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.

1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 1977 1980 →
All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.37% ( 3.26%)
First party Second party Third party   JP Leader Parkash Singh Badal Balram Jakhar Party SAD JP INC Leader's seat Gidderbaha Abohar Last election 24 New party 66 Seats won 58 25 17 Seat change 34 25 49 Popular vote 1,776,602 847,718 1,899,534 Percentage 31.41 14.99 33.59 Swing 3.8% 15.0% 9.3%
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal SAD.

Result

Party		Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Popular Vote	%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	70	58	34	17,76,602	31.41%
	Janata Party	41	25	(new)	8,47,718	14.99%
	Indian National Congress	96	17	49	18,99,534	33.59%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	8	7	1,98,144	3.50%
	Communist Party of India	18	7	3	3,72,711	6.59%
	Independents	435	2	1	5,41,958	9.58%
	Others	14	0	-	18,686	0.33%
Total[1]		682	117		56,55,353

Constituency wise results

#	AC Name[2]	AC No.	Type	Winning Candidate	Party	Total Electors	Total Votes	Poll%	Margin	Margin %
1	Fatehgarh	1	GEN	Dr Jodh Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,591	51,574	69.1 %	648	1.3%
2	Batala	2	GEN	Panna Lal Nayyar	Janta Party	78,028	54,763	70.2 %	3,192	5.8%
3	Qadian	3	GEN	Mohinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,558	55,200	65.3 %	9,367	17.0%
4	Srihargobindpur	4	GEN	Natha Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	66,348	42,242	63.7 %	5,003	11.8%
5	Kahnuwan	5	GEN	Ujagar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	66,729	45,449	68.1 %	3,961	8.7%
6	Dhariwal	6	GEN	Swaran Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	69,219	47,045	68.0 %	1,666	3.5%
7	Gurdaspur	7	GEN	Khushhal Bahl	Indian National Congress	76,676	53,659	70.0 %	1,053	2.0%
8	Dina Nagar	8	SC	Gian Chand	Janta Party	73,134	47,230	64.6 %	2,090	4.4%
9	Narot Mehra	9	SC	Sunder Singh	Indian National Congress	60,618	41,536	68.5 %	2,230	5.4%
10	Pathankot	10	GEN	Om Parkash Bhardwaj	Janta Party	66,569	44,104	66.3 %	2,486	5.6%
11	Sujanpur	11	GEN	Chaman Lal	Indian National Congress	59,313	42,768	72.1 %	4,770	11.2%
12	Beas	12	GEN	Jiwan Singh Umara Nangal	Shiromani Akali Dal	83,636	52,209	62.4 %	9,954	19.1%
13	Majitha	13	GEN	Parkash Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	81,115	56,146	69.2 %	4,437	7.9%
14	Verka	14	SC	Khajan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	80,757	47,199	58.4 %	950	2.0%
15	Jandiala	15	SC	Dalbir Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	75,682	41,525	54.9 %	1,535	3.7%
16	Amritsar North	16	GEN	Harbans Lal Khanna	Janta Party	90,040	53,444	59.4 %	4,770	8.9%
17	Amritsar West	17	GEN	Satya Pal Dang	Communist Party Of India	95,048	54,082	56.9 %	18,912	35.0%
18	Amritsar Central	18	GEN	Balramjidass Tandan	Janta Party	74,064	52,313	70.6 %	2,626	5.0%
19	Amritsar South	19	GEN	Kirpal Singh	Janta Party	87,705	54,841	62.5 %	11,929	21.8%
20	Ajnala	20	GEN	Shashpal Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	81,446	57,816	71.0 %	2,036	3.5%
21	Raja Sansi	21	GEN	Dalip Singh Tapiala	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	71,441	45,603	63.8 %	8,332	18.3%
