1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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 PartySeats contested Seats wonChange in seats Popular Vote % Shiromani Akali Dal7058 3417,76,60231.41% Janata Party4125(new)8,47,71814.99% Indian National Congress9617 4918,99,53433.59% Communist Party of India (Marxist)88 71,98,1443.50% Communist Party of India187 33,72,7116.59% Independents4352 15,41,9589.58%Others140 -18,6860.33%Total68211756,55,353

Constituency wise results

#    AC NameAC No.TypeWinning CandidatePartyTotal ElectorsTotal VotesPoll%MarginMargin %1Fatehgarh1GENDr Jodh SinghShiromani Akali Dal74,59151,57469.1 %6481.3%2Batala2GENPanna Lal NayyarJanta Party78,02854,76370.2 %3,1925.8%3Qadian3GENMohinder SinghShiromani Akali Dal84,55855,20065.3 %9,36717.0%4Srihargobindpur4GENNatha SinghShiromani Akali Dal66,34842,24263.7 %5,00311.8%5Kahnuwan5GENUjagar SinghShiromani Akali Dal66,72945,44968.1 %3,9618.7%6Dhariwal6GENSwaran SinghShiromani Akali Dal69,21947,04568.0 %1,6663.5%7Gurdaspur7GENKhushhal BahlIndian National Congress76,67653,65970.0 %1,0532.0%8Dina Nagar8SCGian ChandJanta Party73,13447,23064.6 %2,0904.4%9Narot Mehra9SCSunder SinghIndian National Congress60,61841,53668.5 %2,2305.4%10Pathankot10GENOm Parkash BhardwajJanta Party66,56944,10466.3 %2,4865.6%11Sujanpur11GENChaman LalIndian National Congress59,31342,76872.1 %4,77011.2%12Beas12GENJiwan Singh Umara NangalShiromani Akali Dal83,63652,20962.4 %9,95419.1%13Majitha13GENParkash SinghShiromani Akali Dal81,11556,14669.2 %4,4377.9%14Verka14SCKhajan SinghShiromani Akali Dal80,75747,19958.4 %9502.0%15Jandiala15SCDalbir SinghShiromani Akali Dal75,68241,52554.9 %1,5353.7%16Amritsar North16GENHarbans Lal KhannaJanta Party90,04053,44459.4 %4,7708.9%17Amritsar West17GENSatya Pal DangCommunist Party Of India95,04854,08256.9 %18,91235.0%18Amritsar Central18GENBalramjidass TandanJanta Party74,06452,31370.6 %2,6265.0%19Amritsar South19GENKirpal SinghJanta Party87,70554,84162.5 %11,92921.8%20Ajnala20GENShashpal SinghShiromani Akali Dal81,44657,81671.0 %2,0363.5%21Raja Sansi21GENDalip Singh TapialaCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)71,44145,60363.8 %8,33218.3%22Attari22SCDarshan SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)65,68032,11248.9 %4,67314.6%23Tarn Taran23GENManjinder Singh BehlaIndependent77,60351,35066.2 %1,0692.1%24Khadoor Sahib24SCNaranjan SinghShiromani Akali Dal74,11734,79947.0 %5,09514.6%25Naushahra Panwan25GENRanjit SinghShiromani Akali Dal71,69448,25867.3 %8441.7%26Patti26GENNiranjan SinghShiromani Akali Dal82,12745,56955.5 %5,45112.0%27Valtoha27GENJagir SinghShiromani Akali Dal78,60845,36257.7 %8,08517.8%28Adampur28GENSarup SinghJanta Party75,91950,37466.4 %4,0988.1%29Jullundur Cantonment29GENHarbhajan SinghJanta Party67,64443,47764.3 %1,3553.1%30Jullundur North30GENRamesh ChanderJanta Party74,50650,45167.7 %3,1496.2%31Jullundur Central31GENMan Mohan KaliaJanta Party73,38043,13658.8 %10,43924.2%32Jullundur South32SCDarshan SinghIndian National Congress61,49740,12665.2 %12,38730.9%33Kartarpur33SCBhagat SinghShiromani Akali Dal73,72751,04069.2 %1,7593.4%34Lohian34GENBalwant SinghShiromani Akali Dal84,94756,03366.0 %11,16019.9%35Nakodar35GENUmrao SinghIndian National Congress79,90454,56468.3 %1,2752.3%36Nur Mahal36GENSarwon SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)79,88055,30869.2 %8,76715.9%37Banga37SCHarbans SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)75,67351,18867.6 %1,6123.1%38Nawan Shahr38GENJatinder SinghShiromani Akali Dal98,29470,72772.0 %3,6355.1%39Phillaur39SCSarwan SinghShiromani Akali Dal78,21049,30963.0 %5,92012.0%40Bholath40GENSukhjinder SinghShiromani Akali Dal66,85047,70771.4 %13,14627.6%41Kapurthala41GENHukam ChandJanta Party60,23537,90262.9 %3,2098.5%42Sultanpur42GENAtma SinghShiromani Akali Dal64,52241,44564.2 %14,19034.2%43Phagwara43SCSadhu RamJanta Party79,26350,42763.6 %4,7109.3%44Balachaur44GENRam KishanJanta Party73,59147,26564.2 %6851.4%45Garhshankar45GENDarshan SinghCommunist Party Of India72,94641,59757.0 %1,1232.7%46Mahilpur46SCKartar SinghShiromani Akali Dal68,41140,68459.5 %10,37225.5%47Hoshiarpur47GENOm ParkashJanta Party73,80246,73663.3 %9432.0%48Sham Chaurasi48SCDev Raj NasralaCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)72,49943,32559.8 %6,14514.2%49Tanda49GENUpkar SinghShiromani Akali Dal74,80050,79767.9 %7,21714.2%50Garhdiwala50SCDharam PaulJanta Party72,46841,49657.3 %5,97414.4%51Dasuya51GENGurbachan SinghIndian National Congress73,00343,77460.0 %1,6073.7%52Mukerian52GENKewal KrishnaIndian National Congress73,68252,98571.9 %5,71310.8%53Jagraon53GENDalip SinghShiromani Akali Dal88,95658,99366.3 %1560.3%54Raikot54GENDev Raj SinghShiromani Akali Dal80,54352,77265.5 %4,1387.8%55Dakha55SCCharanjit SinghShiromani Akali Dal91,53053,45758.4 %11,73021.9%56Qila Raipur56GENArjan SinghShiromani Akali Dal86,94951,85759.6 %6,34012.2%57Ludhiana North57GENKapoor ChandJanta Party79,76655,91870.1 %2,7024.8%58Ludhiana West58GENA. VishwanathanJanta Party74,11347,56564.2 %5,04810.6%59Ludhiana East59GENOm Parkash GuptaIndian National Congress69,36848,62870.1 %1,0292.1%60Ludhiana Rural60GENDhanraj SinghShiromani Akali Dal84,49452,09561.7 %3,7447.2%61Payal61GENBenat SinghIndian National Congress80,18857,33971.5 %5,2609.2%62Kum Kalan62SCDaya SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)78,41348,15861.4 %4,2118.7%63Samrala63GENPrehlad SinghShiromani Akali Dal73,39948,13065.6 %6,62613.8%64Khanna64SCBachan SinghShiromani Akali Dal74,39150,69068.1 %8931.8%65Nangal65GENMadan MohanJanta Party70,13046,20565.9 %3,6077.8%66Anandpur Sahib - Ropar66GENMadho SinghJanta Party76,81544,53958.0 %4,0009.0%67Chamkaur Sahib67SCSatwant KaurShiromani Akali Dal68,94847,11968.3 %11,76025.0%68Morinda68GENRavi Inder SinghShiromani Akali Dal77,77553,27568.5 %8,24915.5%69Kharar69GENBachittar SinghShiromani Akali Dal67,81644,61665.8 %8,92820.0%70Banur70GENHans Raj SharmaIndian National Congress74,72452,03569.6 %3,9557.6%71Rajpura71GENHarbans LalJanta Party70,73246,49165.7 %12,99528.0%72Ghanaur72GENJasdev Kaur SandhuShiromani Akali Dal67,66143,55564.4 %5,39512.4%73Dakala73GENLal SinghIndian National Congress77,88950,65265.0 %6051.2%74Shutrana74SCBaldev SinghCommunist Party Of India76,47947,85862.6 %1350.3%75Samana75GENGurdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal82,95348,81458.8 %6,08012.5%76Patiala Town76GENSardar SinghShiromani Akali Dal72,42345,49962.8 %2430.5%77Nabha77GENGurdarshan SinghIndian National Congress83,18065,36578.6 %5,8208.9%78Amloh78SCDalip Singh PandhiShiromani Akali Dal84,06356,34867.0 %12,35121.9%79Sirhind79GENRandhir