1977
197119671962Total Constituencies: 48
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 1977 covered all 48 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 47.02% and won 20 seats, while the BLD received 31.39% of the vote and won 19 seats. The PWP won 5 seats with 6.10% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Maharashtra.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 20 | 47.02% | 47.99% | 79,42,267 | |
| BLD | 31 | 19 | 31.39% | 49.18% | 53,02,964 |
| PWP | 6 | 5 | 6.10% | 49.71% | 10,30,232 |
| IND | 32 | 0 | 6.09% | 8.90% | 10,29,117 |
| RPK | 5 | 1 | 4.33% | 39.99% | 7,31,289 |
| CPM | 3 | 3 | 3.56% | 57.98% | 6,01,158 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Rajapur | Madhu Dandavate | BLD | 2,20,855 | Gopalrao Mayekar | INC | 1,04,473 | 1,16,382 | 35.78 |
| Ratnagiri | Parulekar Bapusaheb | BLD | 1,73,004 | Peje Santaram Laxman | INC | 1,47,704 | 25,300 | 7.88 |
| Kolaba | Dinkar Balu Patil | PWP | 1,99,463 | Shankar Babaji Sawant | INC | 1,46,142 | 53,321 | 15.42 |
| Bombay South | Rajada Ratansingh Gokuldas | BLD | 2,26,893 | Ankleshwaria Ramanlal Chhotalal | INC | 1,62,499 | 64,394 | 16.11 |
| Bombay South Central | Kamble Bapu Chandrasen | BLD | 1,94,786 | Hoshing Vasant Ranganath | INC | 1,41,083 | 53,703 | 14.07 |
| Bombay North Central | Ahilya P. Rangnekar | CPM | 2,28,123 | Bhandare R. D. | INC | 1,58,208 | 69,915 | 17.69 |
| Bombay North East | Subramaniam Swamy | BLD | 2,60,699 | Kulkarni Rajaram Alias Raja Gopal | INC | 1,37,577 | 1,23,122 | 28.97 |
| Bombay North West | Ram Jethmalani | BLD | 2,46,446 | Gokhale Hari Ramchandra | INC | 1,52,947 | 93,499 | 23.18 |
| Bombay North | Gore Mrinal Keshav | BLD | 2,78,246 | Ridwan Harris | INC | 1,31,156 | 1,47,090 | 35.45 |
| Thane | Mhalgi Ramchandra Kashinath | BLD | 2,30,502 | Deshmukh Pandurang Shivram | INC | 1,47,756 | 82,746 | 21.19 |
| Dahanu (St) | Kom Lahanu Shidava | CPM | 1,75,538 | Dumada Laxman Kakadya | INC | 1,22,872 | 52,666 | 17.64 |
| Nashik | Hande Vithalrao Ganpatrao | BLD | 1,64,258 | Thakre Baburao Ganpat | INC | 1,53,017 | 11,241 | 3.44 |
| Malegaon (St) | Mahale Hari Shankar | BLD | 1,44,555 | Kahandole Zamaru Mangalu | INC | 1,29,118 | 15,437 | 5.54 |
| Dhulia | Patil Vijaykumar Naval | INC | 1,78,735 | Patil Uttamrao Laxmanrao | BLD | 1,26,586 | 52,149 | 16.58 |
| Nandurbar (St) | Naik Surupsingh Hariya | INC | 1,86,949 | Padvi Dilawarsingh Dongarsingh | BLD | 1,19,509 | 67,440 | 22 |
| Erandol | Patil Sonusing Dhansing | BLD | 1,82,680 | Patil Krishnarao Madhavrao | INC | 1,68,866 | 13,814 | 3.92 |
| Jalgaon | Borole Yashwant Mansaram | BLD | 1,70,451 | Mahajan Yadav Shivaram | INC | 1,58,265 | 12,186 | 3.48 |
| Buldhana (Sc) | Gawai Daulat Gunaji | RPK | 1,83,460 | Jadhao Gopalrao Sakharam | RPI | 1,40,605 | 42,855 | 12.53 |
| Akola | Sathe Vasantrao Purushottam | INC | 2,08,468 | Lahane Motiram Udaybhanji | BLD | 1,46,969 | 61,499 | 16.35 |
| Washim | Naik Vasantrao Phulsing | INC | 2,13,339 | Khandare Shankarrao Sambhuji | RPK | 1,40,182 | 73,157 | 20.58 |
| Amravati | Bonde Nana Mahadeo | INC | 2,59,062 | Kaloti Haribhau Dattatraya | BLD | 98,400 | 1,60,662 | 44.42 |
