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{{Infobox election|election_name=Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1977|country=India|type=parliamentary|previous_election=Indian general election, 1971 (Jammu and Kashmir)|previous_year=1971|next_election=Indian general election, 1980 (Jammu and Kashmir)|next_year=1980|election_date=16 March|map_image=Jammu and Kashmir in India.png|map_size=200px|map_caption=Jammu and Kashmir}}

'''The [[1977 Indian general election]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]''' to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] were held for 6 seats. [[Indian National Congress|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]] won 2 seats, Indian National Congress won 2 seats and an independent candidate [[Parvati Devi (Ladakh)|Parvati Devi]] of [[Ladakh]] constituency won 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref>

== Constituency Details ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!Electors
!Voters
!Polling %
|-
|[[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]
|453765
|258507
|56.97
|-
|[[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]
|461965
| 319298
| 69.12
|-
|[[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]
|471302
|263112
|55.83
|-
|[[Ladakh]]
|64706
|45581
|70.44
|-
|[[Udhampur district|Udhampur]]
|504677
|237356
|47.03
|-
|[[Jammu]]
|601007
|355660
|59.18
|}
<ref>STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf</ref>

== Results ==

=== Party-wise Results ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center" valign="top" |Elected MPs 
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2
|-
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|JKN]]
|3
|-
|IND
|1
|-
| Total
| 6
|-
|}

=== List of Elected MPs ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! No.
! Constituency
! Name of elected M.P.
! Party affiliation
!Win Margin %
|-
| 1 
| [[Baramulla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramulla]] 
| Abdul Ahad 
| [[Indian National Congress|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
|19.00%
|-
| 2 
| [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]] 
| Akbar Jahan Begam 
| [[Indian National Congress|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
| 39.54%
|-
| 3 
| [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]] 
| Mohd. Shafi Qureshi 
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|3.35%
|-
| 4 
| [[Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ladakh]] 
| [[Parvati Devi (Ladakh)|Parvati Devi]] 
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|6.63%
|-
| 5 
| [[Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udhampur]] 
| [[Karan Singh]] 
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|25.66%
|-
| 6 
| [[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jammu]] 
| [[Thakur Baldev Singh]] 
| Independent
|21.27%
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[Elections in Jammu and Kashmir]]

== References ==
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