Results/Lok Sabha/Punjab/1977 Results/Lok Sabha
ECI results
State board · Lok Sabha

Punjab Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 13 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
13
Constituencies
Majority
7
Seats needed of 13
Electors
81.64L
On the roll
Votes polled
57.26L
70.1% of electors
Median turnout
72.3%
Median of 13 seats
SAD lead
+2
Above majority · 9 − 7

[01]Seat matrix

13 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 13 seats: SAD 9, BLD 3, CPI(M) 1. Majority line at 7 seats. Hemicycle of 13 seats: SAD 9, BLD 3, CPI(M) 1. Majority line at 7 seats.
Majority · 7 of 13SAD 9 · +2 above majority
SAD 969.2% Shiromani Akali Dal
BLD 323.1% Bharatiya Lok Dal
CPI(M) 17.7% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
SAD 42.3%9 seats · 69.2%
INC 34.8%0 seats
BLD 12.5%3 seats · 23.1%
CPI(M) 4.9%1 seat · 7.7%
CPI 1.6%0 seats
Others 3.9%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. SAD converted 42.3% of votes into 69.2% of seats, a seat premium of 26.9 pp.

    9 ÷ 13 = 69.2% · 69.2 − 42.3 = +26.9

  2. INC polled 34.8% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 13 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 34.8 = −34.8

  3. Amritsar was decided by 25,041 votes, the closest of 13 seats; Bhatinda had the widest margin, 1,75,311.

    min / max of margin over 13 seats with a recorded margin

  4. Turnout ran from 32.7% in Ferozepur to 77.1% in Ropar; the median seat polled 72.3%.

    min / median / max over 13 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

13 of 13 seats carry a turnout
025507510072.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 17.7% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 17.7% of seats
70–80 1184.6% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestFerozepur32.7%
  • HighestRopar77.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

13 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1977, all 13 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Gurdaspur Yagya Datt Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,12,085 28,122 6.8 73.1
02 AmritsarCLOSEST Baldev Parkash Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,84,968 25,041 5.2 71.9
03 Tarn Taran Mohan Singh Tur Shiromani Akali Dal 4,61,527 79,970 17.3 72.1
04 JullundurSC Iqbal Singh Dhillon Shiromani Akali Dal 4,27,902 1,18,108 27.6 72.3
05 PhillaurSC Bhagat Ram Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,63,858 1,49,031 32.1 71.4
06 Hoshiarpur Balbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 4,27,246 1,14,617 26.8 68.2
07 Ropar Basant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 4,91,388 82,572 16.8 77.1
08 PatialaSC Gurcharan Sing Tohra Shiromani Akali Dal 4,62,560 90,317 19.5 76.3
09 LudhianaSC Jagdev Singh Talwandi Shiromani Akali Dal 5,02,599 1,03,594 20.6 75.5
10 Sangrur Surjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 4,62,873 1,65,049 35.7 74.4
11 BhatindaWIDEST Dhanna Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 4,35,035 1,75,311 40.3 71.6
12 Faridkot Parkash Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 4,87,098 1,00,701 20.7 75.4
13 Ferozepur Mohinder Singh Sayanwala Shiromani Akali Dal 2,06,656 1,63,939 79.3 32.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,75,311 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Punjab · 13 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

An unhandled error has occurred. Reload