Close contests · 1977
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1977 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOLHAPUR | Maharashtra | Desai Dajiba Balwantrao (PWP) | Mane Shankarrao Dattatray (INC) | 165 (0.0%) |
| Dhubri | Assam | Ahmmad Hossen (INC) | Zahirul Islam (BLD) | 590 (0.2%) |
| Hassan | Karnataka | S. Nanjesha Gowda (BLD) | G. L. Nalluregowda (INC) | 1,081 (0.3%) |
| Godhra | Gujarat | Desai Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal (INC) | Mody Pillo Homi (BLD) | 1,380 (0.5%) |
| Jangipur | West Bengal | Sasankasekher Sanyal (CPM) | Lutfal Haque (Haji) (INC) | 2,186 (0.7%) |
| Vellore | Tamil Nadu | Dhandayuthapani V. (NCO) | Abdul Samad (IND) | 3,161 (0.7%) |
| Mukundapuram | Kerala | A. C. George (INC) | S. C. S. Menon (IND) | 4,220 (0.9%) |
| Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Gargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra (INC) | Pratulchandra Dwivedi (BLD) | 2,369 (1.0%) |
| Jamnagar | Gujarat | Vinodbhai B. Sheth (BLD) | Jadeja Daulatsinghji Pratapsinghji (INC) | 2,670 (1.1%) |
| Kasaragod | Kerala | Ramachandran Kadannappally (INC) | M. Ramanna Rai (CPM) | 5,042 (1.1%) |
| Kanakapura | Karnataka | M. V. Chandrasekhara Murthy (INC) | M. V. Rajasekharan (BLD) | 4,652 (1.1%) |
| Secunderabad | Andhra Pradesh 27 | M. M. Hashim (INC) | T. Laxmi Kantamma (BLD) | 3,847 (1.2%) |
| Mandya | Karnataka | K. Chickalingaiah (INC) | M. Srinivas (BLD) | 5,321 (1.3%) |
| Aska | Orissa | Rama Chandra Rath (INC) | Ananta Narayan Singhdeo (BLD) | 3,777 (1.3%) |
| Phulbani | Orissa | Sribatcha Digal (BLD) | Bakshi Nayak (INC) | 2,643 (1.3%) |
| Cuddapah | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Kandala Obul Reddy (INC) | Vutukuru Rami Reddy (BLD) | 7,562 (1.6%) |
| Ernakulam | Kerala | Henry Austin (INC) | K. N. Raveendranath (CPM) | 7,285 (1.6%) |
| Badagara | Kerala | K. P. Unnikrishnan (INC) | Arangil Sreedharan (BLD) | 8,070 (1.6%) |
| Tripura West | Tripura | SAchindralal Singha (BLD) | Tarit Mohan Dsgupta (INC) | 5,047 (1.6%) |
| Rewa | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Yammuna Prasad (BLD) | Maha Martand Singh (IND) | 6,693 (1.8%) |
| Surendranagar | Gujarat | Amin Ramdas Kishordas ( R. K. Amin ) (BLD) | Shah Manubhai Mansukhlal (INC) | 5,433 (1.9%) |
| Dahod | Gujarat | Damor Somjibhai Pujabhai (INC) | Minama Govindsingh Lalchandbhai (BLD) | 3,393 (1.9%) |
| LATUR | Maharashtra | Patil Uddhavrao Sahebrrao (PWP) | Patil Pandharinath Gyanoba (INC) | 7,851 (2.2%) |
| Nowrangpur | Orissa | Khagapati Pradhani (INC) | Rabisingh Majhi (BLD) | 3,031 (2.3%) |
| Chittoor | Andhra Pradesh 27 | P. Rajagopal Naidu (INC) | N. P. Changalraya Naidu (BLD) | 10,447 (2.3%) |
| Srikakulam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Rajgopalarao Boddepalli (INC) | Gouthu Latchanna (BLD) | 8,734 (2.3%) |
| Bhubaneswar | Orissa | Sivaji Patnaik (CPM) | Chintamani Panigrahi (INC) | 5,469 (2.3%) |