22	Attari	22	SC	Darshan Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	65,680	32,112	48.9 %	4,673	14.6%
23	Tarn Taran	23	GEN	Manjinder Singh Behla	Independent	77,603	51,350	66.2 %	1,069	2.1%
24	Khadoor Sahib	24	SC	Naranjan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,117	34,799	47.0 %	5,095	14.6%
25	Naushahra Panwan	25	GEN	Ranjit Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	71,694	48,258	67.3 %	844	1.7%
26	Patti	26	GEN	Niranjan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	82,127	45,569	55.5 %	5,451	12.0%
27	Valtoha	27	GEN	Jagir Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	78,608	45,362	57.7 %	8,085	17.8%
28	Adampur	28	GEN	Sarup Singh	Janta Party	75,919	50,374	66.4 %	4,098	8.1%
29	Jullundur Cantonment	29	GEN	Harbhajan Singh	Janta Party	67,644	43,477	64.3 %	1,355	3.1%
30	Jullundur North	30	GEN	Ramesh Chander	Janta Party	74,506	50,451	67.7 %	3,149	6.2%
31	Jullundur Central	31	GEN	Man Mohan Kalia	Janta Party	73,380	43,136	58.8 %	10,439	24.2%
32	Jullundur South	32	SC	Darshan Singh	Indian National Congress	61,497	40,126	65.2 %	12,387	30.9%
33	Kartarpur	33	SC	Bhagat Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	73,727	51,040	69.2 %	1,759	3.4%
34	Lohian	34	GEN	Balwant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,947	56,033	66.0 %	11,160	19.9%
35	Nakodar	35	GEN	Umrao Singh	Indian National Congress	79,904	54,564	68.3 %	1,275	2.3%
36	Nur Mahal	36	GEN	Sarwon Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	79,880	55,308	69.2 %	8,767	15.9%
37	Banga	37	SC	Harbans Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	75,673	51,188	67.6 %	1,612	3.1%
38	Nawan Shahr	38	GEN	Jatinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	98,294	70,727	72.0 %	3,635	5.1%
39	Phillaur	39	SC	Sarwan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	78,210	49,309	63.0 %	5,920	12.0%
40	Bholath	40	GEN	Sukhjinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	66,850	47,707	71.4 %	13,146	27.6%
41	Kapurthala	41	GEN	Hukam Chand	Janta Party	60,235	37,902	62.9 %	3,209	8.5%
42	Sultanpur	42	GEN	Atma Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	64,522	41,445	64.2 %	14,190	34.2%
43	Phagwara	43	SC	Sadhu Ram	Janta Party	79,263	50,427	63.6 %	4,710	9.3%
44	Balachaur	44	GEN	Ram Kishan	Janta Party	73,591	47,265	64.2 %	685	1.4%
45	Garhshankar	45	GEN	Darshan Singh	Communist Party Of India	72,946	41,597	57.0 %	1,123	2.7%
46	Mahilpur	46	SC	Kartar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	68,411	40,684	59.5 %	10,372	25.5%
47	Hoshiarpur	47	GEN	Om Parkash	Janta Party	73,802	46,736	63.3 %	943	2.0%
48	Sham Chaurasi	48	SC	Dev Raj Nasrala	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	72,499	43,325	59.8 %	6,145	14.2%
49	Tanda	49	GEN	Upkar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,800	50,797	67.9 %	7,217	14.2%
50	Garhdiwala	50	SC	Dharam Paul	Janta Party	72,468	41,496	57.3 %	5,974	14.4%
51	Dasuya	51	GEN	Gurbachan Singh	Indian National Congress	73,003	43,774	60.0 %	1,607	3.7%
52	Mukerian	52	GEN	Kewal Krishna	Indian National Congress	73,682	52,985	71.9 %	5,713	10.8%
53	Jagraon	53	GEN	Dalip Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	88,956	58,993	66.3 %	156	0.3%
54	Raikot	54	GEN	Dev Raj Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	80,543	52,772	65.5 %	4,138	7.8%
