Results/Margins
Results/Margins
ECI results
Analysis · competitiveness
How close was it?
Lok Sabha nationally, 1977
Closest contest
0.0%
Kolhapur · PWPI
Biggest landslide
80.84%
Hajipur · BLD
Decided by under 1%
7
of 540 contests
Decided by under 5%
49
9.1% of contests
Contests
540
1977 · national
[01]Closest contests
- 0.0%
KolhapurPeasants and Workers Party of IndiaDesai Dajiba Balwantrao · Maharashtra
- 0.2%
DhubriIndian National CongressAhmmad Hossen · Assam
- 0.3%
HassanBharatiya Lok DalS. Nanjesha Gowda · Karnataka
- 0.5%
GodhraIndian National CongressDesai Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal · Gujarat
- 0.7%
VelloreIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Dhandayuthapani V. · Tamil Nadu
- 0.7%
JangipurCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sasankasekher Sanyal · West Bengal
- 0.9%
MukundapuramIndian National CongressA. C. George · Kerala
- 1.04%
ChhindwaraIndian National CongressGargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra · Madhya Pradesh
- 1.1%
KanakapuraIndian National CongressM. V. Chandrasekhara Murthy · Karnataka
- 1.1%
JamnagarBharatiya Lok DalVinodbhai B. Sheth · Gujarat
[02]Biggest landslides
- 80.84%
HajipurBharatiya Lok DalRam Vilas Paswan · Bihar
- 79.3%
FerozepurShiromani Akali DalMohinder Singh Sayanwala · Punjab
- 77.36%
ChapraBharatiya Lok DalLalu Prasad · Bihar
- 71.32%
VaishaliBharatiya Lok DalDigvijoy Narain Singh · Bihar
- 70.89%
NawadaBharatiya Lok DalNathuni Ram · Bihar
- 65.91%
MuzaffarpurBharatiya Lok DalGeorge Fernandes · Bihar
- 65.5%
KarnalBharatiya Lok DalBhagwat Dayal · Haryana
- 65.1%
RohtakBharatiya Lok DalSher Singh · Haryana
- 64.74%
PatnaBharatiya Lok DalMaha Maya Prasad Sinha · Bihar
- 64.5%
SonepatBharatiya Lok DalMukhtiar Singh · Haryana
[03]Seats by winning margin
Under 1%
71.3%
1-5%
427.8%
5-10%
499.1%
10-20%
12823.7%
20%+
31458.1%
SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1977 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled