1977 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1977
16 March
Jammu and Kashmir

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

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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

  1. ^ "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ 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


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