| Ramtek | Barve Jatiramji Chaitramji | INC | 1,96,977 | Ram Hedaoo | IND | 1,54,028 | 42,949 | 11.79 |
| Nagpur | Awari Gev Mancharsha | INC | 1,72,010 | Khobragade Bhaurao Dewaji | RPK | 1,30,457 | 41,553 | 10.76 |
| Bhandara | Mankar Laxmanrao Bisanji | BLD | 2,11,106 | Gupta Chhedilal Budhanlal | INC | 1,59,473 | 51,633 | 13.15 |
| Chimur | Thakur Krishnarao Dagoji | INC | 2,34,902 | Ghodichor Manohar Raghoji | RPK | 1,71,933 | 62,969 | 14.44 |
| Chandrapur | Raje Vishveshvarrao | BLD | 2,09,974 | Abdul Shafee | INC | 1,20,988 | 88,986 | 23.65 |
| Wardha | Gode Santoshrao Vyankatrao | INC | 2,19,442 | Dhote Jambuwantrao Bapurao | IND | 1,02,788 | 1,16,654 | 28.1 |
| Yeotmal | Jawade Shridharrao Natthobaji | INC | 1,92,228 | Yembadwar Nanasaheb Narayanrao | IND | 1,81,931 | 10,297 | 2.63 |
| Hingoli | Patil Chandrakant Ramkrishna | BLD | 1,44,991 | Deshmukh Balajirao Gopalrao | INC | 1,09,240 | 35,751 | 11.52 |
| Nanded | Dhondge Keshavrao Shankarrao | PWP | 2,53,736 | Mhaisekar Govindrao Ramchandra | INC | 1,19,916 | 1,33,820 | 35.82 |
| Parbhani | Deshmukh Sheshrao Apparao | PWP | 1,39,651 | Limbajirao Alias Ramrao Nagorao Raut | INC | 1,08,112 | 31,539 | 10.56 |
| Jalna | Pundalik Hari Danve | BLD | 1,68,828 | Manikrao Palodkar | INC | 1,44,254 | 24,574 | 7.84 |
| Aurangabad | Bapu Kaldate | BLD | 2,01,021 | Chandrashekhar Rajurkar | INC | 1,43,932 | 57,089 | 16.04 |
| Beed | Burande Gangadhar Appa | CPM | 1,97,497 | Laxman Shankarao Deshmukh | INC | 1,45,600 | 51,897 | 15.12 |
| Latur | Patil Uddhavrao Sahebrrao | PWP | 1,78,815 | Patil Pandharinath Gyanoba | INC | 1,70,964 | 7,851 | 2.23 |
| Osmanabad (Sc) | Shrangare Tukaram Sadashiv | INC | 1,62,934 | Sarwade Kamlakarrao Rukmaji | BLD | 1,01,390 | 61,544 | 22.51 |
| Solapur | Damani Surajratan Fatehchand | INC | 1,83,424 | Kadadi Madeppa Bandappa | BLD | 1,49,381 | 34,043 | 10.22 |
| Pandharpur (Sc) | Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan | INC | 2,03,709 | Kale Tatyasaheb Manohar | RPK | 1,05,257 | 98,452 | 31.86 |
| Ahmednagar | Shinde Annasaheb Pandurang | INC | 1,79,550 | Gade Mohanrao Abasaheb | BLD | 1,14,737 | 64,813 | 19.99 |
| Kopargaon | Vikhe Eknathrao Vithalrao | INC | 1,81,013 | Pawar Kishore Rameshwar | BLD | 82,469 | 98,544 | 36.41 |
| Khed | Annasaheb Magar | INC | 1,57,947 | Mukundrao Patil | BLD | 1,38,421 | 19,526 | 6.58 |
| Pune | Mohan Dharia | BLD | 2,09,922 | Vasant Thorat | INC | 1,61,755 | 48,167 | 12.79 |
| Baramati | Sambhajirao Kakade | BLD | 2,03,148 | Gadgil Vithal Narhar | INC | 1,72,448 | 30,700 | 8.18 |
| Satara | Chavan Yashvantrao Balwantrao | INC | 2,60,562 | Lavangare Nitin Jagannath | BLD | 68,961 | 1,91,601 | 56.17 |
| Karad | Chavan Premlabai Dajisaheb | INC | 2,43,305 | Desai Bhausaheb Balwant | PWP | 72,490 | 1,70,815 | 52.01 |
| Sangli | Gotkhinde Ganapatrao Tukaram | INC | 1,92,125 | Vasudeo Daji Jadhav | BLD | 1,35,831 | 56,294 | 17.16 |
| Ichalkaranji | Mane Rajaram Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao | INC | 2,11,309 | Desai Kakasaheb Gopalrao | BLD | 1,77,945 | 33,364 | 8.58 |
| Kolhapur | Desai Dajiba Balwantrao | PWP | 1,86,077 | Mane Shankarrao Dattatray | INC | 1,85,912 | 165 | 0.04 |
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