State board · Lok Sabha

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 6 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateJammu and Kashmir

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 6

Electors

25.57L

On the roll

Votes polled

14.80L

57.9% of electors

Median turnout

58.1%

Median of 6 seats

INC short

−1

Below majority · 3 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

6 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 4 of 6INC 3 · 1 short of majority

INC 350.0% Indian National Congress

JKNC 233.3% Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

IND 116.7% Independents

State level, as published

JKNC 33.9%2 seats · 33.3%

INC 16.4%3 seats · 50.0%

BLD 8.2%0 seats

Others 41.5%1 seat · 16.7%

Vote share not published

IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 16.4% of votes into 50.0% of seats, a seat premium of 33.6 pp.
3 ÷ 6 = 50.0% · 50.0 − 16.4 = +33.6
BLD polled 8.2% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 6 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 8.2 = −8.2
Ladakh was decided by 2,877 votes, the closest of 6 seats; Srinagar had the widest margin, 1,22,641.
min / max of margin over 6 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 47.0% in Udhampur to 70.4% in Ladakh; the median seat polled 58.1%.
min / median / max over 6 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

6 of 6 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 116.7% of seats

50–60 350.0% of seats

60–70 116.7% of seats

70–80 116.7% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestUdhampur47.0%
HighestLadakh70.4%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

6 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1977, all 6 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	Baramulla	Abdul Ahad	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	2,58,507	47,020	18.2	57.0
02	SrinagarWIDEST	Akbar Jahan Begam	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	3,19,298	1,22,641	38.4	69.1
03	Anantnag	Mohd. Shafi Qureshi	Indian National Congress	2,63,112	8,331	3.2	55.8
04	LadakhCLOSEST	Parvati Devi	Indian National Congress	45,581	2,877	6.3	70.4
05	Udhampur	Karan Singh	Indian National Congress	2,37,356	58,956	24.8	47.0
06	Jammu	Thakur Baldev Singh	Independent	3,55,660	27,939	7.9	59.2

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,22,641 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Jammu and Kashmir · 6 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database