1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1977
68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Shanta Kumar Thakur Ram Lal Party JP INC Seats before new 53 Seats won 53 9 Seat change new 44 Popular vote 49.01% 27.32%
CM before election President's rule Elected CM Shanta Kumar JP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 1977.

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	% votes
1	Janata Party	68	53	49.01
2	Indian National Congress	56	9	27.32
3	Independent	68	6	21.10
	Total		68

Source

Constituency-wise results

A. C. NO.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Party		Votes	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		Votes
1	Kinnaur	(ST)	Thakur Sen Negi		Independent	10543	Gyan Singh		Independent	2937
2	Rampur	(SC)	Ninzoo Ram		Janata Party	5572	Mangat Ram		Independent	2947
3	Rohru	GEN	Satya Dev		Janata Party	9785	Nehar Singh		Independent	7113
4	Jubbal-Kotkhai	GEN	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress	11115	Padam Singh Jhina		Janata Party	5799
5	Chopal	GEN	Radha Raman		Janata Party	6466	Sant Ram		Independent	3313
6	Kumarsain	GEN	Bhaskera Nand		Independent	7199	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		Indian National Congress	5762
7	Theog	GEN	Mehar Singh Chauhan		Janata Party	13081	Vidya		Indian National Congress	5839
8	Simla	GEN	Daulat Ram Chauhan		Janata Party	14105	Usha Malhotra		Indian National Congress	3658
9	Kasumpti	(SC)	Roop Dass Kashyap		Independent	6526	Shonkia Ram Kashyap		Indian National Congress	4060
10	Arki	GEN	Nagin Chandra Pall		Janata Party	10976	Kameshwar		Communist Party of India	2659
11	Doon	GEN	Ram Pratap		Independent	7827	Krishna Mohini		Janata Party	5583
12	Nalagarh	GEN	Vijayendra Singh		Janata Party	14684	Arjun Singh		Independent	3756
13	Kasauli	(SC)	Chaman Lal		Janata Party	5197	Krishan Datt		Indian National Congress	4718
14	Solan	GEN	Gauri Shankar		Janata Party	7422	Ishwar Singh		Independent	2809
15	Pachhad	(SC)	Shri Ram Jakhmi		Janata Party	6512	Vidya Nand		Independent	3837
16	Rainka	(SC)	Roop Singh		Janata Party	8568	Nain Singh Tomar		Indian National Congress	4416
17	Shillai	GEN	Guman Singh Chauhan		Indian National Congress	5994	Jagat Singh		Janata Party	5899
18	Paonta Doon	GEN	Milkh Raj		Independent	7643	Rattan Singh		Indian National Congress	5081
19	Nahan	GEN	Shyama Sharma		Janata Party	11874	Sunder Singh		Indian National Congress	4481
20	Kotkehloor	GEN	Daulat Ram Sankhyan		Janata Party	12074	Kuldip Singh		Indian National Congress	4546
21	Bilaspur	GEN	Anand Chand		Independent	8821	Sant Ram Sant		Janata Party	7398
22	Ghumarwin	GEN	Narayan Singh Swami		Janata Party	11188	Sita Ram		Indian National Congress	7728
23	Geharwin	(SC)	Bachittar Singh		Janata Party	10466	Rikhi Ram		Indian National Congress	2484
24	Nadaun	GEN	Narain Chand		Indian National Congress	8361	Prem Singh		Janata Party	6197
25	Hamirpur	GEN	Jagdev Chand		Janata Party	9322	Ramesh Chand Verma		Indian National Congress	6686
26	Bamsan	GEN	Ranjit Singh Verma		Janata Party	7623	Bhumi Dev		Indian National Congress	5002
27	Mewa	(SC)	Amar Singh Choudhry		Janata Party	8533	Dharam Singh		Indian National Congress	7512
28	Nadaunta	GEN	Udho Ram		Janata Party	9380	Pramodh Singh		Indian National Congress	3810
29	Gagret	GEN	Sadhu Ram		Janata Party	7520	Milkhi Ram		Indian National Congress	6959
30	Chintpurni	GEN	Hans Raj		Janata Party	7636	Onkar Chand		Indian National Congress	6055
