1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1977

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Jammu and Kashmir

The 1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 6th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 2 seats, Indian National Congress won 2 seats and an independent candidate Parvati Devi of Ladakh constituency won 1 seat. ^[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency	Electors	Voters	Polling %
Baramulla	453765	258507	56.97
Srinagar	461965	319298	69.12
Anantnag	471302	263112	55.83
Ladakh	64706	45581	70.44
Udhampur	504677	237356	47.03
Jammu	601007	355660	59.18

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List of Candidates

Constituency
		JKNC + INC			BLD
1	Baramulla		JKNC	Abdul Ahad
2	Srinagar		JKNC	Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah
3	Anantnag		INC	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
4	Ladakh		INC	Parvati Devi
5	Udhampur		INC	Karan Singh		BLD	Om Parkash Saraf
6	Jammu		JKNC	Balraj Puri		BLD	Abdul Rehman

Results

Party-wise Results

Party	Elected MPs
INC	2
JKN	3
IND	1
Total	6

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	Abdul Ahad		JKNC	147,222	59.50	Syed Alishah Geelani		IND	100,202	40.50	47,020	19.00
2	Srinagar	Akbar Jahan Begam		JKNC	210,072	67.73	Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		IND	87,431	28.19	122,641	39.54
3	Anantnag	Mohd. Shafi Qureshi		INC	79,742	32.07	Ab. Razak Mir		IND	71,411	28.72	8,331	3.35
4	Ladakh	Parvati Devi		INC	23,130	53.32	Mohammad Ali Alias Ali Kargil		IND	20,253	46.68	2,877	6.64
5	Udhampur	Karan Singh		INC	130,272	56.69	Om Parkash Saraf		BLD	71,316	31.03	58,956	25.66
6	Jammu	Thakur Baldev Singh		IND	153,837	44.60	Balraj Puri		JKNC	125,898	36.50	27,939	8.10

See also

• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

References

1. "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
2. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf