Delhi Assembly Election Results 1977

The 3rd Assembly for Delhi Vidhan Sabha were held in 1977. This was a historic election as for the first time, the Congress wonvery few seats in the Delhi State Assembly. Unlike its massive victory in the 1972, when the Congress won 44 seats, in the 1977 elections it managed to bag only 10 seats.

Most number of seats in this election was won by the Janata Party (JNP). The total number of votes polled was 5,38,974. The 1977 elections witnessed a greater number of registered unrecognized political parties contesting for the elections, unlike what happened in 1972. The other types of political parties contesting in the elections were either national or regional political parties as well as independent candidates. 56 MLAs or Members of Legislative Assembly were elected from 56 assembly constituencies in total.

During 1977 elections, Delhi was under President's rule as the state had ceased to exist. Therefore, there was no Chief Minister of Delhi and it was ruled as a Union Territory by the Central Government.

See Also: Delhi Assembly Election Results 2013

Delhi Legislative Assembly Election in 1977 Party Wise

Party	Seats
Janata Party (JNP)	46
Indian National Congress (INC)	10
Total	56

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List of Successful Candidates in Delhi Assembly Election in 1977

A. C. No.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner up	Gender	Party	Votes
1	Sarojini Nagar	GEN	P.N. Singh	M	JNP	8719	B.K. Arora	M	INC	3247
2	Laxmibai Nagar	GEN	Kidar Nath Sachdeva	M	JNP	9865	Pittambar Dutt Barthwal	M	INC	4907
3	Gole Market	(SC)	Swarup Chand 'Rajan'	M	JNP	6594	Ram Nath Chandeliva	M	INC	4028
4	Barakhamba	GEN	Shiv Charan Gupta	M	JNP	7299	O.P. Sharma	M	INC	6017
5	Delhi Cantt	GEN	Vimal Nagi	F	INC	6012	Inder Sen	M	JNP	5571
6	Minto Road	GEN	Viresh Pratap Choudhary	M	JNP	6291	Subhash Chopra	M	INC	5557
7	Jangpura	GEN	Mohan Sehgal	M	JNP	11827	Jag Pravesh Chandra	M	INC	9451
8	Kasturba Nagar	GEN	Jaswant Singh Phull	M	JNP	10802	C.B. Gupta	M	INC	6713
9	Lajpat Nagar	GEN	Ram Lal Verma	M	JNP	17292	Raghu Nath Kapur	M	INC	8216
10	Okhla	GEN	Lalit Mohan Gautam	M	JNP	11997	Dewan Dwarka Khosla	M	INC	6899
11	Malviya Nagar	GEN	Hans Raj Sethi	M	JNP	20037	Prem Singh Chauhan	M	INC	10945
12	R.K. Puram	GEN	Ram Bhaj	M	JNP	10116	Jagdish Chander	M	INC	3450
13	Hauz Khas	GEN	K.K. Gupta	M	JNP	12387	Jugal Kishore	M	INC	5906
14	Rajinder Nagar	GEN	Ram Nath Vij	M	JNP	18123	Raj Kumari Salwan	F	INC	11306
15	Ashok Nagar	GEN	Vishnu Dutt	M	JNP	27174	Rajinder Kumar Tanwar	M	INC	12796
16	Tilak Nagar	GEN	O.P. Babber	M	JNP	18889	K.C. Malik	M	INC	12002
17	Rajouri Garden	GEN	Harbhagwan Arora	M	JNP	17746	Hari Singh	M	INC	10875
18	Moti Nagar	GEN	Madan Lal Khurana	M	JNP	16962	Yogender Singh	M	INC	6149
