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Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 4 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateHimachal Pradesh
Seats
4
Constituencies
Majority
3
Seats needed of 4
Electors
19.61L
On the roll
Votes polled
11.68L
59.6% of electors
Median turnout
60.2%
Median of 4 seats
BLD lead
+1
Above majority · 4 − 3

[01]Seat matrix

4 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 4 seats: BLD 4. Majority line at 3 seats. Hemicycle of 4 seats: BLD 4. Majority line at 3 seats.
Majority · 3 of 4BLD 4 · +1 above majority
BLD 4100.0% Bharatiya Lok Dal

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
BLD 57.2%4 seats · 100.0%
INC 38.6%0 seats
CPI 1.4%0 seats
CPI(M) 0.8%0 seats
Others 2.0%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BLD converted 57.2% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 42.8 pp.

    4 ÷ 4 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 57.2 = +42.8

  2. INC polled 38.6% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 4 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 38.6 = −38.6

  3. Mandi was decided by 35,505 votes, the closest of 4 seats; Simla had the widest margin, 87,291.

    min / max of margin over 4 seats with a recorded margin

  4. Turnout ran from 53.9% in Mandi to 64.0% in Kangra; the median seat polled 60.2%.

    min / median / max over 4 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

4 of 4 seats carry a turnout
025507510060.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 250.0% of seats
60–70 250.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestMandi53.9%
  • HighestKangra64.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

4 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1977, all 4 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 SimlaWIDEST Balak Ram Bharatiya Lok Dal 2,73,489 87,291 31.9 58.7
02 MandiCLOSEST Ganga Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 2,65,820 35,505 13.4 53.9
03 Kangra Durga Chand Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,05,117 39,004 12.8 64.0
04 HamirpurSC Ranjit Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 3,23,501 50,122 15.5 61.6
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 87,291 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Himachal Pradesh · 4 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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