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Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections
1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 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
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%
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.
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 [ edit ]
#
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
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%
#
AC Name
No
Type
State
Winning Candidate
Party
1
Ferozepur Cantt.
96
NA
Punjab
M.Singh
SAD