1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
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The 1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 6th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 2 seats, Indian National Congress won 2 seats and an independent candidate Parvati Devi of Ladakh constituency won 1 seat.[1]
Constituency Details
| Constituency | Electors | Voters | Polling % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baramulla | 453765 | 258507 | 56.97 |
| Srinagar | 461965 | 319298 | 69.12 |
| Anantnag | 471302 | 263112 | 55.83 |
| Ladakh | 64706 | 45581 | 70.44 |
| Udhampur | 504677 | 237356 | 47.03 |
| Jammu | 601007 | 355660 | 59.18 |
List of Candidates
| Constituency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNC + INC | BLD | ||||||
| 1 | Baramulla | JKNC | Abdul Ahad | Did not contest | |||
| 2 | Srinagar | JKNC | Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah | Did not contest | |||
| 3 | Anantnag | INC | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | Did not contest | |||
| 4 | Ladakh | INC | Parvati Devi | Did not contest | |||
| 5 | Udhampur | INC | Karan Singh | BLD | Om Parkash Saraf | ||
| 6 | Jammu | JKNC | Balraj Puri | BLD | Abdul Rehman | ||
Results
Party-wise Results
| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| JKNC | 4,83,192 | 33.92 | New | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| INC | 2,33,144 | 16.37 | 37.69 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| BLD | 1,17,198 | 8.23 | New | 2 | 0 | ||||
| IND | 5,90,790 | 41.48 | 9.31 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14,24,324 | 100% | - | 29 | 6 | - | |||
List of Elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Baramulla | Abdul Ahad | JKNC | 147,222 | 59.50 | Syed Alishah Geelani | IND | 100,202 | 40.50 | 47,020 | 19.00 | ||
| 2 | Srinagar | Akbar Jahan Begam | JKNC | 210,072 | 67.73 | Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | IND | 87,431 | 28.19 | 122,641 | 39.54 | ||
| 3 | Anantnag | Mohd. Shafi Qureshi | INC | 79,742 | 32.07 | Ab. Razak Mir | IND | 71,411 | 28.72 | 8,331 | 3.35 | ||
| 4 | Ladakh | Parvati Devi | INC | 23,130 | 53.32 | Mohammad Ali Alias Ali Kargil | IND | 20,253 | 46.68 | 2,877 | 6.64 | ||
| 5 | Udhampur | Karan Singh | INC | 130,272 | 56.69 | Om Parkash Saraf | BLD | 71,316 | 31.03 | 58,956 | 25.66 | ||
| 6 | Jammu | Thakur Baldev Singh | IND | 153,837 | 44.60 | Balraj Puri | JKNC | 125,898 | 36.50 | 27,939 | 8.10 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf