Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Oct 1977

425 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 45.40% turnout.

Seats

425

Candidates

3,012

63 women, 11 elected

Turnout

45.40%

2.38 cr of 5.23 cr

Leading party

JNP

352 of 425 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Uttar Pradesh

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
JNP Janata Party	352	+352	422	1,13,51,359	47.76%	—
INC Indian National Congress	47	-168	395	75,92,107	31.94%	-0.35
IND Independent	16	+11	1995	38,32,832	16.13%	+5.87
CPI Communist Party of India	9	-7	29	6,11,450	2.57%	+0.12
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	-1	35	1,36,850	0.58%	-0.13
SSD SSD	0	-1	45	74,680	0.31%	-0.38
RPK RPK	0	0	40	67,497	0.28%	-0.21
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	-1	13	48,238	0.20%	-1.17
RPI RPI	0	0	11	19,239	0.08%	-0.23
HMS HMS	0	-1	4	10,318	0.04%	-0.25
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	9	8,543	0.04%	-0.01
RRP RRP	0	0	7	7,175	0.03%	-0.01
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	3	3,027	0.01%	+0.01
SUC SUC	0	0	3	2,079	0.01%	-0.01
KMP KMP	0	0	1	1,025	0.00%	-0.03

JNP352 (83%)
INC47 (11%)
IND16 (4%)
CPI9 (2%)
CPM1 (0%)

JNP352
INC47
IND16
CPI9
CPM1

JNP352
INC47
IND16
CPI9
CPM1

Constituency performance

From the 425 results in Uttar Pradesh

Closest contest

MUSSOORIE

won by 42 (0.08%)

Biggest victory

CHHAPRAULI

won by 56,427 (68.47%)

Highest turnout

GAROUTHA

69.40%

Lowest turnout

JAGDISHPUR

18.07%

Seat change

Against Uttar Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1974), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained35 (8%)
Changed hands324 (76%)
New seat66 (16%)

35 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 324 changed hands. 66 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Uttar Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 425 seats, alphabetical · showing 251–300 of 425

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
LUCKNOW WEST	JNPD. P. BORA	INCMOHD. SHAKEEL AHMAD	16,79435.88%	35.5%
LUXMIPUR	JNPABDUL RAUF LARI	INCRAM LAGAN DUBE	7,59312.16%	53.6%
MACHHLISHAHR	INCARUN KUMAR	JNPAGHA ZAIDI	2,4924.60%	48.0%
MACHHREHTA	JNPLAL DAS	INCCHAUDHARI VIRENDRA KUMAR	1,7763.51%	45.0%
MADHOGARH	JNPKRISHNA KUMAR	INCRAJENDRA SHAH	10,89716.04%	53.5%
MAHARAJGANJ	INDDUKHI PRASAD	INCDURYODHAN	18,61248.90%	33.5%
MAHMOODABAD	JNPRAM NARAIN VERMA	INCAMMAR RIZVI	6,2248.80%	52.6%
MAHOBA	JNPUDIT NARAIN	CPIKRANTI KUMAR	9,84316.38%	54.6%
MAHSI	JNPSUKHAD RAJ SINGH	INCSATISH KUMAR SINGH	2,3134.92%	36.0%
MAINPURI	JNPMALIKHAN SINGH	INCRAGHUBIR SINGH	8,91414.56%	50.3%
MAJHWA	JNPSHIVDAS	INCRUDRA PRASAD	8,04715.04%	46.5%
MALIHABAD	JNPMAN SINGH AZAD	INCKAILASH PATI	2,3176.23%	31.8%
MALLAWAN	INDRAM ASREY	INCLALAN SHARMA	4,3196.71%	51.0%
MANIKPUR	JNPRAMESH CHAND	INCSHIROMANI	5,77714.23%	38.6%
MANIRAM	JNPAVEDYA NATH	INCRAM KRIHAN DWIVEDI	22,38033.67%	55.9%
MANJHANPUR	JNPNATHU RAM SHIKSHAK	INCCHOTE LAL	11,86228.23%	31.3%
MANKAPUR	INCGANGA PRASAD	JNPLALLO	1,2352.79%	35.5%
MARIAHU	INCRAJ KISHORE	JNPDAYA SHANKAR	2,8504.49%	50.8%
MASAULI	JNPBENI PRASAD	INCKIDWAI MOHSINA	11,74716.91%	59.5%
MAT	JNPRADHEY SHYAM	INCLOK MANI	6,81011.70%	45.1%
MATHURA	JNPKANHAIYA LAL	INCLAXMI RAMAN	16,45926.66%	50.5%
MAU	JNPRAMJI	CPIABDUL BAQI	1080.15%	61.1%
MAUDAHA	JNPLAXMI NARAIN	INCKUWAR BAHADUR MISHRA	2,5333.98%	59.4%
MAURANIPUR	JNPPREM NARAIN	INCBHAGIRATH	7881.21%	52.3%
MEERUT	INCMANZOOR AHMED	JNPMOHAN LAL KAPOOR	7,1019.05%	60.2%
MEERUT CANTONMENT	INCAJIT SINGH	JNPRATAN LAL GARG	1,3312.18%	53.6%
MEHNAGAR	JNPBHUDDHOO	INCCHHANGUR	5,1268.82%	42.4%
MEHRONI	JNPRANVIR SINGH	INCKRISHNA CHNAD SHARMA	9,74614.14%	52.9%
MEJA	JNPJAWAHAR LAL	INCRAM DEO	1,7723.63%	39.6%
MENHDAWAL	JNPCHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH	INCMOHD. NABI	10,07516.50%	48.6%
MILKIPUR	CPIMITRA SEN	JNPDHARAM CHANDRA	14,60926.71%	42.6%
MIRZAPUR	JNPRAJ NATH SINGH	INCAZAHAR IMAM	12,75520.48%	53.7%
MISRIKH	INCRAM RATAN SINGH	JNPAVADHESH KUMAR SINHA	6841.06%	52.8%
MODINAGAR	JNPSOHAN BIR	INCDULI CHAND ARYA	6,5289.58%	47.3%
MOHAMMADABAD	JNPRAM JANAM RAI	INCKRISHNA NAND RAI	1,9933.41%	44.4%
MOHAMMADI	JNPMANNA LAL	INCSEWA RAM	2,5694.53%	43.3%
MOHAMMDABAD	INCRAJENDRA SINGH YADAV	INDSOHBAT SINGH	15,38525.23%	46.6%
MOHANA	JNPBHAGAUTI SINGH	INCCHANDRA SHEKHAR TRIVEDI	11,47419.00%	49.6%
MOHANLALGANJ	JNPSANT BAKSH	INCNARAIN DASS	14,13638.27%	31.4%
MORADABAD	JNPDINESH CHANDRA RASTOGI	MULMUKHTAR AHAMAD	11,35023.99%	41.1%
MORADABAD RURAL	INDRIYASAT HUSAIN	JNPOM PRAKASH	1,2192.38%	48.0%
MORADABAD WEST	JNPKHIALI RAM SHASTRI	INCRAJ PAL SINGH	3,0106.33%	42.9%
MORNA	JNPNARAYAN SINGH	INCNAZAR MOHAMMAD	3,4155.26%	59.8%
MUBARAKPUR	JNPBHABHI	INCA. HAGEEZ BHARATI	8,06414.24%	44.7%
MUGHALSARAI	JNPGANJI PRASAD	INDYADUNATH SINGH	4,2997.17%	48.3%
MUHAMMADABAD GOHNA	JNPSHEO PRASAD	CPITAPESHWAR	9,99018.70%	41.7%
MUJEHNA	JNPVISHNU PRATAP SINGH	INCDEEP NARAIN BAN MAHANT	1,6543.67%	36.7%
MUNDERA BAZAR	JNPSHARDA DEVI	INCRAM PATI	12,46329.67%	34.8%
MURADNAGAR	JNPANWAR	INCRAJPAL SINGH	3,3264.92%	55.7%
MUSSOORIE	JNPRANJEET SINGH	INCKISHORI LAL SEKLANI	420.08%	50.4%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Uttar Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Oct 1977?

Janata Party won 352 of 425 seats in Uttar Pradesh, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Oct 1977?

Turnout was 45.40% — 2.38 cr of 5.23 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Uttar Pradesh have?

Uttar Pradesh has 425 assembly seats.