1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in October 1977. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Kailash Chandra Joshi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.^[1]

1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 6 October 1977 1980 →
All 320 assembly constituencies 161 seats needed for a majority
Registered	22,973,962
Turnout	52.73%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kailash Chandra Joshi Shyama Charan Shukla Party JP INC Leader since 1980 1969 Last election New Party - Seats won 230 84 Seat change 230 136 Popular vote 55,35,807 42,00,717 Percentage 47.28% 35.88%
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Kailash Chandra Joshi JP

The number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 320, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[2][3]

Result

Source:^[4]

#	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
1	Janata Party	319	230	N/A	47.28%
2	Indian National Congress (I)	320	84	136	35.88%
3	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	4	1	N/A	2.88%
4	Independent	320	5	13	15.35%
	Total		320

Elected Members

Constituency	Reserved for	Member	Party
Sheopur	None	Gulab Singh		Janata Party
Bijeypur	None	Ajit Kumar		Janata Party
Sabalgarh	None	Sridharlal Hardenia		Janata Party
Joura	None	Subedar Singh		Janata Party
Sumawali	None	Jahar Singh		Janata Party
Morena	None	Jabar Singh		Janata Party
Dimni	SC	Munshilal		Janata Party
Ambah	SC	Chhokhelal		Janata Party
Gohad	SC	Bhurelal		Janata Party
Mehgaon	None	Rameshwar Dayal Dantrey		Janata Party
Attair	None	Shiv Shankar Lal		Janata Party
Bhind	None	Om Kumari Kushwah		Janata Party
Ron	None	Rasal Singh		Janata Party
Lahar	None	Ram Shankar Singh		Janata Party
Gwalior	None	Jagdish Gupta		Janata Party
Lashkar East	None	Naresh Johri		Janata Party
Lashkar West	None	Shitala Sahai		Janata Party
Morar	None	Madhav Rao Shanker Rao Indapurakar		Janata Party
Gird	None	Vishnu Datt Tiwari		Janata Party
Dabra	None	Gopiram		Janata Party
Bhander	SC	Nand Lal Saroniya		Janata Party
Seondha	None	Tulsi Ram		Janata Party
Datia	None	Shyam Sunder		Indian National Congress
Karera	None	Sushma Singh		Janata Party
Pohri	None	Damodar Prasad		Janata Party
Shivpuri	None	Mahavir Prasad Jain		Janata Party
Pichhore	None	Kamal Singh		Janata Party
Kolaras	SC	Kamta Prasad Khatik		Janata Party
Guna	None	Dharamswarup Saxena		Janata Party
Chachaura	None	Krishna Vallabha Bhanwarlal		Janata Party
Raghogarh	None	Digvijaya Singh		Indian National Congress
Shadora	SC	Har Lal		Janata Party
Ashoknagar	None	Chiman Lal Guljarilal		Janata Party
Mungaoli	None	Chandramohan Rawat		Janata Party
Bina	None	Bhagirath Balgaiya		Janata Party
Khurai	SC	Ram Prasad		Janata Party
Banda	None	Shivraj Singh		Janata Party
Naryaoli	SC	Lila Dhar		Indian National Congress
Sagar	None	Shivkumar Jwalaprasad		Indian National Congress
Surkhi	None	Laxmi Narayan Yadav		Janata Party
Rehli	None	Mahadeo Prasad Hazari		Indian National Congress
Deori	None	Parshuram Sahu		Janata Party
Niwari	None	Gauri Shankar Shukla		Janata Party
Jatara	None	Akhand Pratap Singh		Janata Party
Khargapur	SC	Nathu Ram Ahirwar		Janata Party
Tikamgarh	None	Magan Lal Goyal		Janata Party
Malehra	None	Jang Bahadur Singh		Janata Party
Bijawar	None	Mukund Sakharam		Janata Party
Chhatarpur	None	Jagdamba Prasad Nigam		Janata Party