SinghShiromani Akali Dal84,32358,99470.0 %2,8584.8%80Dhuri80GENSant SinghShiromani Akali Dal77,16453,37969.2 %9,35217.5%81Malerkotla81GENAnwar Ahmad KhanShiromani Akali Dal83,05763,23576.1 %5,6859.0%82Sherpur82SCChand SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)71,93842,86159.6 %13,15530.7%83Barnala83GENSurjit KaurShiromani Akali Dal68,26248,72071.4 %7,85516.1%84Bhadaur84SCKundan SinghShiromani Akali Dal71,04243,29460.9 %8,69320.1%85Dhanaula85GENSampuran SinghCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)67,30849,41373.4 %2,9075.9%86Sangrur86GENGurdial SinghJanta Party69,05347,08468.2 %2,7965.9%87Dirbha87GENBaldev SinghShiromani Akali Dal69,51343,71262.9 %10,01822.9%88Sunam88GENSukhdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal70,03648,76169.6 %10,44821.4%89Lehra89GENChitwant SinghIndependent68,52846,99968.6 %2,9306.2%90Balluana90SCUjagar Singh S/o Nadar SinghIndian National Congress75,20942,24656.2 %2,5146.0%91Abohar91GENBal RamIndian National Congress73,86750,46768.3 %8,45916.8%92Fazilka92GENKanshi RamIndian National Congress67,24844,75766.6 %3,4847.8%93Jalalabad93GENMehtab SinghCommunist Party Of India76,85248,66563.3 %17,79536.6%94Guru Har Sahai94GENLachhman SinghIndian National Congress76,43752,04268.1 %7,40614.2%95Firozepur95GENGardhara SinghJanta Party70,66245,46664.3 %2340.5%96Firozepur Cantonment96GENHarpreet SinghShiromani Akali Dal67,08545,74068.2 %4,83510.6%97Zira97GENHari SinghShiromani Akali Dal72,85146,79964.2 %9,25619.8%98Dharamkot98SCSarwan SinghCommunist Party Of India73,66741,52556.4 %9812.4%99Moga99GENRup LalJanta Party77,79052,05066.9 %5,99611.5%100Bagha Purana100GENTej SinghShiromani Akali Dal76,63055,70372.7 %6,88912.4%101Nihal Singh Wala101SCGurdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal70,27551,60173.4 %2,5394.9%102Panjgrain102SCGurdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal76,80041,54854.1 %18,06943.5%103Kot Kapura103GENJaswinder SinghShiromani Akali Dal84,09951,79561.6 %21,68341.9%104Faridkot104GENManmohan SinghShiromani Akali Dal80,54954,41167.6 %10,64219.6%105Muktsar105GENKanwarjit SinghIndian National Congress76,35954,96872.0 %1,0041.8%106Giddar Baha106GENParkash SinghShiromani Akali Dal78,21755,97071.6 %14,16325.3%107Malout107SCDaua RamCommunist Party Of India71,49246,58865.2 %2,0534.4%108Lambi108GENGurdas SinghShiromani Akali Dal77,91450,92465.4 %9,28018.2%109Talwandi Sabo109GENSukhdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal61,33946,01975.0 %5,36311.7%110Pakka Kalan110SCSukhdev SinghShiromani Akali Dal69,98944,49463.6 %6,06813.6%111Bhatinda111GENHitabhilashiJanta Party79,41750,95064.2 %3,4186.7%112Nathana112SCTeja SinghShiromani Akali Dal71,11041,63158.5 %12,22529.4%113Rampura Phul113GENBabu SinghCommunist Party Of India71,49254,48176.2 %2,3314.3%114Joga114GENBaldev SinghShiromani Akali Dal68,29751,63775.6 %7,05113.7%115Mansa115GENDes RajJanta Party73,11948,98767.0 %3,2756.7%116Budhlada116GENTara SinghShiromani Akali Dal71,09849,34969.4 %4,94910.0%117Sardulgarh117GENBalwinder SinghShiromani Akali Dal64,99544,11567.9 %15,71535.6%

Bypolls  #    AC NameNoTypeStateWinning CandidateParty1Ferozepur Cantt.96NAPunjabM.SinghSAD

See also Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections in Punjab

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