1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
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  1972 6 October 1977 1982  

All 90 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.46% (Decrease2.svg6%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Chaudhary Devi Lal stamp (cropped).jpg Hand INC.svg
Leader Devi Lal
Party JP INC
Last electionNew52
Seats won753
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg49
Popular vote1,765,566648,422
Percentage46.70%17.15%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg29.76%

Chief Minister before election

Devi Lal
JP

Elected Chief Minister

Devi Lal
JP

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in 1977 to elect members of the 90 constituencies in Haryana, India. The Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Devi Lal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana. [1] The number of constituencies was set as 90, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. [2]

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Results

India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1977.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
Janata Party 1,765,56646.7075
Indian National Congress 648,42217.153
Vishal Haryana Party 225,4785.965
Communist Party of India 29,1960.770
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 23,1910.610
Socialist Unity Center of India 2,9160.080
Republican Party of India 2,0580.050
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1,1500.030
Independents1,082,98228.647
Total3,780,959100.0090
Valid votes3,780,95998.77
Invalid/blank votes47,1011.23
Total votes3,828,060100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,938,82164.46
Source: ECI: [3]

Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Kalka 69.19% Lachhman Singh JP 31,91570.28%Kishori Lal Independent 12,33827.17%19,577
2 Naraingarh 68.70%Lal Singh JP 20,90950.28%Jagjit Singh INC 12,48230.02%8,427
3 Sadhaura 69.25%Bhag Mal JP 23,98952.34%Prabhu Ram INC 16,35235.68%7,637
4 Chhachhrauli 75.70%Kanhaiyalal INC 16,60337.63%Ram Rattan Singh Independent 12,37128.04%4,232
5 Yamunanagar 65.46%Kamla Devi JP 28,59664.15%Girish Chandra INC 9,95322.33%18,643
6 Jagadhri 71.71%Brij Mohan JP 24,09155.66%Om Prakash Sharma INC 17,90241.36%6,189
7 Mulana 67.65%Sher Singh JP 22,35153.36%Phool Chand INC 16,47239.33%5,879
8 Ambala Cantt. 67.82% Sushma Swaraj JP 19,63963.45%Dev Raj Anand INC 9,81531.71%9,824
9 Ambala City 63.53%Shiv Prasad JP 28,23775.99%Lekh Wati Jain INC 8,27922.28%19,958
10 Naggal 72.78%Sumer Chand JP 22,52252.39%Har Mohinder Singh INC 19,25344.79%3,269
11 Indri 71.59%Des Raj JP 30,38667.52%Surjit Singh INC 13,49329.98%16,893
12 Nilokheri 70.58%Shiv Ram JP 16,95340.82%Daljit Singh Independent 7,75718.68%9,196
13 Karnal 62.20%Ram Lal JP 25,23665.55%Ram Sarup INC 7,30318.97%17,933
14 Jundla 51.44%Prem Singh JP 14,91945.58%Banwari Ram Independent 11,09333.89%3,826
15 Gharaunda 64.82%Ram Pal Singh JP 17,94943.50%Om Parkash S/O Hari Chand Independent 6,99716.96%10,952
16 Assandh 49.53%Jogi Ram JP 22,53772.65%Karam Chand INC 3,95312.74%18,584
