State board · Lok Sabha

Delhi Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateDelhi

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 7

Electors

25.47L

On the roll

Votes polled

18.16L

71.3% of electors

Median turnout

70.1%

Median of 7 seats

BLD lead

Above majority · 7 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

7 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 4 of 7BLD 7 · +3 above majority

BLD 7100.0% Bharatiya Lok Dal

State level, as published

BLD 68.1%7 seats · 100.0%

INC 30.2%0 seats

CPI 0.4%0 seats

RPI 0.2%0 seats

RRP 0.1%0 seats

Others 1.0%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BLD converted 68.1% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 31.9 pp.
7 ÷ 7 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 68.1 = +31.9
INC polled 30.2% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 7 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 30.2 = −30.2
Karol Bagh was decided by 65,068 votes, the closest of 7 seats; East Delhi had the widest margin, 1,33,107.
min / max of margin over 7 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 65.8% in New Delhi to 83.0% in Chandni Chowk; the median seat polled 70.1%.
min / median / max over 7 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

7 of 7 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 00.0% of seats

60–70 342.9% of seats

70–80 342.9% of seats

≥ 80% 114.3% of seats

LowestNew Delhi65.8%
HighestChandni Chowk83.0%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1977, all 7 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	New Delhi	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Lok Dal	1,78,112	77,186	43.3	65.8
02	South Delhi	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Bharatiya Lok Dal	2,65,615	1,07,557	40.5	69.5
03	Outer Delhi	Brahm Perkash	Bharatiya Lok Dal	3,16,256	1,04,366	33.0	71.3
04	East DelhiWIDEST	Kishore Lal	Bharatiya Lok Dal	3,58,854	1,33,107	37.1	70.1
05	Chandni ChowkSC	Sikandar Bakht	Bharatiya Lok Dal	2,60,313	1,15,989	44.6	83.0
06	Delhi Sadar	Kanwar Lal Gupta	Bharatiya Lok Dal	2,19,842	79,871	36.3	71.0
07	Karol BaghCLOSEST	Shiv Narain Sarsonia	Bharatiya Lok Dal	2,17,380	65,068	29.9	68.9

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,33,107 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Delhi · 7 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database