31	Santokgarh	GEN	Vijay Kumar Joshi		Janata Party	14058	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		Indian National Congress	7111
32	Una	GEN	Des Raj		Janata Party	8001	Surendar Nath		Independent	5314
33	Kutlehar	GEN	Ram Nath Sharma		Janata Party	9836	Sarla Devi		Indian National Congress	6000
34	Nurpur	GEN	Sant Mahajan		Indian National Congress	12617	Kewal Singh		Janata Party	11105
35	Gangath	(SC)	Durga Dass		Janata Party	9416	Shankar Singh		Communist Party of India	7261
36	Jawali	GEN	Sujan Singh Pathania		Janata Party	9965	Vikram Singh		Indian National Congress	5075
37	Guler	GEN	Harbans Singh		Janata Party	6649	Chander Kumar		Independent	5905
38	Jaswan	GEN	Agya Ram		Janata Party	8504	Paras Ram		Communist Party of India	4760
39	Pragpur	(SC)	Yog Raj		Janata Party	9881	Dalip Singh		Indian National Congress	5036
40	Jawalamukhi	GEN	Kashmir Singh Rana		Janata Party	6992	Ishwar Chand		Independent	4827
41	Thural	GEN	Gian Chand		Janata Party	8705	Tara Chand		Independent	1922
42	Rajgir	(SC)	Guler Chand		Janata Party	6571	Milkhi Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	4729
43	Baijnath	GEN	Sant Ram		Indian National Congress	9200	Om Prakash Kauda		Janata Party	7175
44	Palampur	GEN	Sarvan Kumar		Janata Party	9930	Bidhi Chand		Indian National Congress	7633
45	Sullah	GEN	Shanta Kumar		Janata Party	11832	Bidhi Chand		Communist Party of India	5685
46	Nagrota	GEN	Hardyal		Indian National Congress	11652	Saminder Prakash		Janata Party	6687
47	Shahpur	GEN	Ram Rattan		Janata Party	9812	Kultar Chand Rana		Indian National Congress	4796
48	Dharamsala	GEN	Brij Lal		Janata Party	8576	Chander Verkar		Indian National Congress	5649
49	Kangra	GEN	Pratap Chaudhary		Janata Party	8739	Surinder Paul		Indian National Congress	6839
50	Bhattiyat	GEN	Shiv Kumar		Janata Party	8881	Jagdish Chand		Independent	1710
51	Banikhet	GEN	Gian Chand		Janata Party	13235	Des Raj		Indian National Congress	5681
52	Rajnagar	(SC)	Mohan Lal		Janata Party	9848	Vidya Dhar		Indian National Congress	4367
53	Chamba	GEN	Kishori Lal		Janata Party	11239	Sagar Chand		Indian National Congress	7393
54	Bharmour	(ST)	Ram Chand		Janata Party	7223	Thakar Singh		Independent	3903
55	Lahaul and Spiti	(ST)	Thakur Devi Singh		Janata Party	5649	Shiv Chand		Independent	1548
56	Kullu	GEN	Kunj Lal		Janata Party	9688	Raj Krishan Gour		Indian National Congress	6324
57	Banjar	GEN	Maheshwar Singh		Janata Party	10478	Dile Ram Shabab		Indian National Congress	6495
58	Anni	(SC)	Ishar Dass		Indian National Congress	5573	Sharda Devi		Janata Party	4486
59	Karsog	(SC)	Joginder Pal		Janata Party	7582	Sangat Ram		Independent	3200
60	Chachiot	GEN	Moti Ram		Janata Party	10423	Karam Singh		Indian National Congress	4588
61	Nachan	(SC)	Dile Ram		Janata Party	7222	Tehal Dass		Indian National Congress	3751
62	Sundernagar	GEN	Roop Singh		Janata Party	5105	Ajit Ram		Independent	4278
63	Balh	(SC)	Tulsi Ram		Janata Party	8157	Piroo Ram		Indian National Congress	7765
64	Gopalpur	GEN	Rangila Ram		Indian National Congress	12735	Hari Singh		Independent	2925
65	Dharampur	GEN	Om Chand		Janata Party	9139	Bhikha Ram		Indian National Congress	5908
66	Joginder Nagar	GEN	Ghulab Singh		Janata Party	5705	Rattan Lal		Indian National Congress	4815
67	Darang	GEN	Kaul Singh		Janata Party	6588	Dina Nath Gautam		Independent	6057
68	Mandi	GEN	Sukh Ram		Indian National Congress	12150	Lila Devi		Janata Party	6917

External links

• "Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh".