9,954  | 19.1%
13  | Majitha  | 13  | GEN  | Parkash Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 81,115  | 56,146  | 69.2 %  | 4,437  | 7.9%
14  | Verka  | 14  | SC  | Khajan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 80,757  | 47,199  | 58.4 %  | 950  | 2.0%
15  | Jandiala  | 15  | SC  | Dalbir Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 75,682  | 41,525  | 54.9 %  | 1,535  | 3.7%
16  | Amritsar North  | 16  | GEN  | Harbans Lal Khanna  | Janta Party  | 90,040  | 53,444  | 59.4 %  | 4,770  | 8.9%
17  | Amritsar West  | 17  | GEN  | Satya Pal Dang  | Communist Party Of India  | 95,048  | 54,082  | 56.9 %  | 18,912  | 35.0%
18  | Amritsar Central  | 18  | GEN  | Balramjidass Tandan  | Janta Party  | 74,064  | 52,313  | 70.6 %  | 2,626  | 5.0%
19  | Amritsar South  | 19  | GEN  | Kirpal Singh  | Janta Party  | 87,705  | 54,841  | 62.5 %  | 11,929  | 21.8%
20  | Ajnala  | 20  | GEN  | Shashpal Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 81,446  | 57,816  | 71.0 %  | 2,036  | 3.5%
21  | Raja Sansi  | 21  | GEN  | Dalip Singh Tapiala  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 71,441  | 45,603  | 63.8 %  | 8,332  | 18.3%
22  | Attari  | 22  | SC  | Darshan Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 65,680  | 32,112  | 48.9 %  | 4,673  | 14.6%
23  | Tarn Taran  | 23  | GEN  | Manjinder Singh Behla  | Independent  | 77,603  | 51,350  | 66.2 %  | 1,069  | 2.1%
24  | Khadoor Sahib  | 24  | SC  | Naranjan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 74,117  | 34,799  | 47.0 %  | 5,095  | 14.6%
25  | Naushahra Panwan  | 25  | GEN  | Ranjit Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 71,694  | 48,258  | 67.3 %  | 844  | 1.7%
26  | Patti  | 26  | GEN  | Niranjan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 82,127  | 45,569  | 55.5 %  | 5,451  | 12.0%
27  | Valtoha  | 27  | GEN  | Jagir Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 78,608  | 45,362  | 57.7 %  | 8,085  | 17.8%
28  | Adampur  | 28  | GEN  | Sarup Singh  | Janta Party  | 75,919  | 50,374  | 66.4 %  | 4,098  | 8.1%
29  | Jullundur Cantonment  | 29  | GEN  | Harbhajan Singh  | Janta Party  | 67,644  | 43,477  | 64.3 %  | 1,355  | 3.1%
30  | Jullundur North  | 30  | GEN  | Ramesh Chander  | Janta Party  | 74,506  | 50,451  | 67.7 %  | 3,149  | 6.2%
31  | Jullundur Central  | 31  | GEN  | Man Mohan Kalia  | Janta Party  | 73,380  | 43,136  | 58.8 %  | 10,439  | 24.2%
32  | Jullundur South  | 32  | SC  | Darshan Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 61,497  | 40,126  | 65.2 %  | 12,387  | 30.9%
33  | Kartarpur  | 33  | SC  | Bhagat Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 73,727  | 51,040  | 69.2 %  | 1,759  | 3.4%
34  | Lohian  | 34  | GEN  | Balwant Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,947  | 56,033  | 66.0 %  | 11,160  | 19.9%
35  | Nakodar  | 35  | GEN  | Umrao Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 79,904  | 54,564  | 68.3 %  | 1,275  | 2.3%
36  | Nur Mahal  | 36  | GEN  | Sarwon Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 79,880  | 55,308  | 69.2 %  | 8,767  | 15.9%
37  | Banga  | 37  | SC  | Harbans Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 75,673  | 51,188  | 67.6 %  | 1,612  | 3.1%
38  | Nawan Shahr  | 38  | GEN  | Jatinder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 98,294  | 70,727  | 72.0 %  | 3,635  | 5.1%
39  | Phillaur  | 39  | SC  | Sarwan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 78,210  | 49,309  | 63.0 %  | 5,920  | 12.0%