Maharajpur	SC	Ram Dayal		Janata Party
Chandla	None	Raghunath Singh Kalyan Singh		Janata Party
Nohata	None	Narendra Singh Thakur		Janata Party
Damoh	None	Prabhu Narain Tandon		Indian National Congress
Patharia	SC	Jiwan Lal Kanchhadilal		Janata Party
Hatta	None	Ram Krishna Kusmariya		Janata Party
Panna	None	Lokendra Singh		Janata Party
Amanganj	None	Jagsuriya		Janata Party
Pawai	None	Uma Shankar		Janata Party
Maihar	None	Narayan Singh		Janata Party
Nagod	None	Nagendra Singh		Janata Party
Raigaon	SC	Vishweshwar Prasad		Janata Party
Chitrakoot	None	Ramanand Singh		Janata Party
Satna	None	Arun Singh		Indian National Congress
Rampur Baghelan	None	Prabhakar Singh		Janata Party
Amarpatan	None	Ram Hit		Janata Party
Rewa	None	Premalal Mishra		Janata Party
Gurh	None	Chandramani Tripathi		Janata Party
Mangawan	None	Lal Rukmani Raman Pratap Singh		Indian National Congress
Sirmaur	None	Sita Prasad Sharma		Janata Party
Teonthar	None	Sriniwas Tiwari		Indian National Congress
Deotalab	SC	Khalawan Bhir		Janata Party
Mauganj	None	Achyuta Nand		Indian National Congress
Churahat	None	Arjun Singh[5]		Indian National Congress
Sidhi	None	Indrajeet Kumar		Indian National Congress
Gopadbanas	None	Ram Khilawan		Janata Party
Dhauhani	ST	Someshwar Singh		Janata Party
Deosar	ST	Jagannath Singh		Janata Party
Singrauli	SC	Ramcharitra		Janata Party
Beohari	None	Baijnath Singh		Janata Party
Umaria	None	Nripendra Singh		Janata Party
Nowrozabad	ST	Gyan Singh		Janata Party
Jaisinghnagar	ST	Ramnath Singh		Janata Party
Kotma	ST	Babulal Singh		Janata Party
Anuppur	ST	Jugal Kishore Gupta		Janata Party
Sohagpur	None	Krishna Pal Singh		Indian National Congress
Pushprajgarh	ST	Hazari Singh		Janata Party
Manendragarh	ST	Ram Singh		Janata Party
Baikunthpur	None	Jwala Prasad		Janata Party
Premnagar	ST	Sahadeo Singh		Janata Party
Surajpur	ST	Rewati Raman Mishra		Janata Party
Pal	ST	Shiv Pratap		Janata Party
Samri	ST	Amin		Janata Party
Lundra	ST	Asan Ram		Janata Party
Pilkha	ST	Nar Narayan		Janata Party
Ambikapur	ST	Prabhunarayan Tripathi		Janata Party
Sitapur	ST	Sukhi Ram		Indian National Congress
Bagicha	ST	Balsyus Bolva		Indian National Congress
Jashpur	ST	Sukh Ram		Janata Party
Tapkara	ST	Nand Kumar Sai		Janata Party
Pathalgaon	ST	Ram Pukar Singh		Indian National Congress
Dharamjaigarh	ST	Ghanesh Ram Rathia		Indian National Congress
Lailunga	ST	Surendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Raigarh	None	Ram Kumar Aggarwal		Indian National Congress
Kharsia	None	Laxmi Prasad Patel		Indian National Congress
Saria	None	Kumari Kamla Devi Naresh Chandra Singh		Indian National Congress
Sarangarh	SC	Hulasram Manhar		Indian National Congress
Rampur	ST	Nankiram Kanwar		Janata Party
Katghora	None	Bodhram		Indian National Congress
Tanakhar	ST	Bishal Singh		Janata Party
Marwahi	ST	Bhawar Singh Parte		Indian National Congress
Kota	None	M. P. Dubey		Indian National Congress
Lormi	None	Phool Chand Jain		Janata Party
Mungeli	SC	Rameshwar Prasad Kosaria		Janata Party
Jarhagaon	SC	Bhanu Pratap Gupta		Janata Party
Takhatpur	None	Manharanlal Pandey		Janata Party
Bilaspur	None	B. R. Yadav		Indian National Congress
Bilha	None	Chitra Kant Jaiswal		Indian National Congress
Masturi	SC	Banshilal Ghritlahare		Indian National Congress
Sipat	None	Radheyshyam Shukla		Indian National Congress
