1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
All 90 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly; 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.46% (6%)
Chief Minister before election; Devi Lal; JP	Elected Chief Minister ; Devi Lal; JP

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in 1977 to elect members of the 90 constituencies in Haryana, India. The Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Devi Lal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana.^[1] The number of constituencies was set as 90, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Janata Party	1,765,566	46.70	75
	Indian National Congress	648,422	17.15	3
	Vishal Haryana Party	225,478	5.96	5
	Communist Party of India	29,196	0.77	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	23,191	0.61	0
	Socialist Unity Center of India	2,916	0.08	0
	Republican Party of India	2,058	0.05	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	1,150	0.03	0
	Independents	1,082,982	28.64	7
Total		3,780,959	100.00	90

Valid votes		3,780,959	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		47,101	1.23
Total votes		3,828,060	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,938,821	64.46
Source: ECI:^[3]

Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Kalka	69.19%	Lachhman Singh		JP	31,915	70.28%	Kishori Lal		Independent	12,338	27.17%	19,577
2	Naraingarh	68.70%	Lal Singh		JP	20,909	50.28%	Jagjit Singh		INC	12,482	30.02%	8,427
3	Sadhaura	69.25%	Bhag Mal		JP	23,989	52.34%	Prabhu Ram		INC	16,352	35.68%	7,637
4	Chhachhrauli	75.70%	Kanhaiyalal		INC	16,603	37.63%	Ram Rattan Singh		Independent	12,371	28.04%	4,232
5	Yamunanagar	65.46%	Kamla Devi		JP	28,596	64.15%	Girish Chandra		INC	9,953	22.33%	18,643
6	Jagadhri	71.71%	Brij Mohan		JP	24,091	55.66%	Om Prakash Sharma		INC	17,902	41.36%	6,189
7	Mulana	67.65%	Sher Singh		JP	22,351	53.36%	Phool Chand		INC	16,472	39.33%	5,879
8	Ambala Cantt.	67.82%	Sushma Swaraj		JP	19,639	63.45%	Dev Raj Anand		INC	9,815	31.71%	9,824
9	Ambala City	63.53%	Shiv Prasad		JP	28,237	75.99%	Lekh Wati Jain		INC	8,279	22.28%	19,958
10	Naggal	72.78%	Sumer Chand		JP	22,522	52.39%	Har Mohinder Singh		INC	19,253	44.79%	3,269
11	Indri	71.59%	Des Raj		JP	30,386	67.52%	Surjit Singh		INC	13,493	29.98%	16,893
12	Nilokheri	70.58%	Shiv Ram		JP	16,953	40.82%	Daljit Singh		Independent	7,757	18.68%	9,196
13	Karnal	62.20%	Ram Lal		JP	25,236	65.55%	Ram Sarup		INC	7,303	18.97%	17,933
14	Jundla	51.44%	Prem Singh		JP	14,919	45.58%	Banwari Ram		Independent	11,093	33.89%	3,826
15	Gharaunda	64.82%	Ram Pal Singh		JP	17,949	43.50%	Om Parkash S/O Hari Chand		Independent	6,997	16.96%	10,952
16	Assandh	49.53%	Jogi Ram		JP	22,537	72.65%	Karam Chand		INC	3,953	12.74%	18,584
17	Panipat	63.93%	Fateh Chand		JP	28,988	69.61%	Kasturi Lal		INC	9,721	23.34%	19,267
18	Samalkha	66.63%	Mool Chand		JP	16,273	37.70%	Hari Singh		INC	8,027	18.59%	8,246
19	Naultha	66.57%	Satbir S/O Arjan		JP	22,023	54.94%	Mansa Ram		INC	8,662	21.61%	13,361
20	Shahbad	67.07%	Surinder Singh		JP	20,327	51.12%	Amir Chand		INC	7,182	18.06%	13,145
21	Radaur	68.30%	Lehri Singh		JP	19,868	52.07%	Ram Singh		Independent	8,728	22.88%	11,140
