1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in June 1977, to elect members of the 200 constituencies in Rajasthan, India. The Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and its leader, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was appointed as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.[1]

1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
10 June 1977
All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
101 seats needed for a majority
Registered15,494,289
Turnout57.76%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Party JP INC
Leader's seat Chhabra (bypoll)
Seats before New 145
Seats won 152 41
Seat change New –104
Popular vote 50.39% 31.49%
CM before election

President's Rule

 Elected CM

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
JP

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly was assigned 200 constituencies.[2]

Result
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Janata Party4,160,37350.39152New
Indian National Congress2,599,77231.4941–104
Communist Party of India91,6401.111–3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)61,6820.751+1
Indian Union Muslim League21,8890.270New
Vishal Haryana Party1,2900.020New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad3200.000New
Independents1,319,05315.985–6
Total8,256,019100.00200+16
Valid votes8,256,01997.89
Invalid/blank votes177,6532.11
Total votes8,433,672100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,494,28954.43
Source: ECI[3]

Elected Members
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Member Party
BhadraNoneLal Chand Janata Party
NoharNoneBahadur Singh Janata Party
TibiSCDungar Ram Janata Party
HanumangarhNoneShopat Singh Makasar Communist Party of India
SangariaNoneRam Chander Indian National Congress
GanganagarNoneKedar Nath Janata Party
KesrisinghpurSCManphool Ram Indian National Congress
KaranpurNoneJagtar Singh Indian National Congress
RaisinghnagarSCDula Ram Indian National Congress
PilibangaNoneHarchand Singh Janata Party
SuratgarhNoneGurusharan Chabbra Janata Party
LunkaransarNoneManik Chand Surana Janata Party
BikanerNoneMehboob Ali Janata Party
KolayatNoneRam Krishan Dass Janata Party
NokhaSCUda Ram Hatila Janata Party
DungargarhNoneMohan Lal Sharma Janata Party
SujangarhSCRawat Ram Janata Party
RatangarhNoneJagdish Chandra Janata Party
SardarshaharNoneHajari Mal Janata Party
ChuruNoneMegh Raj Janata Party
TaranagarNoneMani Ram Janata Party
SadulpurNoneJaya Narain Janata Party
PilaniNoneSheesh Ram Ola Indian National Congress
SurajgarhSCSubhash Chand Arya Janata Party
KhetriNoneMala Ram Janata Party
GudhaNoneInder Singh Janata Party
NawalgarhNoneNavrang Singh Janata Party
JhunjhunuNoneSumitra Singh Indian National Congress
MandawaNoneRam Narain Chaudhari Indian National Congress
FatehpurNoneAlam Ali Khan Janata Party
LachhmangarhSCParas Ram Indian National Congress
SikarNoneRanmal Singh Indian National Congress
DhodNoneRandeo Singh Indian National Congress
Danta RamgarhNoneMadan Singh Independent
SrimadhopurNoneHar Lal Singh Kharra Janata Party
KhandelaNoneGopal Singh Janata Party
Neem Ka ThanaNoneSurya Narain Janata Party
ChomuNoneRameshwar Janata Party
AmberNonePushpa Janata Party
