1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
Type:Legislative
Previous Year:1972
Previous Election:1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1982
Next Election:1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Election Date:6 October 1977
Ongoing:No
Seats For Election:All 90 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:46
Turnout:64.46% (6%)
Party1:Janata Party
Image1:Chaudhary Devi Lal stamp (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Devi Lal
Seats1:75
Seat Change1:New
Last Election1:New
Percentage1:46.70%
Swing1:New
Party2:Indian National Congress
Seats2:3
Last Election2:52
Seat Change2:49
Percentage2:17.15%
Swing2:29.76%
Chief Minister
After Election:Devi Lal
After Party:Janata Party
Before Party:Janata Party
Before Election:Devi Lal

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in 1977 to elect members of the 90 constituencies in Haryana, India. The Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Devi Lal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana.[1] The number of constituencies was set as 90, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[2]

Elected members

Assembly Constituency!Turnout ! colspan="5"
WinnerRunner UpMargin
  1. k
Names%CandidatePartydata-sort-type=number Votes%CandidatePartydata-sort-type=number Votes%
1 69.19 31,915 70.28 Kishori Lal 12,338 27.17 19,577
2 68.70 Lal Singh 20,909 50.28 Jagjit Singh 12,482 30.02 8,427
3 69.25 Bhag Mal 23,989 52.34 Prabhu Ram 16,352 35.68 7,637
4 75.70 Kanhaiyalal 16,603 37.63 Ram Rattan Singh 12,371 28.04 4,232
5 65.46 Kamla Devi 28,596 64.15 Girish Chandra 9,953 22.33 18,643
6 71.71 Brij Mohan 24,091 55.66 Om Prakash Sharma 17,902 41.36 6,189
7 67.65 Sher Singh 22,351 53.36 Phool Chand 16,472 39.33 5,879
8 67.82 19,639 63.45 Dev Raj Anand 9,815 31.71 9,824
9 63.53 Shiv Prasad 28,237 75.99 Lekh Wati Jain 8,279 22.28 19,958
10 72.78 Sumer Chand 22,522 52.39 Har Mohinder Singh 19,253 44.79 3,269
11 71.59 Des Raj 30,386 67.52 Surjit Singh 13,493 29.98 16,893
12 70.58 Shiv Ram 16,953 40.82 Daljit Singh 7,757 18.68 9,196
13 62.20 Ram Lal 25,236 65.55 Ram Sarup 7,303 18.97 17,933
14 51.44 Prem Singh 14,919 45.58 Banwari Ram 11,093 33.89 3,826
15 64.82 Ram Pal Singh 17,949 43.50 Om Parkash S/O Hari Chand 6,997 16.96 10,952
16 49.53 Jogi Ram 22,537 72.65 Karam Chand 3,953 12.74 18,584
17 63.93 Fateh Chand 28,988 69.61 Kasturi Lal 9,721 23.34 19,267
18 66.63 Mool Chand 16,273 37.70 Hari Singh 8,027 18.59 8,246
19 66.57 Satbir S/O Arjan 22,023 54.94 Mansa Ram 8,662 21.61 13,361
20 67.07 Surinder Singh 20,327 51.12 Amir Chand 7,182 18.06 13,145
21 68.30 Lehri Singh 19,868 52.07 Ram Singh 8,728 22.88 11,140
22 70.52 Devendra Sharma 28,044 69.19 Om Prakash 12,126 29.92 15,918
23 67.80 Tara Singh 16,992 39.40 Piara Singh 7,904 18.33 9,088
24 57.38 20,824 57.94 Sant Ram 5,057 14.07 15,767
25 71.01 Raghunath 20,846 52.46 Om Prabha 16,901 42.53 3,945
26 67.11 Agnivesh 24,256 58.85 Antram 7,546 18.31 16,710
27 64.50 Jagjit Singh Pohlu 17,997 45.86 Kushal Pal Singh 13,827 35.24 4,170
28 60.26 Sant Kumar 19,191 50.69 Sheonath 11,429 30.19 7,762
29 61.33 Hari Chand 19,357 54.72 10,530 29.77 8,827
30 65.96 33,650 67.20 Kishan Das 16,109 32.17 17,541
31 64.50 Har Sarup 21,509 49.20 Wazir Singh 7,524 17.21 13,985
32 57.20 Jai Narain 23,213 69.80 Kartar Devi 7,079 21.29 16,134
33 66.12 Ran Singh 22,228 53.30 Dalip Singh 18,244 43.75 3,984
34 56.95 Ram Narain 20,982 57.74 Raj Singh 6,145 16.91 14,837
35 53.36 Mange Ram 18,001 49.05 Banarasi Dass 8,057 21.95 9,944
36 59.43 Hardwari Lal 12,715 34.88 Udey Singh 12,328 33.82 387
37 60.52 Mehar Singh 21,732 48.59 Mange Ram 11,878 26.56 9,854