22	Thanesar	70.52%	Devendra Sharma		JP	28,044	69.19%	Om Prakash		INC	12,126	29.92%	15,918
23	Pehowa	67.80%	Tara Singh		JP	16,992	39.40%	Piara Singh		INC	7,904	18.33%	9,088
24	Guhla	57.38%	Ishwar Singh		JP	20,824	57.94%	Sant Ram		Independent	5,057	14.07%	15,767
25	Kaithal	71.01%	Raghunath		JP	20,846	52.46%	Om Prabha		Independent	16,901	42.53%	3,945
26	Pundri	67.11%	Agnivesh		JP	24,256	58.85%	Antram		INC	7,546	18.31%	16,710
27	Pai	64.50%	Jagjit Singh Pohlu		VHP	17,997	45.86%	Kushal Pal Singh		JP	13,827	35.24%	4,170
28	Hassangarh	60.26%	Sant Kumar		JP	19,191	50.69%	Sheonath		VHP	11,429	30.19%	7,762
29	Kiloi	61.33%	Hari Chand		JP	19,357	54.72%	Ranbir Singh Hooda		INC	10,530	29.77%	8,827
30	Rohtak	65.96%	Mangal Sein		JP	33,650	67.20%	Kishan Das		INC	16,109	32.17%	17,541
31	Meham	64.50%	Har Sarup		JP	21,509	49.20%	Wazir Singh		Independent	7,524	17.21%	13,985
32	Kalanaur	57.20%	Jai Narain		JP	23,213	69.80%	Kartar Devi		INC	7,079	21.29%	16,134
33	Beri	66.12%	Ran Singh		JP	22,228	53.30%	Dalip Singh		Independent	18,244	43.75%	3,984
34	Salhawas	56.95%	Ram Narain		JP	20,982	57.74%	Raj Singh		Independent	6,145	16.91%	14,837
35	Jhajjar	53.36%	Mange Ram		JP	18,001	49.05%	Banarasi Dass		VHP	8,057	21.95%	9,944
36	Badli, Haryana	59.43%	Hardwari Lal		Independent	12,715	34.88%	Udey Singh		JP	12,328	33.82%	387
37	Bahadurgarh	60.52%	Mehar Singh		JP	21,732	48.59%	Mange Ram		Independent	11,878	26.56%	9,854
38	Baroda	60.41%	Bhalle Ram		JP	14,705	36.22%	Darya Singh		Independent	10,672	26.29%	4,033
39	Gohana	65.66%	Ganga Ram		Independent	18,649	38.47%	Ram Dhari		JP	17,337	35.76%	1,312
40	Kailana	66.65%	Shanti Devi		JP	19,299	43.87%	Rajinder Singh		VHP	14,449	32.85%	4,850
41	Sonipat	63.71%	Devi Dass		JP	26,456	60.44%	Chiranji Lal		INC	12,722	29.06%	13,734
42	Rai	64.40%	Rizaq Ram		JP	21,186	49.89%	Jaswant Singh		INC	16,258	38.28%	4,928
43	Rohat	61.92%	Om Prakash		JP	23,396	57.66%	Nawal Singh		INC	6,897	17.00%	16,499
44	Kalayat	52.54%	Prit Singh		JP	12,953	42.68%	Maru		Independent	5,494	18.10%	7,459
45	Narwana	71.46%	Shamsher Singh		INC	9,078	22.05%	Tek Chand		Independent	8,242	20.02%	836
46	Uchana Kalan	71.55%	Birender Singh		INC	12,120	26.31%	Ranbir Singh		JP	10,488	22.77%	1,632
47	Rajound	66.51%	Guljar Singh		JP	15,353	40.01%	Parsanni Devi		INC	5,968	15.55%	9,385
48	Jind	70.31%	Mange Ram Gupta		Independent	15,751	36.95%	Pratap Singh		JP	9,646	22.63%	6,105
49	Julana	70.92%	Zile Singh		JP	16,407	39.09%	Ghasi Ram		Independent	9,414	22.43%	6,993
50	Safidon	67.52%	Ram Krishan		JP	18,930	43.34%	Pratap Singh		INC	7,192	16.47%	11,738
51	Faridabad	56.03%	Deep Chand Bhatia		JP	18,671	42.77%	Akagar Chand Chaudhry		INC	12,680	29.05%	5,991
52	Mewla–Maharajpur	59.67%	Gajraj Nagar		JP	13,846	34.86%	Mohinder Pratap Singh		Independent	13,074	32.92%	772
53	Ballabgarh	69.02%	Rajinder Singh		Independent	22,597	46.26%	Sharda Rani		INC	16,209	33.18%	6,388
54	Palwal	69.03%	Mool Chand		JP	24,127	50.74%	Kalyan Singh		INC	14,112	29.68%	10,015
55	Hassanpur	58.00%	Gaya Lal		JP	25,163	63.66%	Chhote Lal		Independent	7,785	19.70%	17,378
56	Hathin	65.85%	Aditya Vesh		JP	15,182	35.28%	Chhutmal		Independent	5,665	13.16%	9,517
57	Ferozepur Jhirka	62.57%	Shakrulla Khan		Independent	9,682	22.54%	Yakub Khan		Independent	7,236	16.85%	2,446
58	Nuh	56.86%	Chaudhary Sardar Khan		JP	15,457	44.07%	Din Mohd		Independent	13,699	39.06%	1,758
59	Taoru	69.28%	Khurshed Ahmed		JP	27,167	57.25%	Tayab Hussain		INC	10,913	23.00%	16,254
60	Sohna	64.37%	Vijay Pal Singh		JP	17,516	38.63%	Mahabir Singh		Independent	13,033	28.75%	4,483
61	Gurgaon	61.29%	Pratap Singh Thakran		JP	15,543	38.90%	Ram Chander		Independent	11,327	28.35%	4,216
62	Pataudi	56.40%	Narayan Singh		VHP	17,232	44.21%	Ram Singh		JP	16,528	42.41%	704
63	Badhra	64.25%	Ran Singh		JP	17,423	40.11%	Attar Singh		Independent	15,621	35.97%	1,802
64	Dadri	61.87%	Hukam Singh		JP	14,449	35.13%	Ganpat Rai		Independent	9,349	22.73%	5,100
65	Mundhal Khurd	67.07%	Tek Ram		JP	20,302	48.90%	Devi Parsan		INC	7,703	18.55%	12,599
66	Bhiwani	64.69%	Bir Singh		JP	17,923	38.80%	Sagar Ram Gupta		Independent	15,092	32.68%	2,831
67	Tosham	70.61%	Sunder Singh		Independent	23,814	49.02%	Jangbir Singh		Independent	21,640	44.55%	2,174
68	Loharu	57.92%	Hira Nand		JP	29,659	73.30%	Shri Ram		INC	6,076	15.02%	23,583
69	Bawani Khera	52.68%	Jagan Nath		JP	26,925	76.25%	Amar Singh		INC	6,919	19.59%	20,006
70	Barwala	68.77%	Jai Narain		JP	16,857	36.71%	Thandi Ram		Independent	9,158	19.94%	7,699
71	Narnaund	68.57%	Virender Singh		JP	25,481	58.54%	Saroop Singh		INC	9,763	22.43%	15,718
72	Hansi	70.25%	Baldev Tayal		JP	22,732	48.82%	Amir Chand		Independent	13,539	29.08%	9,193
73	Bhattu Kalan	68.90%	Devi Lal		JP	27,491	65.52%	Prithvi Singh		CPI(M)	13,731	32.72%	13,760
74	Hisar	62.34%	Balwant Rai Tayal		JP	22,397	57.93%	Om Parkash Jindal		Independent	15,065	38.97%	7,332
75	Ghirai	64.99%	Kanwal Singh		JP	18,991	43.21%	Suresh Chander		Independent	9,571	21.78%	9,420
76	Tohana	60.20%	Karam Singh		JP	23,709	59.46%	Bhim Singh		INC	13,390	33.58%	10,319
77	Ratia	54.92%	Pir Chand		JP	12,197	36.80%	Sheopal		INC	9,246	27.89%	2,951
78	Fatehabad	68.96%	Harphool Singh		JP	13,863	28.59%	Lila Krishan		Independent	13,726	28.31%	137
79	Adampur	72.21%	Bhajan Lal		JP	33,193	67.89%	Mohar Singh		Independent	12,390	25.34%	20,803
80	Darba Kalan	69.60%	Jagdish Kumar		Independent	17,860	37.09%	Bahadar Singh		INC	13,221	27.46%	4,639
81	Ellenabad	62.35%	Bhagi Ram		JP	21,769	51.38%	Mani Ram		Independent	14,365	33.91%	7,404
82	Sirsa	66.56%	Shankar Lal		JP	14,276	31.31%	Lachhman Dass Arora		Independent	9,870	21.65%	4,406
83	Rori	66.91%	Sukhdev Singh		JP	13,368	30.07%	Jagdish Nehra		INC	10,962	24.66%	2,406
84	Dabwali	59.05%	Mani Ram		JP	21,017	51.17%	Govardhan Dass Chauhan		INC	13,032	31.73%	7,985
85	Bawal	57.99%	Shakuntla Bhagwaria		JP	20,637	46.46%	Mohan Lal		VHP	17,128	38.56%	3,509
86	Rewari	63.69%	Ram Singh		JP	19,563	44.41%	Shiv Rattan Singh		VHP	19,477	44.22%	86
87	Jatusana	62.34%	Inderjeet Singh		VHP	19,799	39.53%	Raj Singh		JP	14,500	28.95%	5,299
88	Mahendragarh	68.90%	Dalip Singh		VHP	25,091	48.17%	Ram Bilas Sharma		JP	22,933	44.02%	2,158
89	Ateli	68.22%	Birender Singh		VHP	29,552	56.83%	Laxman Singh		JP	17,053	32.79%	12,499
90	Narnaul	63.27%	Ayodhya Prashad		JP	20,784	44.97%	Attar Singh		VHP	9,375	20.29%	11,409

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