Akaltara	None	Rajendra Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Pamgarh	None	Shivprasad Sharma		Indian National Congress
Champa	None	Bisahu Das Mahant		Indian National Congress
Sakti	None	Raja Surendra Bahadur		Indian National Congress
Malkharoda	SC	Bed Ram		Indian National Congress
Chandrapur	None	Bhawanilal Varma		Indian National Congress
Raipur Town	None	Rajani D. P. Upasane		Janata Party
Raipur Rural	None	Ramesh Warlyani		Janata Party
Abhanpur	None	Chetram Purushottam		Janata Party
Mandirhasod	None	Ram Lal Jodhan		Janata Party
Arang	SC	Ratandas Hardas		Janata Party
Dharsiwa	None	Ashwini Kumar Lakhanlal		Janata Party
Bhatapara	None	Jagdish Prasad Aggarwal		Indian National Congress
Baloda Bazar	None	Vansraj Mahabir Prasad		Janata Party
Pallari	SC	Phulsingh Budhu		Indian National Congress
Kasdol	None	Dhani Ram Sahu		Janata Party
Bhatgaon	SC	Kanhaiyalal Kasoriya		Indian National Congress
Saraipali	None	Mohanlal Ramprasad		Indian National Congress
Basna	None	Birendra Bahadur Singh Lal Bahadur		Indian National Congress
Khallari	None	Ramesh		Janata Party
Mahasamund	None	Mohd. Yakub Ah. Karim		Janata Party
Rajim	None	Pawan Diwan Sukhramdhar		Janata Party
Bindranawagarh	ST	Balram Jugsay		Janata Party
Sihawa	ST	Madhav Laxman		Janata Party
Kurud	None	Yeshwant Rao Meghawale		Janata Party
Dhamtari	None	Pandhrirao Khushalrao		Janata Party
Bhanupratappur	ST	Pyarelal Suklalsingh		Janata Party
Kanker	ST	Harishankar Ramnath		Janata Party
Keskal	ST	Mangli Jhadu Ram		Janata Party
Kondagaon	ST	Mankuram Sodi		Indian National Congress
Bhanpuri	ST	Baliram Mahadeo Kashyap		Janata Party
Jagdalpur	ST	Birendra Pandey		Janata Party
Keslur	ST	Joga Hadma		Janata Party
Chitrakote	ST	Lakhanjai Sngh		Janata Party
Dantewara	ST	Sukuldhar Bhawani		Janata Party
Konta	ST	Koram Gopal Kristaiya		Janata Party
Bijapur	ST	Mahadev Ayatoo Ram		Janata Party
Narayanpur	ST	Gadru Ram Sori		Janata Party
Maro	SC	Gophelal Kurree		Janata Party
Bemetara	None	Laxman Prasad Vaidya		Indian National Congress
Saja	None	Pradeep Kumar Choube		Janata Party
Dhamdha	None	Dharampal Singh Gupta		Janata Party
Durg	None	Motilal Vora		Indian National Congress
Bhilai	None	Dinkar Dhage		Janata Party
Patan	None	Keju Ram Varma		Indian National Congress
Gunderdehi	None	Ghana Ram		Indian National Congress
Khertha	None	Vasudeo Chandrakar		Indian National Congress
Balod	None	Mishrilal Khatri		Independent
Dondi Lohara	ST	Jhummuklal Bhediya		Indian National Congress
Chowki	ST	Manjhla Kumar ( Bhupendra Shah )		Janata Party
Khujji	None	Prakash Yadav		Janata Party
Dongargaon	None	Vidya Bhushan Thakur		Janata Party
Rajnandgaon	None	Thakur Darbar Singh		Janata Party
Dongargarh	SC	Vinayak Meshram		Janata Party
Khairagarh	None	Manik Gupta		Janata Party
Birendranagar	None	Balram Singh Bais		Indian National Congress
Kawardha	None	Shashi Prabha Devi		Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
Baihar	ST	Sudhanvasingh Netam		Janata Party
Lanji	None	Yashwant Rao Khongal		Indian National Congress
Kirnapur	None	Jhankarsingh Chandanlal		Indian National Congress
Waraseoni	None	K.D. Deshmukh Bathu		Janata Party
Khairalanjee	None	Shankar Sao		Indian National Congress
Katangi	None	Lochanlal Thare Narayan		Janata Party
Balaghat	None	Nand Kishore Shrama		Indian National Congress
Paraswada	None	Tejlal Tembhare		Indian National Congress
Nainpur	ST	Ghanshyam Prasad		Janata Party
Mandla	ST	Vijay Datt Jha		Janata Party
Bichhia	ST	Mangilal		Janata Party
Bajag	ST	Chintaram Masram		Janata Party
Dindori	ST	Moti Singh Sandhya		Independent
Shahpura	ST	Anup Singh Marabi		Janata Party
Niwas	ST	Rup Singh		Janata Party
Bargi	ST	Shivprasad Chinpuria		Janata Party
Panagar	ST	D.P. Pathak		Indian National Congress
Jabalpur Cantonment	None	Dinesh Chand Mishra		Indian National Congress
Jabalpur East	SC	Kailash Surajbalee Sonkar		Janata Party
Jabalpur Central	None	Jaishiri Benerjee		Janata Party
Jabalpur West	None	K.L. Dubey		Indian National Congress
Patan	None	Prithvi Singh		Indian National Congress
Majholi	None	Gontia Trimbakeshwar Prasad Dubey		Indian National Congress
Sihora	None	Dhanya Kumar		Janata Party
Bahoriband	None	Tarachand Chaurasia		Janata Party
Murwara	None	Vibhash Chandra		Janata Party
Badwara	None	Bachhan Nayak		Janata Party
Vijairaghogarh	None	Laxmichand Bajhal		Janata Party
Gadarwara	None	Nageen Kochar		Janata Party
Bohani	None	Sujansingh		Indian National Congress
Narsimhapur	None	Surendra Kumar Dhoreliaurf Munna Bhaiya		Janata Party
Gotegaon	SC	Saraschandra Jharia		Janata Party
Lakhnadon	ST	Satyendra Singh Deep Singh Thakur		Indian National Congress
Ghansor	ST	Vasant Rao Uike		Indian National Congress
Keolari	None	Vimla Varma Krishna Prasad Varma		Indian National Congress
Barghat	None	Bharatlal Bisen		Indian National Congress
Seoni	None	Prabha Bhargwa		Indian National Congress
Jamai	ST	Sunderlal Brijlal		Indian National Congress
Chhindwara	None	Bijay Kumar Panti(Hitlar)		Indian National Congress
Parasia	SC	Damodar Tulsiram (Damu Patil)		Indian National Congress
Damua	ST	Mandir Sa		Janata Party
Amarwara	ST	Dakhan Shah Thakur		Indian National Congress
Chaurai	None	Baijnath Prasad Saxena		Indian National Congress
Sausar	None	Rewnath Nathujee Choure		Indian National Congress
Pandhurna	None	Madhavlal Dubey		Indian National Congress
Piparia	None	Ramchandra Maheshwari		Janata Party
Hoshangabad	None	Ramesh Bargale		Janata Party
Itarsi	None	Narmada Prasad Soni		Janata Party
Seoni-Malwa	None	Hazarilal Raghubanshi		Indian National Congress
Timarni	SC	Manoharlal Hazarilal		Janata Party
Harda	None	Babulal Silapuria (Nazirjee)		Janata Party
Multai	None	Maniram Barange		Independent
Masod	None	Ramji Mahajan		Indian National Congress
Bhainsdehi	ST	Patiram		Janata Party
Betul	None	Madhav Gopal Naseree		Independent
Ghora Dongri	ST	Jangusingh Uike		Janata Party
Amla	SC	Gurubux Atulkar		Indian National Congress
Budhni	None	Shaligram Vakil		Janata Party
Ichhawar	None	Narayan Prasad Gupta		Janata Party
Ashta	SC	Narayan Singh Kesri		Janata Party
Sehore	None	Sabita Bajpai		Janata Party
Govindpura	None	Laxmi Narain Sharma		Janata Party
Bhopal South	None	Babulal Gour		Janata Party
Bhopal North	None	Hamid Qureshi		Janata Party
Berasia	None	Gauri Shanker Koushal		Janata Party
Sanchi	SC	Gourishanker		Janata Party
Udaipura	None	Goverdhan Singh		Janata Party
Bareli	None	Sudhar Singh		Janata Party
Bhojpur	None	Parab Chand Lakhmichand		Janata Party
Kurwai	SC	Ram Charan Lal		Janata Party
Basoda	None	Jamna Prasad Beharilal		Janata Party
Vidisha	None	Narsinghdas Goyal		Janata Party
Shamshabad	None	Girischand Ramsahay		Janata Party
Sironj	None	Sharif Master		Janata Party
