1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

6 October 1977
All 90 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.46% (6%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Devi Lal Party JP INC Last election New 52 Seats won 75 3 Seat change New 49 Popular vote 1,765,566 648,422 Percentage 46.70% 17.15% Swing New 29.76%
Chief Minister before election Devi Lal JP Elected Chief Minister Devi Lal JP

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. The number of constituencies was set as 90, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Janata Party	1,765,566	46.70	75
	Indian National Congress	648,422	17.15	3
	Vishal Haryana Party	225,478	5.96	5
	Communist Party of India	29,196	0.77	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	23,191	0.61	0
	Socialist Unity Center of India	2,916	0.08	0
	Republican Party of India	2,058	0.05	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	1,150	0.03	0
	Independents	1,082,982	28.64	7
Total		3,780,959	100.00	90
Valid votes		3,780,959	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		47,101	1.23
Total votes		3,828,060	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,938,821	64.46
Source: ECI:

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Kalka	None	Lachhman Singh		Janata Party
Naraingarh	None	Lal Singh		Janata Party
Sadhaura	SC	Bhag Mal		Janata Party
Chhachhrauli	None	Kanhaiyalal		Indian National Congress
Yamunanagar	None	Kamla Devi		Janata Party
Jagadhri	None	Brij Mohan		Janata Party
Mullana	SC	Sher Singh		Janata Party
Ambala Cantonment	None	Sushma Swaraj		Janata Party
Ambala City	None	Shiv Prashad		Janata Party
Naggal	None	Sumer Chand		Janata Party
Indri	None	Des Raj		Janata Party
Nilokheri	None	Shiv Ram		Janata Party
Karnal	None	Ram Lal		Janata Party
Jundla	SC	Prem Singh		Janata Party
Gharaunda	None	Ram Pal Singh		Janata Party
Assandh	SC	Jogi Ram		Janata Party
Panipat	None	Fateh Chand		Janata Party
Sambhalka	None	Mool Chand		Janata Party
Naultha	None	Satbir		Janata Party
Shahabad	None	Surinder Singh		Janata Party
Radaur	SC	Lehri Singh		Janata Party
Thanesar	None	Devinder Sharma		Janata Party
Pehowa	None	Tara Singh		Janata Party
Guhla	SC	Ishwar		Janata Party
Kaithal	None	Raghunath		Janata Party
Pundri	None	Agnivesh		Janata Party
Pai	None	Jagjit Singh Pohlu		Vishal Haryana Party
Hassangarh	None	Sant Kumar		Janata Party
Kiloi	None	Hari Chand		Janata Party
Rohtak	None	Mangal Sein		Janata Party
Meham	None	Har Sarup		Janata Party
Kalanaur	SC	Jai Narain		Janata Party
Beri	None	Ran Singh		Janata Party
Salhawas	None	Ram Narain		Janata Party
Jhajjar	SC	Mange Ram		Janata Party
Badli	None	Hardwari Lal		Independent
Bahadurgarh	None	Mehar Singh		Janata Party
Baroda	SC	Bhalle Ram		Janata Party
Gohana	None	Ganga Ram		Independent
Kailana	None	Shanti Devi		Janata Party
Sonepat	None	Devi Dass		Janata Party
Rai	None	Rizaqram		Janata Party
Rohat	None	Om Prakash		Janata Party
Kalayat	SC	Prit Singh		Janata Party
Narwana	None	Shamsher Singh		Indian National Congress
Uchana Kalan	None	Birender Singh		Indian National Congress
Rajond	None	Gulzar Singh		Janata Party
Jind	None	Mange Ram		Independent
Julana	None	Zile Singh		Janata Party
Safidon	None	Ram Krishan		Janata Party
Faridabad	None	Deep Chand Bhatia		Janata Party
Mewla Maharajpur	None	Gajraj Nagar		Janata Party
Ballabgarh	None	Rajinder Singh		Independent
Palwal	None	Mool Chand		Janata Party
Hassanpur	SC	Gaya Lal		Janata Party
Hathin	None	Aditya Vesh		Janata Party
Ferozepur Jhirka	None	Shakrulla		Independent
Nuh	None	Sardar Khan		Janata Party
Taoru	None	Khurshed Ahmed		Janata Party
Sohna	None	Vijay Pal Singh		Janata Party
Gurgaon	None	Pratap Singh Thakran		Janata Party
Pataudi	SC	Narain Singh		Vishal Haryana Party
Badhra	None	Ran Singh		Janata Party
Dadri	None	Hukam Singh		Janata Party
Mundhal Khurd	None	Tek Ram		Janata Party
Bhiwani	None	Bir Singh		Janata Party
Tosham	None	Sunder Singh		Independent
Loharu	None	Hira Nand		Janata Party
Bawani Khera	SC	Jagan Nath		Janata Party
Barwala	None	Jai Narain		Janata Party
Narnaund	None	Virender Singh		Janata Party
Hansi	None	Baldev Tayal		Janata Party
Bhattu Kalan	None	Devi Lal		Janata Party
Hissar	None	Balwant Rai Tayal		Janata Party
Ghirai	None	Kanwal Singh		Janata Party
Tohana	None	Karam Singh		Janata Party
Ratia	SC	Peer Chand		Janata Party
Fatehabad	None	Harphul Singh		Janata Party
Adampur	None	Bhajan Lal		Janata Party
Darba Kalan	None	Jagdish Kumar		Independent
Ellenabad	SC	Bhagi Ram		Janata Party
Sirsa	None	Shankar Lal		Janata Party
Rori	None	Sukhdev Singh		Janata Party
Dabwali	SC	Mani Ram		Janata Party
Bawal	SC	Shakuntala		Janata Party
Rewari	None	Ram Singh		Janata Party
Jatusana	None	Inderjeet Singh		Vishal Haryana Party
Mahendragarh	None	Dali Singh		Vishal Haryana Party
Ateli	None	Birender Singh		Vishal Haryana Party
Narnaul	None	Ayodhya Prashad		Janata Party

See also

• List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
• 1977 elections in India

References

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