40  | Bholath  | 40  | GEN  | Sukhjinder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 66,850  | 47,707  | 71.4 %  | 13,146  | 27.6%
41  | Kapurthala  | 41  | GEN  | Hukam Chand  | Janta Party  | 60,235  | 37,902  | 62.9 %  | 3,209  | 8.5%
42  | Sultanpur  | 42  | GEN  | Atma Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 64,522  | 41,445  | 64.2 %  | 14,190  | 34.2%
43  | Phagwara  | 43  | SC  | Sadhu Ram  | Janta Party  | 79,263  | 50,427  | 63.6 %  | 4,710  | 9.3%
44  | Balachaur  | 44  | GEN  | Ram Kishan  | Janta Party  | 73,591  | 47,265  | 64.2 %  | 685  | 1.4%
45  | Garhshankar  | 45  | GEN  | Darshan Singh  | Communist Party Of India  | 72,946  | 41,597  | 57.0 %  | 1,123  | 2.7%
46  | Mahilpur  | 46  | SC  | Kartar Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 68,411  | 40,684  | 59.5 %  | 10,372  | 25.5%
47  | Hoshiarpur  | 47  | GEN  | Om Parkash  | Janta Party  | 73,802  | 46,736  | 63.3 %  | 943  | 2.0%
48  | Sham Chaurasi  | 48  | SC  | Dev Raj Nasrala  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 72,499  | 43,325  | 59.8 %  | 6,145  | 14.2%
49  | Tanda  | 49  | GEN  | Upkar Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 74,800  | 50,797  | 67.9 %  | 7,217  | 14.2%
50  | Garhdiwala  | 50  | SC  | Dharam Paul  | Janta Party  | 72,468  | 41,496  | 57.3 %  | 5,974  | 14.4%
51  | Dasuya  | 51  | GEN  | Gurbachan Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 73,003  | 43,774  | 60.0 %  | 1,607  | 3.7%
52  | Mukerian  | 52  | GEN  | Kewal Krishna  | Indian National Congress  | 73,682  | 52,985  | 71.9 %  | 5,713  | 10.8%
53  | Jagraon  | 53  | GEN  | Dalip Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 88,956  | 58,993  | 66.3 %  | 156  | 0.3%
54  | Raikot  | 54  | GEN  | Dev Raj Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 80,543  | 52,772  | 65.5 %  | 4,138  | 7.8%
55  | Dakha  | 55  | SC  | Charanjit Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 91,530  | 53,457  | 58.4 %  | 11,730  | 21.9%
56  | Qila Raipur  | 56  | GEN  | Arjan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 86,949  | 51,857  | 59.6 %  | 6,340  | 12.2%
57  | Ludhiana North  | 57  | GEN  | Kapoor Chand  | Janta Party  | 79,766  | 55,918  | 70.1 %  | 2,702  | 4.8%
58  | Ludhiana West  | 58  | GEN  | A. Vishwanathan  | Janta Party  | 74,113  | 47,565  | 64.2 %  | 5,048  | 10.6%
59  | Ludhiana East  | 59  | GEN  | Om Parkash Gupta  | Indian National Congress  | 69,368  | 48,628  | 70.1 %  | 1,029  | 2.1%
60  | Ludhiana Rural  | 60  | GEN  | Dhanraj Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,494  | 52,095  | 61.7 %  | 3,744  | 7.2%
61  | Payal  | 61  | GEN  | Benat Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 80,188  | 57,339  | 71.5 %  | 5,260  | 9.2%
62  | Kum Kalan  | 62  | SC  | Daya Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 78,413  | 48,158  | 61.4 %  | 4,211  | 8.7%
63  | Samrala  | 63  | GEN  | Prehlad Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 73,399  | 48,130  | 65.6 %  | 6,626  | 13.8%
64  | Khanna  | 64  | SC  | Bachan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 74,391  | 50,690  | 68.1 %  | 893  | 1.8%
65  | Nangal  | 65  | GEN  | Madan Mohan  | Janta Party  | 70,130  | 46,205  | 65.9 %  | 3,607  | 7.8%
66  | Anandpur Sahib - Ropar  | 66  | GEN  | Madho Singh  | Janta Party  | 76,815  | 44,539  | 58.0 %  | 4,000  | 9.0%
67  | Chamkaur Sahib  | 67  | SC  | Satwant Kaur  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 68,948  | 47,119  | 68.3 %  | 11,760  | 25.0%
68  | Morinda  | 68  | GEN  | Ravi Inder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 77,775  | 53,275  | 68.5 %  | 8,249  | 15.5%
69  | Kharar  | 69  | GEN  | Bachittar Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 67,816  | 44,616  | 65.8 %  | 8,928  | 20.0%
70  | Banur  | 70  | GEN  | Hans Raj Sharma  | Indian National Congress  | 74,724  | 52,035  | 69.6 %  | 3,955  | 7.6%
71  | Rajpura  | 71  | GEN  | Harbans Lal  | Janta Party  | 70,732  | 46,491  | 65.7 %  | 12,995  | 28.0%
72  | Ghanaur  | 72  | GEN  | Jasdev Kaur Sandhu  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 67,661  | 43,555  | 64.4 %  | 5,395  | 12.4%
73  | Dakala  | 73  | GEN  | Lal Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 77,889  | 50,652  | 65.0 %  | 605  | 1.2%
74  | Shutrana  | 74  | SC  | Baldev Singh  | Communist Party Of India  | 76,479  | 47,858  | 62.6 %  | 135  | 0.3%
75  | Samana  | 75  | GEN  | Gurdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 82,953  | 48,814  | 58.8 %  | 6,080  | 12.5%
76  | Patiala Town  | 76  | GEN  | Sardar Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 72,423  | 45,499  | 62.8 %  | 243  | 0.5%
77  | Nabha  | 77  | GEN  | Gurdarshan Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 83,180  | 65,365  | 78.6 %  | 5,820  | 8.9%
78  | Amloh  | 78  | SC  | Dalip Singh Pandhi  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,063  | 56,348  | 67.0 %  | 12,351  | 21.9%
79  | Sirhind  | 79  | GEN  | Randhir Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,323  | 58,994  | 70.0 %  | 2,858  | 4.8%
80  | Dhuri  | 80  | GEN  | Sant Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 77,164  | 53,379  | 69.2 %  | 9,352  | 17.5%
81  | Malerkotla  | 81  | GEN  | Anwar Ahmad Khan  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 83,057  | 63,235  | 76.1 %  | 5,685  | 9.0%
82  | Sherpur  | 82  | SC  | Chand Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 71,938  | 42,861  | 59.6 %  | 13,155  | 30.7%
83  | Barnala  | 83  | GEN  | Surjit Kaur  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 68,262  | 48,720  | 71.4 %  | 7,855  | 16.1%
84  | Bhadaur  | 84  | SC  | Kundan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 71,042  | 43,294  | 60.9 %  | 8,693  | 20.1%
85  | Dhanaula  | 85  | GEN  | Sampuran Singh  | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)  | 67,308  | 49,413  | 73.4 %  | 2,907  | 5.9%
86  | Sangrur  | 86  | GEN  | Gurdial Singh  | Janta Party  | 69,053  | 47,084  | 68.2 %  | 2,796  | 5.9%
87  | Dirbha  | 87  | GEN  | Baldev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 69,513  | 43,712  | 62.9 %  | 10,018  | 22.9%
88  | Sunam  | 88  | GEN  | Sukhdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 70,036  | 48,761  | 69.6 %  | 10,448  | 21.4%
89  | Lehra  | 89  | GEN  | Chitwant Singh  | Independent  | 68,528  | 46,999  | 68.6 %  | 2,930  | 6.2%
90  | Balluana  | 90  | SC  | Ujagar Singh S/o Nadar Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 75,209  | 42,246  | 56.2 %  | 2,514  | 6.0%
91  | Abohar  | 91  | GEN  | Bal Ram  | Indian National Congress  | 73,867  | 50,467  | 68.3 %  | 8,459  | 16.8%
92  | Fazilka  | 92  | GEN  | Kanshi Ram  | Indian National Congress  | 67,248  | 44,757  | 66.6 %  | 3,484  | 7.8%
93  | Jalalabad  | 93  | GEN  | Mehtab Singh  | Communist Party Of India  | 76,852  | 48,665  | 63.3 %  | 17,795  | 36.6%
94  | Guru Har Sahai  | 94  | GEN  | Lachhman Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 76,437  | 52,042  | 68.1 %  | 7,406  | 14.2%
95  | Firozepur  | 95  | GEN  | Gardhara Singh  | Janta Party  | 70,662  | 45,466  | 64.3 %  | 234  | 0.5%
