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India Lok Sabha Election, 1977

542 seats · vs 1971 (518-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 58.6%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1977 · 19 parties won seats

Derived
BLD — 295 seatsIndian National Congress — 154 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 22 seatsAnna Dravidar Kazhagam — 18 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsShiromani Akali Dal — 9 seatsCommunist Party of India — 7 seats12 other parties — 28 seats272542of 542 seats
  • BLD295
  • INC154
  • CPM22
  • ADK18
  • IND9
  • SAD9
  • CPI7
  • Others28

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BLDBLD29554%7,80,62,82841.3%405
INCIndian National Congress15428%6,52,11,58934.5%490
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)224%81,13,6594.3%53
ADKAnna Dravidar Kazhagam183%54,80,3782.9%21
INDIndependent92%1,03,93,6175.5%1224
SADShiromani Akali Dal92%23,73,3311.3%9
CPICommunist Party of India71%53,22,0882.8%91
PWPPWP51%10,30,2320.5%6
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party41%8,51,1640.5%4
NCONCO31%32,52,2171.7%19
FBLFBL31%6,33,6440.3%4
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam20%33,23,3201.8%19
RPKRPK20%9,56,0720.5%12
MULMUL20%5,65,0070.3%6
KECKerala Congress20%4,91,6740.3%2
JKNJKN20%4,83,1920.3%3
JKPJan Kalyan Party10%1,26,2880.1%1
UDFUDF10%1,24,6270.1%1
MAGMAG10%1,18,7480.1%2

+ 16 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

1977 · selected
Majority 272
BLD295INC154CPM22ADK18IND9SAD9CPI7PWP5RSP4NCO3+9 more · 16 seats
1971 · previous
Majority 260

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1971 → 1977

1971 1977· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.0
41.3
43.7
34.5
5.1
4.3
8.4
5.5
4.7
2.8
10.4
1.7
3.9
1.8
BLDINCCPMINDCPINCODMK

Seat change

1977 seats minus 1971 seats

seats lostseats gained
BLD
0 → 295
+295
INC
352 → 154
−198
CPM
25 → 22
−3
ADK
0 → 18
+18
IND
14 → 9
−5
SAD
1 → 9
+8
CPI
23 → 7
−16
PWP
0 → 5
+5
RSP
3 → 4
+1
NCO
16 → 3
−13

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1971 → 1977

share lostshare gained
BLD
0.0% → 41.3%
+41.3%
ADK
0.0% → 2.9%
+2.9%
SAD
0.9% → 1.3%
+0.4%
FBL
0.7% → 0.3%
−0.3%
BAC
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
UTC
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
CPM
5.1% → 4.3%
−0.8%
PSP
1.0% → 0.0%
−1.0%
TPS
1.3% → 0.0%
−1.3%
CPI
4.7% → 2.8%
−1.9%

Biggest BLD–INC swings

Seats where the BLD-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1971 → 1977. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BLD share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BLD; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BLD
Muzaffarpur
Bihar
+126.4%
Khurja
Uttar Pradesh
+125.4%
Sasaram
Bihar
+125.3%
Bijnor
Uttar Pradesh
+122.9%
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
+121.4%
Mohanlalganj
Uttar Pradesh
+121.2%
Akbarpur
Uttar Pradesh
+120.4%
Simla
Himachal Pradesh
+120.1%
Bansgaon
Uttar Pradesh
+119.5%
Chapra
Bihar
+119.4%
Garhwal
Uttar Pradesh
+119.2%
Deoria
Uttar Pradesh
+118.2%

Closest races · 1977

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1977

542 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1971