| Tezpur | Assam | Purnanarayan Sinha (BLD) | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (INC) | 6,148 (2.4%) |
| Shillong | Meghalaya | Hoping Stone Lyngdoh (IND) | Peter Garnette Marbaniang (INC) | 4,765 (2.6%) |
| Yavatmal | Maharashtra | Jawade Shridharrao Natthobaji (INC) | Yembadwar Nanasaheb Narayanrao (IND) | 10,297 (2.6%) |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Ahesan Jafri (INC) | Brahmkumar Bhatt (BLD) | 10,013 (2.7%) |
| Cannanore | Kerala | C. K. Chandrappan (CPI) | O. Bharathan (CPM) | 12,877 (2.9%) |
| Calicut | Kerala | V. A. Seyid Muhammad (INC) | M. Kamalam (BLD) | 13,704 (3.1%) |
| Madras South | Tamil Nadu | Venkataraman R. (INC) | Murasoli Maran (DMK) | 14,829 (3.1%) |
| Katwa | West Bengal | Dhirendra Nath Basu (INC) | Syed Mansur Habibullah (CPM) | 11,880 (3.3%) |
| ANANTNAG | Jammu Kashmir | Mohd. Shafi Qureshi (INC) | Ab. Razak Mir (IND) | 8,331 (3.4%) |
| Nagaland | Nagaland | Rano M. Shaiza (UDF) | Hokishe Sema (INC) | 8,100 (3.4%) |
| Nashik | Maharashtra | Hande Vithalrao Ganpatrao (BLD) | Thakre Baburao Ganpat (INC) | 11,241 (3.4%) |
| JALGAON | Maharashtra | Borole Yashwant Mansaram (BLD) | Mahajan Yadav Shivaram (INC) | 12,186 (3.5%) |
| Palghat | Kerala | A. Sunnasahib (INC) | T. Sivadasa Menon (CPM) | 14,871 (3.6%) |
| Basirhat | West Bengal | Alhaj M.A. Hannan (BLD) | A.K.M. Ishaque (INC) | 12,186 (3.6%) |
| Junagadh | Gujarat | Nathwani Narendra Pragji (BLD) | Adani Ratubhai Mulshanker (INC) | 11,853 (3.7%) |
| Erandol | Maharashtra | Patil Sonusing Dhansing (BLD) | Patil Krishnarao Madhavrao (INC) | 13,814 (3.9%) |
| Deogarh | Orissa | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (BLD) | Badkumar Pratap Gangadeb (INC) | 10,042 (4.1%) |
| Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | Parvathi Krishnan (CPI) | Lakshmanan S.V. (NCO) | 21,178 (4.1%) |
| Bhavnagar | Gujarat | Prasannavadan Manilal Methta (BLD) | Chabildas Pragjibhai Metha (INC) | 11,137 (4.4%) |
| Bilaspur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Niranjan Prasad Kesharwani (BLD) | Ashok Rao (INC) | 12,827 (4.5%) |
| Kutch | Gujarat | Dave Anantray Devshankar (BLD) | Mehta Mahipatray Mulshankar (INC) | 10,817 (4.7%) |
| Tripura East | Tripura | Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barma (INC) | Dasaratha Deb (CPM) | 13,183 (4.7%) |
| Dum Dum | West Bengal | Asoke Krishna Dutt (BLD) | Indrajit Gupta (CPI) | 21,780 (5.2%) |
| Rajkot | Gujarat | Patel Keshubhai Savdasbhai (BLD) | Arvindkumar Mohanlal Patel (INC) | 15,801 (5.2%) |
| Amritsar | Punjab | Baldev Parkash (BLD) | Raghunandan Lal (INC) | 25,041 (5.3%) |
| Surat | Gujarat | Desai Morarji Ranchhodji (BLD) | Chauhan Jashvantsingh Dan Singh (INC) | 21,460 (5.5%) |
| Mayurbhanj | Orissa | Chandra Mohan Sinha (BLD) | Chaitanya Prasad Majhi (INC) | 11,349 (5.5%) |
| Janjgir | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Madan Bhaiya (BLD) | Ramgopal Tiwari (INC) | 13,569 (5.5%) |