19	Shakur Basti	GEN	Ram Gopal Sisodia	M	JNP	18445	Satish Kumar	M	INC	13381
20	Rampura	GEN	Janardan Gupta	M	JNP	15020	Sri Chand	M	CPI	11608
21	Wazirabad	(SC)	Mool Chand	M	INC	23408	Prabhu Dayal	M	JNP	22380
22	Narela	GEN	Shanti Swaroop Tyagi	M	JNP	8240	Hira Singh	M	INC	5676
23	Bawana	GEN	Rohtas	M	JNP	11669	Kartar Singh	M	IND	5126
24	Najafgarh	GEN	Bharat Singh	M	INC	37076	Mahinder Singh	M	JNP	21068
25	Madipur	(SC)	Bhonri Lal Shastri	M	INC	15795	Chandra Singh	M	JNP	13480
26	Palam	GEN	L. Singh	M	JNP	10468	Phool Singh	M	INC	8827
27	Mehrauli	(SC)	Kalka Dass	M	JNP	16457	Puran Chand	M	INC	6288
28	Tughlakabad	(SC)	Prem Singh	M	INC	17059	Mitter Sain	M	JNP	12627
29	Geeta Colony	GEN	Shwar Dass Mahajan	M	JNP	23858	Brij Lal	M	INC	12511
30	Gandhi Nagar	GEN	Som Nath	M	JNP	13152	Kartar Singh Sokhi	M	INC	8849
31	Krishna Nagar	GEN	Yog Dhayan Ahuja	M	JNP	25840	Jagdish Chander Mongia	M	INC	22862
32	Shahdara	GEN	Devendra Kumar Jain	M	JNP	15402	Ram Narain	M	INC	12369
33	Rohtas Nagar	GEN	Ved Prakash	M	INC	23963	Bharat Narain	M	JNP	22975
34	Ghonda	GEN	Fateh Singh	M	JNP	17646	Wazir Khan	M	INC	14198
35	Civil Lines	GEN	Kanwar Lal Sharma	M	JNP	12027	Bhiku Ram	M	INC	11043
36	Kamla Nagar	GEN	Charti Lal Goel	M	JNP	12939	Parshotam Lal Goel	M	INC	7842
37	Vijay Nagar	GEN	Prashant Kumar	M	JNP	12044	Chander Amrit	M	INC	8748
38	Model Town	GEN	Mahavir Vaid	M	JNP	14387	Chaman Lal Sharma	M	INC	8340
39	Chandni Chowk	GEN	Raj Kumar Jain	M	JNP	16073	Rama Shanker	M	INC	9221
40	Ballimaran	GEN	Vishwambhar Datt Sharma	M	JNP	14933	Mehtab Chand Jain	M	INC	8886
41	Ajmeri Gate	GEN	Sanwal Dass Gupta	M	JNP	10372	Mirza Siddiq Ali	M	INC	8316
42	Kucha Pati Ram	GEN	Rajesh Sharma Alias Vasudev	M	JNP	14945	Bhim Sen	M	INC	9004
43	Matia Mahal	GEN	Begum Khursheeed Kidwai	F	JNP	15216	Habiba Kidwai	F	INC	6053
44	Pahar Ganj	GEN	Amar Nath Kumar	M	JNP	15414	Amar Nath	M	INC	12400
45	Ram Nagar	(SC)	Babu Ram Solanki	M	INC	12694	Mohan Lal Indoria	M	IND	9569
46	Qasabpura	GEN	Mohd. Ismail	M	JNP	13274	Roshan Lal	M	INC	9682
47	Deputy Ganj	GEN	Shyam Chanran Gupta	M	JNP	14165	Har Sarup	M	INC	9792
48	Sohan Ganj	GEN	Nder Mohan Bhardwaj	M	JNP	12985	Ram Chandra Sharma	M	CPI	11479
49	Shakti Nagar	GEN	Satya Pal Chugh	M	JNP	12527	Kula Nand Bhartiya	M	INC	9818
50	Karampura	GEN	Brij Mohan Toofan	M	JNP	15160	Prem Sagar Gupta	M	CPI	12621
51	Sarai Rohilla	GEN	D.D. Vasisht	M	JNP	12725	B.D. Joshi	M	CPI	11632
52	Motia Khan	GEN	Pushpa Kale	F	JNP	15003	P.R. Mittal	M	INC	10152
53	Dev Nagar	(SC)	Moti Lal Bakolia	M	INC	8767	Travati Jatav	F	JNP	8530
54	Patel Nagar	GEN	Kedar Nath Sahni	M	JNP	15237	Bhagwan Dass Verma	M	INC	8066
55	Anand Parbat	(SC)	Dharam Dass Shastri	M	INC	11902	Harish Chandra Choudhry	M	JNP	10880
56	Shadipur	(SC)	Sundervati Naval Prabhakar	F	INC	7379	Om Parkash	M	JNP	6702