96  | Firozepur Cantonment  | 96  | GEN  | Harpreet Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 67,085  | 45,740  | 68.2 %  | 4,835  | 10.6%
97  | Zira  | 97  | GEN  | Hari Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 72,851  | 46,799  | 64.2 %  | 9,256  | 19.8%
98  | Dharamkot  | 98  | SC  | Sarwan Singh  | Communist Party Of India  | 73,667  | 41,525  | 56.4 %  | 981  | 2.4%
99  | Moga  | 99  | GEN  | Rup Lal  | Janta Party  | 77,790  | 52,050  | 66.9 %  | 5,996  | 11.5%
100  | Bagha Purana  | 100  | GEN  | Tej Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 76,630  | 55,703  | 72.7 %  | 6,889  | 12.4%
101  | Nihal Singh Wala  | 101  | SC  | Gurdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 70,275  | 51,601  | 73.4 %  | 2,539  | 4.9%
102  | Panjgrain  | 102  | SC  | Gurdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 76,800  | 41,548  | 54.1 %  | 18,069  | 43.5%
103  | Kot Kapura  | 103  | GEN  | Jaswinder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 84,099  | 51,795  | 61.6 %  | 21,683  | 41.9%
104  | Faridkot  | 104  | GEN  | Manmohan Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 80,549  | 54,411  | 67.6 %  | 10,642  | 19.6%
105  | Muktsar  | 105  | GEN  | Kanwarjit Singh  | Indian National Congress  | 76,359  | 54,968  | 72.0 %  | 1,004  | 1.8%
106  | Giddar Baha  | 106  | GEN  | Parkash Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 78,217  | 55,970  | 71.6 %  | 14,163  | 25.3%
107  | Malout  | 107  | SC  | Daua Ram  | Communist Party Of India  | 71,492  | 46,588  | 65.2 %  | 2,053  | 4.4%
108  | Lambi  | 108  | GEN  | Gurdas Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 77,914  | 50,924  | 65.4 %  | 9,280  | 18.2%
109  | Talwandi Sabo  | 109  | GEN  | Sukhdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 61,339  | 46,019  | 75.0 %  | 5,363  | 11.7%
110  | Pakka Kalan  | 110  | SC  | Sukhdev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 69,989  | 44,494  | 63.6 %  | 6,068  | 13.6%
111  | Bhatinda  | 111  | GEN  | Hitabhilashi  | Janta Party  | 79,417  | 50,950  | 64.2 %  | 3,418  | 6.7%
112  | Nathana  | 112  | SC  | Teja Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 71,110  | 41,631  | 58.5 %  | 12,225  | 29.4%
113  | Rampura Phul  | 113  | GEN  | Babu Singh  | Communist Party Of India  | 71,492  | 54,481  | 76.2 %  | 2,331  | 4.3%
114  | Joga  | 114  | GEN  | Baldev Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 68,297  | 51,637  | 75.6 %  | 7,051  | 13.7%
115  | Mansa  | 115  | GEN  | Des Raj  | Janta Party  | 73,119  | 48,987  | 67.0 %  | 3,275  | 6.7%
116  | Budhlada  | 116  | GEN  | Tara Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 71,098  | 49,349  | 69.4 %  | 4,949  | 10.0%
117  | Sardulgarh  | 117  | GEN  | Balwinder Singh  | Shiromani Akali Dal  | 64,995  | 44,115  | 67.9 %  | 15,715  | 35.6%

## Bypolls

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#     | AC Name  | No  | Type  | State  | Winning Candidate  | Party

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1  | Ferozepur Cantt.  | 96  | NA  | Punjab  | M.Singh  | SAD

## See also

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* Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly
* Elections in Punjab

## References

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1. ^ "Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1977". elections.in.
2. ^ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨਤੀਜੇ ੧੯੭੭.

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