1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Parkash Singh Badal Balram Jakhar Party SAD JP INC Leader's seat Gidderbaha Abohar Last election 24 New party 6 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%
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal SAD.

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

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

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

#	AC Name	No	Type	State	Winning Candidate	Party
1	Ferozepur Cantt.	96	NA	Punjab	M.Singh	SAD

See also

• Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly
• Elections in Punjab

References

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