| nagaur | Rajasthan | Nathu Ram (INC) | Kishan Lal Shah (BLD) | 20,154 (5.5%) |
| Sarangarh | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Govind Ram Miri (BLD) | Gondil Prasad Anuragi (INC) | 12,176 (5.5%) |
| MALEGAON | Maharashtra | Mahale Hari Shankar (BLD) | Kahandole Zamaru Mangalu (INC) | 15,437 (5.5%) |
| Bulsar | Gujarat | Patel Nanubhai Nichhabhai (BLD) | Patel Nirmalabhen Harjibhai (INC) | 17,964 (5.7%) |
| Dibrugarh | Assam | Haren Bhumji (INC) | Golap Borbora (BLD) | 14,209 (6.0%) |
| jodhpur | Rajasthan | Ranchordas Gattani (BLD) | Poonam Chand Bishnoi (INC) | 21,685 (6.3%) |
| Faridabad | Haryana | Dharam Vir Vasisht (BLD) | Khurshid Ahmad (IND) | 27,333 (6.5%) |
| KHED | Maharashtra | Annasaheb Magar (INC) | Mukundrao Patil (BLD) | 19,526 (6.6%) |
| Ladakh | Jammu Kashmir | Parvati Devi (INC) | Mohammad Ali Alias Ali Kargil (IND) | 2,877 (6.6%) |
| Bijapur | Karnataka | Choudhari Kalingappa Bhimanna (INC) | Nagathan Irappa Chanamallappa (BLD) | 21,674 (6.7%) |
| Mormugao | Goa Daman And Diu | Faleiro Eduardo Martinho (INC) | Ribeiro Dionisio Francisco (MAG) | 9,468 (6.7%) |
| Gurdaspur | Punjab | Yagya Datt (BLD) | Prabodh Chander (INC) | 28,122 (7.0%) |
| Darjeeling | West Bengal | Krishna Bahadur Chettri (INC) | Ratanlal Brahman (CPM) | 18,480 (7.1%) |
| Panaji | Goa Daman And Diu | Kasar Amrut Shivram (MAG) | Kakodkar Purushottam Keshav (INC) | 11,066 (7.3%) |
| Nandyal | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (BLD) | Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah (INC) | 35,743 (7.4%) |
| Jalna | Maharashtra | Pundalik Hari Danve (BLD) | Manikrao Palodkar (INC) | 24,574 (7.8%) |
| Ratnagiri | Maharashtra | Parulekar Bapusaheb (BLD) | Peje Santaram Laxman (INC) | 25,300 (7.9%) |
| Nagapattinam | Tamil Nadu | Murugaiyan S.G. (CPI) | Thazhai Karunnanithi M. (DMK) | 40,810 (7.9%) |
| Chengalpattu | Tamil Nadu | Mohanarangam R. (ADK) | Era Sezhiyan (DMK) | 35,639 (7.9%) |
| Raigarh | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | Narhari Prasad Sukhdeo Sai (BLD) | Ummed Singh (INC) | 19,812 (8.0%) |
| Jammu | Jammu Kashmir | Thakur Baldev Singh (IND) | Balraj Puri (JKN) | 27,939 (8.1%) |
| Baramati | Maharashtra | Sambhajirao Kakade (BLD) | Gadgil Vithal Narhar (INC) | 30,700 (8.2%) |
| Malda | West Bengal | Dinesh Chandra Joardar (CPM) | Pranab Mukherjee (INC) | 29,708 (8.3%) |
| Ottapalam | Kerala | K. Kunhambu (INC) | C. K. Chakrapani (CPM) | 35,721 (8.3%) |
| Begusarai | Bihar 1947 1999 | Shyam Nandan Mishra (BLD) | Tarkeshri Sinha (INC) | 35,228 (8.5%) |
| Ichalkaranji | Maharashtra | Mane Rajaram Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao (INC) | Desai Kakasaheb Gopalrao (BLD) | 33,364 (8.6%) |
| Trichur | Kerala | K. A. Rajan (CPI) | Aravindakshan (CPM) | 37,506 (8.8%) |
| Pondicherry | Pondicherry | Aravinda Bala Pajanor (ADK) | Ansari Duraisamy (NCO) | 19,201 (8.9%) |
| Kanara | Karnataka | Kadam Balsu Pursu (INC) | Ramakrishna Hegde (BLD) | 34,394 (9.1%) |
| Porbandar | Gujarat | Patel Dharmasinhbhai Dahyabhai (BLD) | Dhami Ramniklal Kababhai (INC) | 24,429 (9.1%) |
| Tirupathi | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Balakrishnaiah Tambura (INC) | Allam Krishnaiah (BLD) | 40,180 (9.1%) |
| Bapatla | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati (INC) | Jagarlamudi Chandramouli (BLD) | 42,946 (9.1%) |
| Jorhat | Assam | Tarun Gogoi (INC) | Dulal Chandra Barua (BLD) | 28,687 (9.5%) |
| Adoor | Kerala | P. K. Kodiyan (CPI) | K. Chandrasekharan Shastri (CPM) | 40,567 (9.6%) |
| Madras North | Tamil Nadu | Asai Thambi A.V.P. (DMK) | Manoharan K. (ADK) | 45,103 (9.8%) |
| Anakapalli | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Appalanaidu S. R. A. S. (INC) | Chalapathi Rao P. V. (BLD) | 35,936 (9.8%) |
| Bangalore South | Karnataka | K. S. Hegde (BLD) | K. Hanumantaiya (INC) | 41,165 (9.8%) |
| Muvattupuzha | Kerala | George J. Mathew (KEC) | K. M. joseph Kuruppamadham (KCP) | 44,820 (9.9%) |
| Parvathipuram | Andhra Pradesh 27 | Vyrichorla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (INC) | Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal (BLD) | 31,744 (10.0%) |
| Baroda | Gujarat | Gaekwad Fatesinhrao Pratapsinhrao (INC) | Patel Manubhai Motilal (BLD) | 40,923 (10.1%) |
| Koraput | Orissa | Giridhar Gomango (INC) | Mutika Papanna (BLD) | 14,429 (10.1%) |
| Dhandhuka | Gujarat | Parmar Natavarlal Bhagavandas (BLD) | Rathod Balvantrai Ramjibhai (INC) | 27,766 (10.1%) |
| Sriperumbudur | Tamil Nadu | Jaganathan S. (ADK) | Elumalai T.P. (NCO) | 45,932 (10.2%) |
| Solapur | Maharashtra | Damani Surajratan Fatehchand (INC) | Kadadi Madeppa Bandappa (BLD) | 34,043 (10.2%) |
| Murshidabad | West Bengal | Syed Kazim Ali Meerza (BLD) | Azizur Rahman (INC) | 36,089 (10.3%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOLHAPUR | GEN | Desai Dajiba Balwantrao (pwp) | — | — | 165 (0.0%) | — |
| Dhubri | GEN | Ahmmad Hossen (inc) | — | — | 590 (0.2%) | — |
| Hassan | GEN | S. Nanjesha Gowda (bld) | — | — | 1,081 (0.3%) | — |
| Godhra | GEN | Desai Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal (inc) | — | — | 1,380 (0.5%) | — |
| Jangipur | GEN | Sasankasekher Sanyal (cpm) | — | — | 2,186 (0.7%) | — |
| Vellore | GEN | Dhandayuthapani V. (nco) | — | — | 3,161 (0.7%) | — |
| Mukundapuram | GEN | A. C. George (inc) | — | — | 4,220 (0.9%) | — |
| Chhindwara | GEN | Gargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra (inc) | — | — | 2,369 (1.0%) | — |
| Jamnagar | GEN | Vinodbhai B. Sheth (bld) | — | — | 2,670 (1.1%) | — |
| Kasaragod | GEN | Ramachandran Kadannappally (inc) | — | — | 5,042 (1.1%) | — |
| Kanakapura | GEN | M. V. Chandrasekhara Murthy (inc) | — | — | 4,652 (1.1%) | — |
| Secunderabad | GEN | M. M. Hashim (inc) | — | — | 3,847 (1.2%) | — |
| Mandya | GEN | K. Chickalingaiah (inc) | — | — | 5,321 (1.3%) | — |
| Aska | GEN | Rama Chandra Rath (inc) | — | — | 3,777 (1.3%) | — |
| Phulbani | GEN | Sribatcha Digal (bld) | — | — | 2,643 (1.3%) | — |
| Cuddapah | GEN | Kandala Obul Reddy (inc) | — | — | 7,562 (1.6%) | — |
| Ernakulam | GEN | Henry Austin (inc) | — | — | 7,285 (1.6%) | — |
| Badagara | GEN | K. P. Unnikrishnan (inc) | — | — | 8,070 (1.6%) | — |
| Tripura West | GEN | Sachindralal Singha (bld) | — | — | 5,047 (1.6%) | — |
| Rewa | GEN | Yammuna Prasad (bld) | — | — | 6,693 (1.8%) | — |
| Surendranagar | GEN | Amin Ramdas Kishordas ( R. K. Amin ) (bld) | — | — | 5,433 (1.9%) | — |
| Dahod | GEN | Damor Somjibhai Pujabhai (inc) | — | — | 3,393 (1.9%) | — |
| LATUR | GEN | Patil Uddhavrao Sahebrrao (pwp) | — | — | 7,851 (2.2%) | — |
| Nowrangpur | GEN | Khagapati Pradhani (inc) | — | — | 3,031 (2.3%) | — |
| Chittoor | GEN | P. Rajagopal Naidu (inc) | — | — | 10,447 (2.3%) | — |
| Srikakulam | GEN | Rajgopalarao Boddepalli (inc) | — | — | 8,734 (2.3%) | — |
| Bhubaneswar | GEN | Sivaji Patnaik (cpm) | — | — | 5,469 (2.3%) | — |
| Tezpur | GEN | Purnanarayan Sinha (bld) | — | — | 6,148 (2.4%) | — |
| Shillong | GEN | Hoping Stone Lyngdoh (ind) | — | — | 4,765 (2.6%) | — |
| Yavatmal | GEN | Jawade Shridharrao Natthobaji (inc) | — | — | 10,297 (2.6%) | — |
| Ahmedabad | GEN | Ahesan Jafri (inc) | — | — | 10,013 (2.7%) | — |
| Cannanore | GEN | C. K. Chandrappan (cpi) | — | — | 12,877 (2.9%) | — |
| Calicut | GEN | V. A. Seyid Muhammad (inc) | — | — | 13,704 (3.1%) | — |
| Madras South | GEN | Venkataraman R. (inc) | — | — | 14,829 (3.1%) | — |
| Katwa | GEN | Dhirendra Nath Basu (inc) | — | — | 11,880 (3.3%) | — |
| ANANTNAG | GEN | Mohd. Shafi Qureshi (inc) | — | — | 8,331 (3.4%) | — |
| Nagaland | GEN | Rano M. Shaiza (udf) | — | — | 8,100 (3.4%) | — |
| Nashik | GEN | Hande Vithalrao Ganpatrao (bld) | — | — | 11,241 (3.4%) | — |
| JALGAON | GEN | Borole Yashwant Mansaram (bld) | — | — | 12,186 (3.5%) | — |
| Palghat | GEN | A. Sunnasahib (inc) | — | — | 14,871 (3.6%) | — |
| Basirhat | GEN | Alhaj M.A. Hannan (bld) | — | — | 12,186 (3.6%) | — |
| Junagadh | GEN | Nathwani Narendra Pragji (bld) | — | — | 11,853 (3.7%) | — |
| Erandol | GEN | Patil Sonusing Dhansing (bld) | — | — | 13,814 (3.9%) | — |
| Deogarh | GEN | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (bld) | — | — | 10,042 (4.1%) | — |
| Coimbatore | GEN | Parvathi Krishnan (cpi) | — | — | 21,178 (4.1%) | — |
| Bhavnagar | GEN | Prasannavadan Manilal Methta (bld) | — | — | 11,137 (4.4%) | — |
| Bilaspur | GEN | Niranjan Prasad Kesharwani (bld) | — | — | 12,827 (4.5%) | — |
| Kutch | GEN | Dave Anantray Devshankar (bld) | — | — | 10,817 (4.7%) | — |
| Tripura East | GEN | Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barma (inc) | — | — | 13,183 (4.7%) | — |
| Dum Dum | GEN | Asoke Krishna Dutt (bld) | — | — | 21,780 (5.2%) | — |
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