Jaipur RuralNoneUjla Arora Janata Party
Hawa MahalNoneBhanwar Lal Sharma Janata Party
JohribazarNoneGul Mohammed Janata Party
KishanpoleNoneGirdhari Lal Bhargava Janata Party
Bani ParkNoneBajrang Lal Sharma Janata Party
PhuleraNoneHari Singh Janata Party
DuduSCSohan Lal Janata Party
SanganerNoneVidya Pathak Janata Party
PhagiSCShiv Karan Janata Party
LalsotSTHar Sahai Janata Party
SikraiSTRam Kishore Meena Janata Party
BandikuiNoneVijay Singh Nandera Janata Party
DausaSCMool Chand Samaria Janata Party
BassiNoneShiv Raj Singh Janata Party
Jamwa RamgarhNoneRameshawar Janata Party
BairathNoneGunwant Kumari Janata Party
KotputliNoneRam Karan Independent
BansurNoneHari Singh Yadav Janata Party
BehrorNoneBhawani Singh Janata Party
MandawaNoneHira Lal Janata Party
TijaraNoneAyub Janata Party
KhairthalSCSampat Ram Janata Party
RamgarhNoneJai Krishan Indian National Congress
AlwarNoneJeet Mal Janata Party
ThanagaziNoneShiv Narain Janata Party
RajgarhSTSamarth Lal Independent
LachhmangarhNoneCh. Nathi Singh Janata Party
KathumarSCGanga Sahai Janata Party
KamanNoneMohammed Jahoor Janata Party
NagarNoneAdityendra Janata Party
DeegNoneRaja Man Singh Independent
KumherNoneKashi Nath Janata Party
BharatpurNoneSuresh Kumar Janata Party
RupbasSCTara Chand Janata Party
NadbaiNoneHari Krishan Janata Party
WeirSCRamji Lal Janata Party
BayanaNoneMukat Behari Lal Janata Party
RajakheraNonePradyuman Singh Independent
DholpurNoneJagdish Singh Janata Party
BariNoneSalig Ram Indian National Congress
KarauliNoneHans Ram Indian National Congress
SapotraSTRangji Janata Party
KhandarSCChunni Lal Janata Party
Sawai MadhopurNoneManzoor Ali Janata Party
BamanwasSTKunji Lal Janata Party
GangapurNoneGovind Sahai Janata Party
HindaunSCSharwan Lal Janata Party
MahuwaNoneUmrao Singh Janata Party
TodabhimSTBatti Lal Janata Party
NiwaiSCJai Narayan Janata Party
TonkNoneAjit Singh Janata Party
UniaraNoneDigvijai Singh Janata Party
TodaraisinghNoneGordhan Janata Party
MalpuraNoneNarain Singh Janata Party
KishangarhNoneKartar Singh Janata Party
Ajmer EastSCKalyan Singh Janata Party
Ajmer WestNoneNawal Rai Janata Party
PushkarNoneChiranji Lal Janata Party
NasirabadNoneBhanwar Lal Airun Janata Party
BeawarNoneUgamraj Janata Party
MasudaNoneNoora Communist Party of India
BhinaiNoneRattan Lal Janata Party
KekriSCMohan Lal Janata Party
HindoliNoneGanesh Lal Janata Party
NainwaNoneManak Lal Janata Party
PatanSCGopal Janata Party
BundiNoneOm Prakash Janata Party
KotaNoneLalit Kishore Janata Party
LadpuraNonePurshottam Janata Party
DigodNoneDou Dayal Joshi Janata Party
PipaldaSCHira Lal Arya Janata Party
BaranNoneRaghubir Singh Janata Party
KishanganjSTNarangi Devi Janata Party
AtruSCOnkar Lal Janata Party
ChhabraNonePrem Singh Janata Party
Ramganj MandiNoneHarish Kumar Janata Party
KhanpurNoneBhairavlal Kala Badal Janata Party
Manohar ThanaNoneVithal Prasad Sharma Janata Party
JhalrapatanNoneNirmal Kumar Janata Party
PirawaNoneIshwar Chandra Janata Party
DagSCBal Chand Arya Janata Party
BegunNoneH. N. Sharma Janata Party
GangrarSCMangi Lal Janata Party
KapasinNoneShyama Kumari Janata Party
ChittorgarhNoneLaxma Singh Janata Party
NimbaheraNonePadam Singh Janata Party
Badi SadriNoneVridhi Chand Janata Party
PratapgarhSTKalu Janata Party
KushalgarhSTJithing Janata Party
DanpurSTBahadur Singh Janata Party
GhatolSTNahtu Lal Janata Party
BanswaraNoneHari Deo Joshi Indian National Congress
BagidoraSTNathu Ram R/o Bori Janata Party
SagwaraSTLal Shankar Janata Party
ChorasiSTHeera Lal Janata Party
DungarpurSTAmrat Lal Janata Party
AspurSTBhimji Indian National Congress
LasadiaSTNarayan Janata Party
VallabhnagarNoneKamlendra Singh Janata Party
MavliNoneNarendra Pal Singh Janata Party
RajsamandSCKailash Chandra Janata Party
NathdwaraNoneNavneet Kumar Janata Party
UdaipurNoneGulab Chand Janata Party
Udaipur RuralSTNand Lal Janata Party
SalumberSTMavji Janata Party
SaradaSTGamir Lal Janata Party
KherwaraSTSurvya Prakash Janata Party
PhalasiaSTLalu Janata Party
GongundaSTBhura Lal Janata Party
KumbhalgarhNoneGovind Singh Shaktawat Janata Party
BhimNoneMajor Fateh Singh Janata Party
MandalNoneRam Prasad Ladha Janata Party
SahadaNoneRam Chandra Jet Janata Party
BhilwaraNoneKaushal Kishore Jain Janata Party
MandalgarhNoneManohar Singh Janata Party
JahazpurNoneTrilok Chand Janata Party
ShahpuraSCBhairu Janata Party
BaneraNoneUmrao Singh Dhabria Janata Party
AsindNoneVijendra Pal Singh Janata Party
JaitaranNoneShankar Lal Indian National Congress
RaipurNoneSukh Lal Indian National Congress
SojatNoneMadhav Singh Indian National Congress
KharchiNoneKhangar Singh Choudhary Janata Party
DesuriSCAchla Ram Janata Party
PaliNoneMool Chand Daga Indian National Congress
SumerpurNoneVigyan Modi Janata Party
BaliNoneHanwant Singh Janata Party
SirohiNoneRaghu Nandan Vyas Janata Party
Pindwara-AbuSTAlda Ram Janata Party
ReodarSCMadho Singh Indian National Congress
SanchoreNoneRaghu Nath Indian National Congress
RaniwaraNoneRatana Ram Indian National Congress
BhinmalNoneSuraj Pal Singh Indian National Congress
JaloreSCTeekam Chand Kant Janata Party
AhoreNoneGopal Singh Janata Party
SiwanaSCChaina Ram Janata Party
PachpadraNoneMadan Kaur Indian National Congress
BarmerNoneVirdhi Chand Indian National Congress
GudamalaniNoneGanga Ram Chodhary Indian National Congress
ChohtanNoneAbdul Hadi Indian National Congress
SheoNoneKan Singh Janata Party
JaisalmerNoneKishan Singh Bhati Janata Party
ShergarhNoneKhet Singh Indian National Congress
JodhpurNoneBirad Mal Singhvi Janata Party
SardarpuraNoneMadho Singh Janata Party
SursagarSCNarpat Ram Barwad Indian National Congress
LuniNoneRam Singh Vishoni Indian National Congress
BilaraNoneRam Narain Indian National Congress
BhopalgarhNoneParas Ram Maderna Indian National Congress
OsianNoneRanjeet Singh Indian National Congress
PhalodiNoneBalkrishan Janata Party
NagaurNoneBansi Lal Janata Party
JayalSCMangi Lal Indian National Congress
LadnunNoneHarji Ram Janata Party
DeedwanaNoneMathura Das Indian National Congress
NawanNoneRameshwar Lal Indian National Congress
MakranaNoneAbdul Aziz Indian National Congress
ParbatsarSCJeth Mal Indian National Congress
DeganaNoneRam Raghu Nath Indian National Congress
MertaNoneRam Lal Indian National Congress
MundawarNoneRam Deo Indian National Congress

See also

References
  1. "Former Chief Ministers of Rajasthan". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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