Elections in India in 1977 included Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha ) elections in several Indian states , including Goa , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Tamil Nadu , and West Bengal .
Parliamentary Election Result 1977 Party Votes % Seats +/– Janata Party 78,062,828 41.32 295 +209 Indian National Congress (R) 65,211,589 34.52 154 –198 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8,113,659 4.29 22 –3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,480,378 2.90 18 New Communist Party of India 5,322,088 2.82 7 –16 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,323,320 1.76 2 –21 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 3,252,217 1.72 3 –13 Shiromani Akali Dal 2,373,331 1.26 9 +8 Peasants and Workers Party of India 1,030,232 0.55 5 +5 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 956,072 0.51 2 +2 Revolutionary Socialist Party 851,164 0.45 4 +1 All India Forward Bloc 633,644 0.34 3 +1 Indian Union Muslim League 565,007 0.30 2 0 Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) 526,937 0.28 0 New Kerala Congress 491,674 0.26 2 –1 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 483,192 0.26 2 New Muslim League (Opposition) 318,979 0.17 0 New Socialist Unity Centre of India 280,995 0.15 0 0 Vishal Haryana Party 192,867 0.10 0 –1 Republican Party of India 155,972 0.08 0 –1 All India Jharkhand Party 126,288 0.07 1 0 United Democratic Front 124,627 0.07 1 New Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 118,748 0.06 1 +1 Jharkhand Party 116,961 0.06 0 New Manipur Peoples Party 109,130 0.06 0 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya) 96,753 0.05 0 New Revolutionary Communist Party of India 45,047 0.02 0 0 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 35,916 0.02 0 New Hindu Mahasabha 35,419 0.02 0 0 Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 27,116 0.01 0 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 26,169 0.01 0 0 All India Labour Party 17,191 0.01 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 12,509 0.01 0 0 All India Shiromani Baba Jivan Singh Mazabhi Dal 5,868 0.00 0 New Independents 10,393,617 5.50 9 –5 Appointed Anglo-Indians 2 0 Total 188,917,504 100.00 544 +23 Valid votes 188,917,504 97.25 Invalid/blank votes 5,346,411 2.75 Total votes 194,263,915 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 321,174,327 60.49 Source: ECI
Overall Results
Legislative Assembly elections
Bihar
Haryana Party Votes % Seats Janata Party 1,765,566 46.70 75 Indian National Congress 648,422 17.15 3 Vishal Haryana Party 225,478 5.96 5 Communist Party of India 29,196 0.77 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 23,191 0.61 0 Socialist Unity Center of India 2,916 0.08 0 Republican Party of India 2,058 0.05 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1,150 0.03 0 Independents 1,082,982 28.64 7 Total 3,780,959 100.00 90 Valid votes 3,780,959 98.77 Invalid/blank votes 47,101 1.23 Total votes 3,828,060 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,938,821 64.46 Source: ECI:[ 2]
Himachal Pradesh Source [ 3]
Jammu and Kashmir Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in June 1977,[ 4] Jammu & Kashmir National Conference , newly revived from the former Plebiscite Front , won an overwhelming majority and re-elected Sheikh Abdullah as the Chief Minister.[ 6]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 807,166 46.22 47 0 Janata Party 414,259 23.72 13 New Indian National Congress (R) 294,911 16.89 11 Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir 62,654 3.59 1 Others 1,903 0.11 0 0 Independents 165,477 9.48 4 Total 1,746,370 100.00 76 Valid votes 1,746,370 96.80 Invalid/blank votes 57,734 3.20 Total votes 1,804,104 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,684,992 67.19 Source: ECI[ 7]
Kerala Party Wise Results Party Seats Alliance Indian National Congress (INC) 38 United Front Communist Party of India (CPI) 23 Kerala Congress (KEC) 20 Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 13 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 9 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 17 Opposition Bhartiya Lok Dal (BLD) 6 All India Muslim League (Opposition) (AIML) 3 Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP) 2 Independent (IND) 9 Total 140
Madhya Pradesh Source:[ 8]
Nagaland Party Votes % Seats +/– United Democratic Front 127,445 39.21 35 +10 Indian National Congress 65,616 20.19 15 New National Convention of Nagaland 38,528 11.85 1 New Independents 93,405 28.74 9 –3 Total 324,994 100.00 60 0 Valid votes 324,994 98.07 Invalid/blank votes 6,407 1.93 Total votes 331,401 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 403,454 82.14 Source: ECI[ 9]
Odisha
Punjab Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote % Shiromani Akali Dal 70 58 17,76,602 31.41% Janata Party 41 25 (new) 8,47,718 14.99% Indian National Congress 96 17 18,99,534 33.59% Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 8 1,98,144 3.50% Communist Party of India 18 7 3,72,711 6.59% Independents 435 2 5,41,958 9.58% Others 14 0 - 18,686 0.33% Total[ 10] 682 117 56,55,353
Rajasthan Party Votes % Seats +/– Janata Party 4,160,373 50.39 152 New Indian National Congress 2,599,772 31.49 41 –104 Communist Party of India 91,640 1.11 1 –3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 61,682 0.75 1 +1 Indian Union Muslim League 21,889 0.27 0 New Vishal Haryana Party 1,290 0.02 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 320 0.00 0 New Independents 1,319,053 15.98 5 –6 Total 8,256,019 100.00 200 +16 Valid votes 8,256,019 97.89 Invalid/blank votes 177,653 2.11 Total votes 8,433,672 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 15,494,289 54.43 Source: ECI[ 11]
Tamil Nadu The sixth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on June 10, 1977. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the election defeating its rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R), the AIADMK founder and a leading Tamil film actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four cornered contest between the AIADMK, DMK, the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Janata Party . Earlier on 17 October 1972, M.G.R had founded the AIADMK following his expulsion from the DMK after differences arose between him and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi . On 31 January 1976, Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the central government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi citing corruption charges against Karunanidhi and President's rule was imposed on the state. Karunanidhi had been at odds with Indira Gandhi over his opposition to Emergency and allied with Janata Party founded by Jayaprakash Narayan . Meanwhile, M.G.R had developed a close relationship with Indira Gandhi and supported the Emergency. M.G.R remained as Chief Minister until his death in 1987, winning the next two elections held in 1980 and 1984 .
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left Summary of the 1977 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %‡ AIADMK+ alliance 144 +142 5,734,692 33.5% AIADMK 130 +130 5,194,876 30.4% 35.4% CPI(M) 12 +12 477,835 2.8% 33.0% FBL 1 – 35,361 0.2% 62.0% IND 1 – 26,620 0.2% 42.9% DMK 48 -136 4,258,771 24.9% DMK 48 -136 4,258,771 24.9% 25.3% Congress alliance 32 +24 3,491,490 20.4% INC 27 +27 2,994,535 17.5% 20.8% CPI 5 -3 496,955 2.9% 20.4% Janata 10 +10 2,851,884 16.7% JNP 10 +10 2,851,884 16.7% 16.8% Others 1 -7 751,712 4.4% IND 1 -7 751,712 4.4% – Total 234 – 17,108,146 100% –
‡ : Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. [ 12]
Tripura Performance of the political parties in this election Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1972 Seats Communist Party of India 10 0 6,266 0.84% 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 51 352,652 47.00% 16 Indian National Congress 60 0 133,240 17.76% 41 Janata Party 59 0 78,479 10.46% - All India Forward Bloc 1 1 7,800 1.04% 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 12,446 1.66% - Proutist Bloc of India 6 0 2,139 0.29% - Congress for Democracy 59 0 66,913 9.08% - Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 28 4 59,474 7.93% 0 Independents 48 2 30,862 4.11% 2 Total 328 60 750,271
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Uttar Pradesh Party Votes % Seats +/– Janata Party 11,351,359 47.76 352 New Indian National Congress 7,592,107 31.94 47 –168 Communist Party of India 611,450 2.57 9 –7 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 136,850 0.58 1 –1 Others 241,821 1.02 0 0 Independents 3,832,832 16.13 16 +12 Total 23,766,419 100.00 425 +1 Valid votes 23,766,419 98.40 Invalid/blank votes 386,237 1.60 Total votes 24,152,656 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 52,345,606 46.14 Source: ECI[ 14]
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977.[ 15] Indira Gandhi 's government at the Centre. The Left Front won a landslide victory, much to the surprise of the left parties themselves. The 1977 election marked the beginning of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu leading the first Left Front cabinet.
Party Candidates Seats Votes % Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 224 178 5,080,828 35.46 All India Forward Bloc 36 25 750,229 5.24 Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 20 536,625 3.74 Revolutionary Communist Party of India 4 3 75,156 0.52 Marxist Forward Bloc 3 3 58,466 0.41 Biplobi Bangla Congress 2 1 35,457 0.25 LF independent 1 1 32,238 0.22 Janata Party 289 29 2,869,391 20.02 Indian National Congress (R) 290 20 3,298,063 23.02 Communist Party of India 63 2 375,560 2.62 Socialist Unity Centre of India 29 4 211,752 1.48 Indian Union Muslim League 32 1 54,942 0.38 Workers Party of India 2 1 29,221 0.20 Jharkhand Party 2 0 5,701 0.04 Republican Party of India 3 0 1,652 0.01 All India Gorkha League 2 0 810 0.01 Bharater Biplobi Communist Party 1 0 489 0.00 Independents 566 7 912,612 6.37 Total 1,572 294 14,329,201 100 Source: ECI
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