Highest Voter Turnout Lok Sabha Constituencies

1977 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by turnout

In the 1977 Lok Sabha election, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Lakshadweep () at 84.64% — 16,480 votes polled out of 19,471 electors. The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Percentage of registered electors who cast a vote.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Turnout
1 Lakshadweep ST Muhammed Sayeed Padannatha Indian National Congress 84.64%
2 Mukundapuram Kerala A. C. George Indian National Congress 84.04%
3 Almora Kerala V. M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress 83.74%
4 Bansgaon Kerala K. P. Unnikrishnan Indian National Congress 82.98%
5 Chandni Chowk Delhi Sikandar Bakht Bharatiya Lok Dal 82.98%
6 Kannur Kerala C. K. Chandrappan Communist Party Of India 82.74%
7 Muvattupuzha Kerala George J. Mathew Kerala Congress 82.16%
8 Adoor SC Kerala P. K. Kodiyan Communist Party Of India 81.88%
9 Kozhikode Kerala V. A. Seyid Muhammad Indian National Congress 81.76%
10 Meerut Kerala Skariah Thomas Kerala Congress 81.46%
11 Varanasi Kerala K. A. Rajan Communist Party Of India 80.35%
12 Ernakulam Kerala Henry Austin Indian National Congress 80.14%
13 Chandauli Kerala Ramachandran Kadannappally Indian National Congress 80.02%
14 Mavelikara Kerala B. K. Nair Indian National Congress 79.46%
15 Kurukshetra Haryana Raghbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 79.05%
16 Nagapattinam SC Tamil Nadu Murugaiyan S.G. Communist Party Of India 78.97%
17 Kanpur Urban Kerala N. Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party 78.67%
18 Manjeri Kerala Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Muslim Leage 77.71%
19 Thanjavur Tamil Nadu Somasundaram S.D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 77.45%
20 Ropar SC Punjab Basant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 77.13%
21 Hajipur SC Bihar Ram Vilas Paswan Bharatiya Lok Dal 77.07%
22 Ottapalam SC Kerala K. Kunhambu Indian National Congress 76.64%
23 Mayiladuturai Tamil Nadu Kudanthai Ramalingam N. Indian National Congress 76.64%
24 Patiala Punjab Gurcharan Sing Tohra Shiromani Akali Dal 76.31%
25 Misrikh Bihar Digvijoy Narain Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 76.10%

Why this list matters

The highest-turnout constituencies tend to be in states with a strong tradition of civic participation — often rural, often in the Northeast, Kerala, West Bengal, or hill states — where parties have well-organised booth-level workers and voters treat polling day as a community event. High turnout doesn't favour any one party uniformly; it tends to amplify whichever side has the better organisation on the ground.

Turnout figures are computed from the official electoral roll size and votes-polled count.

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