17 Panipat 63.93%Fateh Chand JP 28,98869.61%Kasturi Lal INC 9,72123.34%19,267
18 Samalkha 66.63%Mool Chand JP 16,27337.70%Hari Singh INC 8,02718.59%8,246
19 Naultha 66.57%Satbir S/O Arjan JP 22,02354.94%Mansa Ram INC 8,66221.61%13,361
20 Shahbad 67.07%Surinder Singh JP 20,32751.12%Amir Chand INC 7,18218.06%13,145
21 Radaur 68.30%Lehri Singh JP 19,86852.07%Ram Singh Independent 8,72822.88%11,140
22 Thanesar 70.52%Devendra Sharma JP 28,04469.19%Om Prakash INC 12,12629.92%15,918
23 Pehowa 67.80%Tara Singh JP 16,99239.40%Piara Singh INC 7,90418.33%9,088
24 Guhla 57.38% Ishwar Singh JP 20,82457.94%Sant Ram Independent 5,05714.07%15,767
25 Kaithal 71.01%Raghunath JP 20,84652.46%Om Prabha Independent 16,90142.53%3,945
26 Pundri 67.11%Agnivesh JP 24,25658.85%Antram INC 7,54618.31%16,710
27 Pai 64.50%Jagjit Singh Pohlu VHP 17,99745.86%Kushal Pal Singh JP 13,82735.24%4,170
28 Hassangarh 60.26%Sant Kumar JP 19,19150.69%Sheonath VHP 11,42930.19%7,762
29 Kiloi 61.33%Hari Chand JP 19,35754.72% Ranbir Singh Hooda INC 10,53029.77%8,827
30 Rohtak 65.96% Mangal Sein JP 33,65067.20%Kishan Das INC 16,10932.17%17,541
31 Meham 64.50%Har Sarup JP 21,50949.20%Wazir Singh Independent 7,52417.21%13,985
32 Kalanaur 57.20%Jai Narain JP 23,21369.80%Kartar Devi INC 7,07921.29%16,134
33 Beri 66.12%Ran Singh JP 22,22853.30%Dalip Singh Independent 18,24443.75%3,984
34 Salhawas 56.95%Ram Narain JP 20,98257.74%Raj Singh Independent 6,14516.91%14,837
35 Jhajjar 53.36%Mange Ram JP 18,00149.05%Banarasi Dass VHP 8,05721.95%9,944
36 Badli, Haryana 59.43%Hardwari Lal Independent 12,71534.88%Udey Singh JP 12,32833.82%387
37 Bahadurgarh 60.52%Mehar Singh JP 21,73248.59%Mange Ram Independent 11,87826.56%9,854
38 Baroda 60.41%Bhalle Ram JP 14,70536.22%Darya Singh Independent 10,67226.29%4,033
39 Gohana 65.66%Ganga Ram Independent 18,64938.47%Ram Dhari JP 17,33735.76%1,312
40 Kailana 66.65%Shanti Devi JP 19,29943.87%Rajinder Singh VHP 14,44932.85%4,850
41 Sonipat 63.71%Devi Dass JP 26,45660.44%Chiranji Lal INC 12,72229.06%13,734
42 Rai 64.40%Rizaq Ram JP 21,18649.89%Jaswant Singh INC 16,25838.28%4,928
43 Rohat 61.92%Om Prakash JP 23,39657.66%Nawal Singh INC 6,89717.00%16,499
44 Kalayat 52.54%Prit Singh JP 12,95342.68%Maru Independent 5,49418.10%7,459
45 Narwana 71.46%Shamsher Singh INC 9,07822.05%Tek Chand Independent 8,24220.02%836
46 Uchana Kalan 71.55% Birender Singh INC 12,12026.31%Ranbir Singh JP 10,48822.77%1,632
47 Rajound 66.51%Guljar Singh JP 15,35340.01%Parsanni Devi INC 5,96815.55%9,385
48 Jind 70.31% Mange Ram Gupta Independent 15,75136.95%Pratap Singh JP 9,64622.63%6,105
49 Julana 70.92%Zile Singh JP 16,40739.09%Ghasi Ram Independent 9,41422.43%6,993
50 Safidon 67.52%Ram Krishan JP 18,93043.34%Pratap Singh INC 7,19216.47%11,738
51 Faridabad 56.03%Deep Chand Bhatia JP 18,67142.77%Akagar Chand Chaudhry INC 12,68029.05%5,991
52 Mewla–Maharajpur 59.67%Gajraj Nagar JP 13,84634.86%Mohinder Pratap Singh Independent 13,07432.92%772
53 Ballabgarh 69.02%Rajinder Singh Independent 22,59746.26%Sharda Rani INC 16,20933.18%6,388
54 Palwal 69.03%Mool Chand JP 24,12750.74%Kalyan Singh INC 14,11229.68%10,015