Biaora	None	Dattatre Rao Madho Rao		Janata Party
Narsingarh	None	Siddhumal Dallumal		Janata Party
Sarangpur	SC	Amarsingh Motilal		Independent
Rajgarh	None	Jamnalal Bhanwarlal		Janata Party
Khilchipur	None	Narayan Singh Panwar		Janata Party
Shujalpur	None	Shall Kumar Sharma		Janata Party
Gulana	None	Bhavanishankar Gothi		Janata Party
Shajapur	None	Shashikant Shendurnaikar		Janata Party
Agar	SC	Satyanarayan Jatiya		Janata Party
Susner	None	Hari Bhau Joshi		Janata Party
Tarana	SC	Nagulal Malviya		Janata Party
Mahidpur	None	Shiv Narayan Choudhry		Janata Party
Khachrod	None	Purusottam Vipat		Janata Party
Badnagar	None	Udaisingh Pandya		Janata Party
Ghatiya	SC	Gangaram Parmar		Janata Party
Ujjain North	None	Babulal Jain		Janata Party
Ujjain South	None	Govindrao Vishvanath Naik		Janata Party
Depalpur	None	Patan Patodi		Janata Party
Mhow	None	Ghanshyam Seth Patidar		Indian National Congress
Indore-I	None	Om Prakash Rawal		Janata Party
Indore-Ii	None	Yagyadatt Sharma		Indian National Congress
Indore-Iii	None	Rajendra Dharkar		Janata Party
Indore-Iv	None	Vallabh Sharma		Janata Party
Indore-V	None	Suresh Seth		Indian National Congress
Sawer	SC	Arjun Singh Dharu		Janata Party
Dewas	None	Shankar Kannungo Trimbakrao		Janata Party
Sonkatch	SC	Devilal Raikwal Bulchand		Janata Party
Hatpipliya	None	Tejsingh Sendhav		Janata Party
Bagli	None	Kailash Chandra Joshi		Janata Party
Khategaon	None	Kinkar Narmadaprasad Govind Ram		Janata Party
Harsud	ST	Suraj Mal Balu		Janata Party
Nimarkhedi	None	Raghurajsingh Tomar		Janata Party
Pandhana	SC	Sakharam Deokaran		Janata Party
Khandwa	None	Govind Prasad Gite		Janata Party
Nepanagar	None	Brijmohan Mishra		Janata Party
Shahpur	None	Deshmukh Dhairyasheel Rao Keshav Rao		Janata Party
Burhanpur	None	Shiv Kumar Singh Nawal Singh		Indian National Congress
Bhikangaon	ST	Dongar Singh Patel		Janata Party
Barwaha	None	Ramesh Sharma		Janata Party
Maheshwar	SC	Nathubhai Sawale		Janata Party
Kasrawad	None	Bankim Joshi		Janata Party
Khargone	None	Navneet Mahajan		Janata Party
Dhulkot	ST	Malsingh Latu		Janata Party
Sendhwa	ST	Raoji Kalji		Janata Party
Anjad	ST	Babulal Dashrath Soni		Janata Party
Rajpur	ST	Veersingh Devisingh		Janata Party
Barwani	ST	Umaraosingh Parvatsingh		Janata Party
Manawar	ST	Shivbhanu Solanki		Indian National Congress
Dharampuri	ST	Kiratsingh		Indian National Congress
Dhar	None	Vikram Verma		Janata Party
Badnawar	None	Goerdhan Sharma		Janata Party
Sardarpur	ST	Moolchand Patel		Indian National Congress
Kukshi	ST	Pratapsinh Baghel		Indian National Congress
Alirajpur	ST	Bhagwan Singh Chauhan		Janata Party
Jobat	ST	Ajmer Singh		Indian National Congress
Jhabua	ST	Bapusingh Damer		Indian National Congress
Petlawad	ST	Pratap Singh		Janata Party
Thandla	ST	Mannaji		Janata Party
Ratlam Town	None	Himmat Kothari		Janata Party
Ratlam Rural	None	Surajmal Jain		Janata Party
Sailana	ST	Kamji		Janata Party
Jaora	None	Komal Singh Rathore		Janata Party
Alot	SC	Navratan Sankla		Janata Party
Manasa	None	Ramchandra Basar		Janata Party
Garoth	None	Ragunandan		Janata Party
Suwasara	SC	Champalala Arya		Janata Party
Sitamau	None	Pt. Basantilal Sharma		Janata Party
Mandsaur	None	Sunderlal Patwa		Janata Party
Neemuch	None	Kanhaiyalal Dungerwal		Janata Party
Jawad	None	Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha		Janata Party