1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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]

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 6 October 1977 1982 →
All 90 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.46% (6%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Devi Lal Party JP INC Last election New 52 Seats won 75 3 Seat change New 49 Popular vote 1,765,566 648,422 Percentage 46.70% 17.15% Swing New 29.76%
Chief Minister before election Devi Lal JP Elected Chief Minister Devi Lal JP

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	%
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

See also

• List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
• 1977 elections in India

References

1. "Devi Lal: Original Tau of Indian politics, popular farmer leader". Times of India. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
2. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 September 2021.