1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results

1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Brendan Byrne	1,184,564	55.71%

Republican	Raymond Bateman	888,880	41.81%

Independent	Francis W. Flowers	8,677	0.41%

Independent	Chester Grabowski	8,494	0.40%

Libertarian	Frank J. Primich	5,674	0.27%

Independent	Chauncey E. McSpiritt	4,464	0.21%

Independent	Paul B. Rizzo	3,691	0.17%

Independent	Richard D. McAleer	3,688	0.17%

Independent	John F. Donato	3,189	0.15%

Independent	Angelo S. Massaro	3,031	0.14%

Independent	William Zsidisin	2,974	0.14%

Socialist Labor	Julius Levin	2,276	0.11%

Independent	Jasper C. Gould	2,248	0.11%

Independent	Leif O. Johnson	1,601	0.08%

Independent	Robert Ganteaume	1,480	%

Independent	Bill Gahres	1,333	%

Majority

Turnout

Democratic hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Democrat Brendan Byrne defeated Republican Raymond Bateman with 55.71% of the vote.

final_sentence: Democrat Brendan Byrne defeated Republican Raymond Bateman with 55.71% of the vote.