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'''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><br />
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== Constituency Details ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Electors<br />
!Voters<br />
!Polling %<br />
|-<br />
|[[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]<br />
|453765<br />
|258507<br />
|56.97<br />
|-<br />
|[[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]<br />
|461965<br />
| 319298<br />
| 69.12<br />
|-<br />
|[[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]<br />
|471302<br />
|263112<br />
|55.83<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ladakh]]<br />
|64706<br />
|45581<br />
|70.44<br />
|-<br />
|[[Udhampur district|Udhampur]]<br />
|504677<br />
|237356<br />
|47.03<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jammu]]<br />
|601007<br />
|355660<br />
|59.18<br />
|}<br />
<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><br />
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== Results ==<br />
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=== Party-wise Results ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top" |Party<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center" valign="top" |Elected MPs <br />
|-<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|JKN]]<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|IND<br />
|1<br />
|-<br />
| Total<br />
| 6<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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=== List of Elected MPs ===<br />
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"<br />
! No.<br />
! Constituency<br />
! Name of elected M.P.<br />
! Party affiliation<br />
!Win Margin %<br />
|-<br />
| 1 <br />
| [[Baramulla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramulla]] <br />
| Abdul Ahad <br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
|19.00%<br />
|-<br />
| 2 <br />
| [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]] <br />
| Akbar Jahan Begam <br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
| 39.54%<br />
|-<br />
| 3 <br />
| [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]] <br />
| Mohd. Shafi Qureshi <br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|3.35%<br />
|-<br />
| 4 <br />
| [[Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ladakh]] <br />
| [[Parvati Devi (Ladakh)|Parvati Devi]] <br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|6.63%<br />
|-<br />
| 5 <br />
| [[Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udhampur]] <br />
| [[Karan Singh]] <br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|25.66%<br />
|-<br />
| 6 <br />
| [[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jammu]] <br />
| [[Thakur Baldev Singh]] <br />
| Independent<br />
|21.27%<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Elections in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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