55	Dakha	55	SC	Charanjit Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	91,530	53,457	58.4 %	11,730	21.9%
56	Qila Raipur	56	GEN	Arjan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	86,949	51,857	59.6 %	6,340	12.2%
57	Ludhiana North	57	GEN	Kapoor Chand	Janta Party	79,766	55,918	70.1 %	2,702	4.8%
58	Ludhiana West	58	GEN	A. Vishwanathan	Janta Party	74,113	47,565	64.2 %	5,048	10.6%
59	Ludhiana East	59	GEN	Om Parkash Gupta	Indian National Congress	69,368	48,628	70.1 %	1,029	2.1%
60	Ludhiana Rural	60	GEN	Dhanraj Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,494	52,095	61.7 %	3,744	7.2%
61	Payal	61	GEN	Benat Singh	Indian National Congress	80,188	57,339	71.5 %	5,260	9.2%
62	Kum Kalan	62	SC	Daya Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	78,413	48,158	61.4 %	4,211	8.7%
63	Samrala	63	GEN	Prehlad Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	73,399	48,130	65.6 %	6,626	13.8%
64	Khanna	64	SC	Bachan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,391	50,690	68.1 %	893	1.8%
65	Nangal	65	GEN	Madan Mohan	Janta Party	70,130	46,205	65.9 %	3,607	7.8%
66	Anandpur Sahib - Ropar	66	GEN	Madho Singh	Janta Party	76,815	44,539	58.0 %	4,000	9.0%
67	Chamkaur Sahib	67	SC	Satwant Kaur	Shiromani Akali Dal	68,948	47,119	68.3 %	11,760	25.0%
68	Morinda	68	GEN	Ravi Inder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	77,775	53,275	68.5 %	8,249	15.5%
69	Kharar	69	GEN	Bachittar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	67,816	44,616	65.8 %	8,928	20.0%
70	Banur	70	GEN	Hans Raj Sharma	Indian National Congress	74,724	52,035	69.6 %	3,955	7.6%
71	Rajpura	71	GEN	Harbans Lal	Janta Party	70,732	46,491	65.7 %	12,995	28.0%
72	Ghanaur	72	GEN	Jasdev Kaur Sandhu	Shiromani Akali Dal	67,661	43,555	64.4 %	5,395	12.4%
73	Dakala	73	GEN	Lal Singh	Indian National Congress	77,889	50,652	65.0 %	605	1.2%
74	Shutrana	74	SC	Baldev Singh	Communist Party Of India	76,479	47,858	62.6 %	135	0.3%
75	Samana	75	GEN	Gurdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	82,953	48,814	58.8 %	6,080	12.5%
76	Patiala Town	76	GEN	Sardar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	72,423	45,499	62.8 %	243	0.5%
77	Nabha	77	GEN	Gurdarshan Singh	Indian National Congress	83,180	65,365	78.6 %	5,820	8.9%
78	Amloh	78	SC	Dalip Singh Pandhi	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,063	56,348	67.0 %	12,351	21.9%
79	Sirhind	79	GEN	Randhir Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,323	58,994	70.0 %	2,858	4.8%
80	Dhuri	80	GEN	Sant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	77,164	53,379	69.2 %	9,352	17.5%
81	Malerkotla	81	GEN	Anwar Ahmad Khan	Shiromani Akali Dal	83,057	63,235	76.1 %	5,685	9.0%
82	Sherpur	82	SC	Chand Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	71,938	42,861	59.6 %	13,155	30.7%
83	Barnala	83	GEN	Surjit Kaur	Shiromani Akali Dal	68,262	48,720	71.4 %	7,855	16.1%
84	Bhadaur	84	SC	Kundan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	71,042	43,294	60.9 %	8,693	20.1%
85	Dhanaula	85	GEN	Sampuran Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	67,308	49,413	73.4 %	2,907	5.9%
86	Sangrur	86	GEN	Gurdial Singh	Janta Party	69,053	47,084	68.2 %	2,796	5.9%
87	Dirbha	87	GEN	Baldev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	69,513	43,712	62.9 %	10,018	22.9%