38 60.41 Bhalle Ram 14,705 36.22 Darya Singh 10,672 26.29 4,033
39 65.66 Ganga Ram 18,649 38.47 Ram Dhari 17,337 35.76 1,312
40 66.65 Shanti Devi 19,299 43.87 Rajinder Singh 14,449 32.85 4,850
41 63.71 Devi Dass 26,456 60.44 Chiranji Lal 12,722 29.06 13,734
42 64.40 Rizaq Ram 21,186 49.89 Jaswant Singh 16,258 38.28 4,928
43 61.92 Om Prakash 23,396 57.66 Nawal Singh 6,897 17.00 16,499
44 52.54 Prit Singh 12,953 42.68 Maru 5,494 18.10 7,459
45 71.46 Shamsher Singh 9,078 22.05 Tek Chand 8,242 20.02 836
46 71.55 12,120 26.31 Ranbir Singh 10,488 22.77 1,632
47 66.51 Guljar Singh 15,353 40.01 Parsanni Devi 5,968 15.55 9,385
48 70.31 15,751 36.95 Pratap Singh 9,646 22.63 6,105
49 70.92 Zile Singh 16,407 39.09 Ghasi Ram 9,414 22.43 6,993
50 67.52 Ram Krishan 18,930 43.34 Pratap Singh 7,192 16.47 11,738
51 56.03 Deep Chand Bhatia 18,671 42.77 Akagar Chand Chaudhry 12,680 29.05 5,991
52 59.67 Gajraj Nagar 13,846 34.86 Mohinder Pratap Singh 13,074 32.92 772
53 69.02 Rajinder Singh 22,597 46.26 Sharda Rani 16,209 33.18 6,388
54 69.03 Mool Chand 24,127 50.74 Kalyan Singh 14,112 29.68 10,015
55 58.00 Gaya Lal 25,163 63.66 Chhote Lal 7,785 19.70 17,378
56 65.85 Aditya Vesh 15,182 35.28 Chhutmal 5,665 13.16 9,517
57 62.57 Shakrulla Khan 9,682 22.54 Yakub Khan 7,236 16.85 2,446
58 56.86 15,457 44.07 Din Mohd 13,699 39.06 1,758
59 69.28 Khurshed Ahmed 27,167 57.25 Tayab Hussain 10,913 23.00 16,254
60 64.37 Vijay Pal Singh 17,516 38.63 Mahabir Singh 13,033 28.75 4,483
61 61.29 Pratap Singh Thakran 15,543 38.90 Ram Chander 11,327 28.35 4,216
62 56.40 Narayan Singh 17,232 44.21 Ram Singh 16,528 42.41 704
63 64.25 Ran Singh 17,423 40.11 Attar Singh 15,621 35.97 1,802
64 61.87 14,449 35.13 Ganpat Rai 9,349 22.73 5,100
65 67.07 Tek Ram 20,302 48.90 Devi Parsan 7,703 18.55 12,599
66 64.69 Bir Singh 17,923 38.80 15,092 32.68 2,831
67 70.61 Sunder Singh 23,814 49.02 Jangbir Singh 21,640 44.55 2,174
68 57.92 Hira Nand 29,659 73.30 Shri Ram 6,076 15.02 23,583
69 52.68 Jagan Nath 26,925 76.25 Amar Singh 6,919 19.59 20,006
70 68.77 Jai Narain 16,857 36.71 Thandi Ram 9,158 19.94 7,699
71 68.57 Virender Singh 25,481 58.54 Saroop Singh 9,763 22.43 15,718
72 70.25 Baldev Tayal 22,732 48.82 Amir Chand 13,539 29.08 9,193
73 68.90 Devi Lal 27,491 65.52 Prithvi Singh 13,731 32.72 13,760
74 62.34 Balwant Rai Tayal 22,397 57.93 Om Parkash Jindal 15,065 38.97 7,332
75 64.99 Kanwal Singh 18,991 43.21 Suresh Chander 9,571 21.78 9,420
76 60.20 Karam Singh 23,709 59.46 Bhim Singh 13,390 33.58 10,319
77 54.92 Pir Chand 12,197 36.80 Sheopal 9,246 27.89 2,951
78 68.96 Harphool Singh 13,863 28.59 Lila Krishan 13,726 28.31 137
79 72.21 33,193 67.89 Mohar Singh 12,390 25.34 20,803
80 69.60 Jagdish Kumar 17,860 37.09 Bahadar Singh 13,221 27.46 4,639
81 62.35 Bhagi Ram 21,769 51.38 Mani Ram 14,365 33.91 7,404
82 66.56 Shankar Lal 14,276 31.31 Lachhman Dass Arora 9,870 21.65 4,406
83 66.91 Sukhdev Singh 13,368 30.07 Jagdish Nehra 10,962 24.66 2,406
84 59.05 Mani Ram 21,017 51.17 Govardhan Dass Chauhan 13,032 31.73 7,985
85 57.99 Shakuntla Bhagwaria 20,637 46.46 Mohan Lal 17,128 38.56 3,509
86 63.69 Ram Singh 19,563 44.41 Shiv Rattan Singh 19,477 44.22 86
87 62.34 Inderjeet Singh 19,799 39.53 Raj Singh 14,500 28.95 5,299
88 68.90 Dalip Singh 25,091 48.17 22,933 44.02 2,158
89 68.22 29,552 56.83 Laxman Singh 17,053 32.79 12,499
90 63.27 Ayodhya Prashad 20,784 44.97 Attar Singh 9,375 20.29 11,409

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Devi Lal: Original Tau of Indian politics, popular farmer leader . Times of India. 25 September 2018. 5 March 2020.
  2. Web site: DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders . . December 9, 2020.

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