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Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Oct 1977

The 7th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
425
213 needed for a majority
Largest party
JNP
352 seats · majority
Candidates
3,012
63 women, 11 elected
Turnout
45.40%
2.38 cr of 5.23 cr

The house

425 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

425SEATS
  • JNP352
  • INC47
  • IND16
  • CPI9
  • CPM1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Uttar Pradesh assembly election (1974)

INC
-168
IND
+11
CPI
-7

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
JNPJanata Party352—42248.0%1,13,51,35947.76%—4
INCIndian National Congress47-16839534.5%75,92,10731.95%-0.3515
INDIndependent16+1119953.4%38,32,83216.13%+5.871922
CPICommunist Party of India9-72934.9%6,11,4502.57%+0.125
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1-1356.9%1,36,8500.58%-0.1333
SSDSSD0-1452.7%74,6800.31%-0.3844
RPKRPK00403.0%67,4970.28%-0.2140
MULIndian Union Muslim League0-1136.2%48,2380.20%-1.1711
RPIRPI00113.1%19,2390.08%-0.2311
HMSHMS0-144.2%10,3180.04%-0.264
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0091.5%8,5430.04%-0.019
RRPRRP0071.9%7,1750.03%-0.027
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0031.8%3,0270.01%+0.013
SUCSUC0031.2%2,0790.01%-0.013
KMPKMP0011.7%1,0250.00%-0.031

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Uttar Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Oct 1977

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
CHHAPRAULIUttar PradeshJNPNARENDRA SINGHINCRIAZUDDIN56,42768.47%
KISHNIUttar PradeshJNPHAKIM LALINCMUNSHI LAL34,49463.65%
KASIAUttar PradeshJNPRAJMANGAL PANDEYINCSHEOAUTAR MANI TRIPATHI34,25250.77%
MAHARAJGANJUttar PradeshINDDUKHI PRASADINCDURYODHAN18,61248.90%
HATAUttar PradeshJNPBASANTINCGULAB CHAND SONKER22,95448.27%
KARANPRAYAGUttar PradeshJNPSHIVANAND NAUTIYALINCBHARGAI DATT11,86048.23%
GOKULUttar PradeshJNPONKAR SINGHINCRAMESH CHAND23,67547.92%
SIDHAURUttar PradeshJNPRAM SAGARINCANAND PRAKASH18,39546.26%
GORAKHPURUttar PradeshJNPAVDHESH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVAINCJAMIR AHMAD PAYAM20,76744.94%
ALLAHABAD SOUTHUttar PradeshJNPSATYA PRAKASH MALVIYAINCSHYAM SUNDAR SHARMA20,30243.00%

Closest results of Oct 1977

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MUSSOORIEUttar PradeshJNPRANJEET SINGHINCKISHORI LAL SEKLANI420.08%
MAUUttar PradeshJNPRAMJICPIABDUL BAQI1080.15%
NAINITALUttar PradeshJNPRAM DATT JOSHIINCDUNGAR SINGH BISHT800.18%
BARAUttar PradeshJNPGURU PRASADINCRAMAKANT MISRA1060.18%
SIWALKHASUttar PradeshJNPHARI SINGHINCHARBANS SINGH1140.20%
BAWANUttar PradeshINCPURAN LALJNPCHHOTEY LAL1590.34%
ALIGANJUttar PradeshJNPGENDA LALINCLATOORI SINGH3340.40%
SHAHABADUttar PradeshINDBRIJ BALLABH SINGHINCRAM AUTAR DIXIT2760.54%
GHAZIABADUttar PradeshJNPRAJENDRAINCPYARE LAL3340.54%
HASTINAPURUttar PradeshJNPREOTI SHARAN MAURYAINCJHAGGAR SINGH4220.61%