88	Sunam	88	GEN	Sukhdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	70,036	48,761	69.6 %	10,448	21.4%
89	Lehra	89	GEN	Chitwant Singh	Independent	68,528	46,999	68.6 %	2,930	6.2%
90	Balluana	90	SC	Ujagar Singh S/o Nadar Singh	Indian National Congress	75,209	42,246	56.2 %	2,514	6.0%
91	Abohar	91	GEN	Bal Ram	Indian National Congress	73,867	50,467	68.3 %	8,459	16.8%
92	Fazilka	92	GEN	Kanshi Ram	Indian National Congress	67,248	44,757	66.6 %	3,484	7.8%
93	Jalalabad	93	GEN	Mehtab Singh	Communist Party Of India	76,852	48,665	63.3 %	17,795	36.6%
94	Guru Har Sahai	94	GEN	Lachhman Singh	Indian National Congress	76,437	52,042	68.1 %	7,406	14.2%
95	Firozepur	95	GEN	Gardhara Singh	Janta Party	70,662	45,466	64.3 %	234	0.5%
96	Firozepur Cantonment	96	GEN	Harpreet Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	67,085	45,740	68.2 %	4,835	10.6%
97	Zira	97	GEN	Hari Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	72,851	46,799	64.2 %	9,256	19.8%
98	Dharamkot	98	SC	Sarwan Singh	Communist Party Of India	73,667	41,525	56.4 %	981	2.4%
99	Moga	99	GEN	Rup Lal	Janta Party	77,790	52,050	66.9 %	5,996	11.5%
100	Bagha Purana	100	GEN	Tej Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	76,630	55,703	72.7 %	6,889	12.4%
101	Nihal Singh Wala	101	SC	Gurdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	70,275	51,601	73.4 %	2,539	4.9%
102	Panjgrain	102	SC	Gurdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	76,800	41,548	54.1 %	18,069	43.5%
103	Kot Kapura	103	GEN	Jaswinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,099	51,795	61.6 %	21,683	41.9%
104	Faridkot	104	GEN	Manmohan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	80,549	54,411	67.6 %	10,642	19.6%
105	Muktsar	105	GEN	Kanwarjit Singh	Indian National Congress	76,359	54,968	72.0 %	1,004	1.8%
106	Giddar Baha	106	GEN	Parkash Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	78,217	55,970	71.6 %	14,163	25.3%
107	Malout	107	SC	Daua Ram	Communist Party Of India	71,492	46,588	65.2 %	2,053	4.4%
108	Lambi	108	GEN	Gurdas Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	77,914	50,924	65.4 %	9,280	18.2%
109	Talwandi Sabo	109	GEN	Sukhdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	61,339	46,019	75.0 %	5,363	11.7%
110	Pakka Kalan	110	SC	Sukhdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	69,989	44,494	63.6 %	6,068	13.6%
111	Bhatinda	111	GEN	Hitabhilashi	Janta Party	79,417	50,950	64.2 %	3,418	6.7%
112	Nathana	112	SC	Teja Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	71,110	41,631	58.5 %	12,225	29.4%
113	Rampura Phul	113	GEN	Babu Singh	Communist Party Of India	71,492	54,481	76.2 %	2,331	4.3%
114	Joga	114	GEN	Baldev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	68,297	51,637	75.6 %	7,051	13.7%
115	Mansa	115	GEN	Des Raj	Janta Party	73,119	48,987	67.0 %	3,275	6.7%
116	Budhlada	116	GEN	Tara Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	71,098	49,349	69.4 %	4,949	10.0%
117	Sardulgarh	117	GEN	Balwinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	64,995	44,115	67.9 %	15,715	35.6%

Bypolls

#	AC Name	No	Type	State	Winning Candidate	Party
1	Ferozepur Cantt.	96	NA	Punjab	M.Singh	SAD

See also

• Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly
• Elections in Punjab