1977 Indian general election in 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.

Constituency Details ConstituencyElectorsVotersPolling %Baramulla45376525850756.97Srinagar461965 319298 69.12Anantnag47130226311255.83Ladakh647064558170.44Udhampur50467723735647.03Jammu60100735566059.18 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 List of Candidates ConstituencyJKNC + INCBLD1Baramulla Abdul AhadDid not contest2Srinagar Begum Akbar Jehan AbdullahDid not contest3Anantnag Mohammad Shafi QureshiDid not contest4Ladakh Parvati DeviDid not contest5Udhampur Karan Singh Om Parkash Saraf6Jammu Balraj Puri Abdul Rehman

Results

Party-wise Results Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− JKNC 4,83,192 33.92 New 3 2 2 INC 2,33,144 16.37 37.69 3 3 2 BLD 1,17,198 8.23 New 2 0 IND 5,90,790 41.48 9.31 21 1 Total 14,24,324 100% - 29 6 -

List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1BaramullaAbdul AhadJKNC147,22259.50Syed Alishah GeelaniIND100,20240.5047,02019.002SrinagarAkbar Jahan BegamJKNC210,07267.73Molvi Iftikhar Hussain AnsariIND87,43128.19122,64139.543AnantnagMohammad Shafi QureshiINC79,74232.07Ab. Razak MirIND71,41128.728,3313.354LadakhParvati DeviINC23,13053.32Mohammad Ali Alias Ali KargilIND20,25346.682,8776.645UdhampurKaran SinghINC130,27256.69Om Parkash SarafBLD71,31631.0358,95625.666JammuThakur Baldev SinghIND153,83744.60Balraj PuriJKNC125,89836.5027,9398.10

1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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