55 Hassanpur 58.00%Gaya Lal JP 25,16363.66%Chhote Lal Independent 7,78519.70%17,378
56 Hathin 65.85%Aditya Vesh JP 15,18235.28%Chhutmal Independent 5,66513.16%9,517
57 Ferozepur Jhirka 62.57%Shakrulla Khan Independent 9,68222.54%Yakub Khan Independent 7,23616.85%2,446
58 Nuh 56.86% Chaudhary Sardar Khan JP 15,45744.07%Din Mohd Independent 13,69939.06%1,758
59 Taoru 69.28%Khurshed Ahmed JP 27,16757.25%Tayab Hussain INC 10,91323.00%16,254
60 Sohna 64.37%Vijay Pal Singh JP 17,51638.63%Mahabir Singh Independent 13,03328.75%4,483
61 Gurgaon 61.29%Pratap Singh Thakran JP 15,54338.90%Ram Chander Independent 11,32728.35%4,216
62 Pataudi 56.40%Narayan Singh VHP 17,23244.21%Ram Singh JP 16,52842.41%704
63 Badhra 64.25%Ran Singh JP 17,42340.11%Attar Singh Independent 15,62135.97%1,802
64 Dadri 61.87% Hukam Singh JP 14,44935.13%Ganpat Rai Independent 9,34922.73%5,100
65 Mundhal Khurd 67.07%Tek Ram JP 20,30248.90%Devi Parsan INC 7,70318.55%12,599
66 Bhiwani 64.69%Bir Singh JP 17,92338.80% Sagar Ram Gupta Independent 15,09232.68%2,831
67 Tosham 70.61%Sunder Singh Independent 23,81449.02%Jangbir Singh Independent 21,64044.55%2,174
68 Loharu 57.92%Hira Nand JP 29,65973.30%Shri Ram INC 6,07615.02%23,583
69 Bawani Khera 52.68%Jagan Nath JP 26,92576.25%Amar Singh INC 6,91919.59%20,006
70 Barwala 68.77%Jai Narain JP 16,85736.71%Thandi Ram Independent 9,15819.94%7,699
71 Narnaund 68.57%Virender Singh JP 25,48158.54%Saroop Singh INC 9,76322.43%15,718
72 Hansi 70.25%Baldev Tayal JP 22,73248.82%Amir Chand Independent 13,53929.08%9,193
73 Bhattu Kalan 68.90%Devi Lal JP 27,49165.52%Prithvi Singh CPI(M) 13,73132.72%13,760
74 Hisar 62.34%Balwant Rai Tayal JP 22,39757.93%Om Parkash Jindal Independent 15,06538.97%7,332
75 Ghirai 64.99%Kanwal Singh JP 18,99143.21%Suresh Chander Independent 9,57121.78%9,420
76 Tohana 60.20%Karam Singh JP 23,70959.46%Bhim Singh INC 13,39033.58%10,319
77 Ratia 54.92%Pir Chand JP 12,19736.80%Sheopal INC 9,24627.89%2,951
78 Fatehabad 68.96%Harphool Singh JP 13,86328.59%Lila Krishan Independent 13,72628.31%137
79 Adampur 72.21% Bhajan Lal JP 33,19367.89%Mohar Singh Independent 12,39025.34%20,803
80 Darba Kalan 69.60%Jagdish Kumar Independent 17,86037.09%Bahadar Singh INC 13,22127.46%4,639
81 Ellenabad 62.35%Bhagi Ram JP 21,76951.38%Mani Ram Independent 14,36533.91%7,404
82 Sirsa 66.56%Shankar Lal JP 14,27631.31%Lachhman Dass Arora Independent 9,87021.65%4,406
83 Rori 66.91%Sukhdev Singh JP 13,36830.07%Jagdish Nehra INC 10,96224.66%2,406
84 Dabwali 59.05%Mani Ram JP 21,01751.17%Govardhan Dass Chauhan INC 13,03231.73%7,985
85 Bawal 57.99%Shakuntla Bhagwaria JP 20,63746.46%Mohan Lal VHP 17,12838.56%3,509
86 Rewari 63.69%Ram Singh JP 19,56344.41%Shiv Rattan Singh VHP 19,47744.22%86
87 Jatusana 62.34%Inderjeet Singh VHP 19,79939.53%Raj Singh JP 14,50028.95%5,299
88 Mahendragarh 68.90%Dalip Singh VHP 25,09148.17% Ram Bilas Sharma JP 22,93344.02%2,158
89 Ateli 68.22% Birender Singh VHP 29,55256.83%Laxman Singh JP 17,05332.79%12,499
90 Narnaul 63.27%Ayodhya Prashad JP 20,78444.97%Attar Singh VHP 9,37520.29%11,409

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