1977 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1975 elections in India 1975 1977 1978 elections in India 1978 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 350px Janata Party 78062828 295 +209 Indian National Congress (R) 65211589 154 –198 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8113659 22 –3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5480378 18 New Communist Party of India 5322088 7 –16 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3323320 2 –21 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 3252217 3 –13 Shiromani Akali Dal 2373331 9 +8 Peasants and Workers Party of India 1030232 5 +5 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 956072 2 +2 Revolutionary Socialist Party 851164 4 +1 All India Forward Bloc 633644 3 +1 Indian Union Muslim League 565007 2 0 Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) 526937 0 New Kerala Congress 491674 2 –1 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 483192 2 New Muslim League (Opposition) 318979 0 New Socialist Unity Centre of India 280995 0 0 Vishal Haryana Party 192867 0 –1 Republican Party of India 155972 0 –1 All India Jharkhand Party 126288 1 0 United Democratic Front 124627 1 New Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 118748 1 +1 Jharkhand Party 116961 0 New Manipur Peoples Party 109130 0 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya) 96753 0 New Revolutionary Communist Party of India 45047 0 0 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 35916 0 New Hindu Mahasabha 35419 0 0 Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 27116 0 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 26169 0 0 All India Labour Party 17191 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 12509 0 0 All India Shiromani Baba Jivan Singh Mazabhi Dal 5868 0 New Independents 10393617 9 –5 Appointed Anglo-Indians 2 0 5346411 321174327 +23 ECI Results Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps19 March 1977Kerala Indian National CongressC. Achutha Menon Indian National CongressK. Karunakaran50px Communist Party of India Communist Party of India 10 June 1977 Tamil NaduPresident's Rule All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. G. Ramachandran 50px RajasthanPresident's Rule Janata Party Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 50px Uttar PradeshPresident's Rule Janata Party Ram Naresh Yadav 50px PunjabPresident's Rule Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal 50px OdishaPresident's Rule Janata Party Nilamani Routray 50px Himachal PradeshPresident's Rule Janata Party Shanta Kumar 50px BiharPresident's Rule Janata Party Karpoori Thakur 50px14 June 1977West Bengal Indian National Congress Siddhartha Shankar Ray Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes Jyoti Basu 50px Goa, Daman and Diu Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Shashikala Kakodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Shashikala Kakodkar 50px9 July 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Sheik Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Sheik Abdullah 50px 6 October 1977 Haryana Janata Party Devi Lal Janata Party Devi Lal 50px Madhya PradeshPresident's Rule Janata Party Kailash Chandra Joshi 50px 18 November 1977 NagalandPresident's Rule United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland) United Democratic Front (Nagaland) Vizol Koso 50px 31 December 1977 TripuraPresident's Rule Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty 50px Legislative Assembly elections Bihar 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Party Seats contested Seats won Seats Change Vote ShareJanata Party 311 214 214 42.7%Indian National Congress 286 57 110 23.6%Independent politician 2206 24 7 23.7%Communist Party of India 73 21 14 7.0%Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 4 14 0.9%Jharkhand Party 31 2 1 0.4%Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal 26 1 New 0.8%All India Jharkhand Party 21 1 New 0.5% Goa, Daman and Diu 1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA Election Commission of India https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3844-goa-1977/ yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||29||15||116,339||38.49%|| 3 |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||27||10||87,461||28.94%|| 9 |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party||30||3||69,823||23.10%|| 3 |- | Independent politician |align="left"|Independents||57||2||28,022||9.27%|| 1 |- | |align="left"|Total||145||30||302,237|||| |- |} Haryana 1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election File:India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1977.svg Janata Party 1765566 75 Indian National Congress 648422 3 Vishal Haryana Party 225478 5 Communist Party of India 29196 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 23191 0 Socialist Unity Center of India 2916 0 Republican Party of India 2058 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1150 0 Independents 1082982 7 5938821 47101 ECI:https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3819-haryana-1977 Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana Election Commission of India 12 September 2021 Himachal Pradesh 1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes1Janata Party685349.012Indian National Congress56927.323Independent68621.10 Total 68 Source STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Jammu and Kashmir 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in June 1977,1977 J&K elections which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.Guha 2008 Section 23.III Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, newly revived from the former Plebiscite Front, won an overwhelming majority and re-elected Sheikh Abdullah as the Chief Minister.Statistical report J&K 1977 File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1977.svg Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 807166 47 0 Janata Party 414259 13 New Indian National Congress (R) 294911 11 47 Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir 62654 1 4 Others 1903 0 0 Independents 165477 4 1 1 57734 2684992 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3791-jammu-kashmir-1977/ Jammu & Kashmir 1977 Election Commission of India 22 June 2022 Kerala 1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election +Party Wise ResultsPartySeatsAllianceIndian National Congress (INC)38 United FrontCommunist Party of India (CPI)23Kerala Congress (KEC)20Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)13Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)9Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)17 OppositionBhartiya Lok Dal (BLD)6All India Muslim League (Opposition) (AIML)3Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)2Independent (IND)9Total140 Madhya Pradesh 1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Source:STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf eci.nic.in Election Commission of India 27 May 2018 SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed %Votes 1 Janata Party 319 230 N/A 47.28% 2 Indian National Congress (I) 320 84 -136 35.88% 3 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 4 1 N/A 2.88% 4 Independent 320 5 -13 15.35% Total 320 Nagaland 1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1977.svg United Democratic Front 127445 35 +10 Indian National Congress 65616 15 New National Convention of Nagaland 38528 1 New Independents 93405 9 –3 0 6407 403454 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3635-nagaland-1977/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland Election Commission of India 16 August 2021 Odisha 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes % Janata Party 147 110 2527787 49.2% Indian National Congress 146 26 1594505 31.0% Independents 264 9 738545 14.4% Communist Party of India 25 1 183485 3.6% Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 1 45219 0.9% All India Jharkhand Party 10 0 25002 0.5% Socialist Unity Centre of India 6 0 18773 0.4% Jharkhand Party 2 0 7233 0.1% Punjab 1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Partycontested Seats wonchange in seats popular vote % Shiromani Akali Dal7058 3417,76,60231.41% Janata Party4125(new)8,47,71814.99% Indian National Congress9617 4918,99,53433.59% Communist Party of India (Marxist)88 71,98,1443.50% Communist Party of India187 33,72,7116.59% Independents4352 15,41,9589.58%Others140 -18,6860.33%TotalPunjab Assembly Election Results in 1977 http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html elections.in68211756,55,353 Rajasthan 1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1977.svg Janata Party 4160373 152 New Indian National Congress 2599772 41 –104 Communist Party of India 91640 1 –3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 61682 1 +1 Indian Union Muslim League 21889 0 New Vishal Haryana Party 1290 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 320 0 New Independents 1319053 5 –6 +16 177653 15494289 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 26 December 2021 Tamil Nadu 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 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. thumb|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 |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party !style="width:4px" | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡ |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: AIADMK" | | 144 | +142 | 5,734,692 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 33.5% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | | 130 | +130 | 5,194,876 | 30.4% | 35.4% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | | 12 | +12 | 477,835 | 2.8% | 33.0% |- |FBL ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | – | 35,361 | 0.2% | 62.0% |- |IND ! style="background-color: olive" | | 1 | – | 26,620 | 0.2% | 42.9% |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK ! style="background-color: DMK" | | 48 | -136 | 4,258,771 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 24.9% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | | 48 | -136 | 4,258,771 | 24.9% | 25.3% |- ! style="background-color:#00FFFF; color:black"|Congress alliance ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 32 | +24 | 3,491,490 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 20.4% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 27 | +27 | 2,994,535 | 17.5% | 20.8% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | | 5 | -3 | 496,955 | 2.9% | 20.4% |- ! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|Janata ! style="background-color:yellow" | | 10 | +10 | 2,851,884 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 16.7% |- |JNP ! style="background-color: #FFFF00" | | 10 | +10 | 2,851,884 | 16.7% | 16.8% |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | | 1 | -7 | 751,712 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 4.4% |- |IND ! style="background-color: #666666" | | 1 | -7 | 751,712 | 4.4% | – |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – | 17,108,146 | 100% | style="text-align:center;" | – |- |} ‡: 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. Sources: Election Commission of India Election Commission of India 1977 Election Statistical Report http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 19 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 7 Oct 2010 Tripura 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election + 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 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1977/ 1977 Tripura Election result Uttar Pradesh File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977.svg Janata Party 11351359 352 New Indian National Congress 7592107 47 –168 Communist Party of India 611450 9 –7 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 136850 1 –1 Others 241821 0 0 Independents 3832832 16 +12 +1 386237 52345606 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3253-uttar-pradesh-1977/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Election Commission of India 22 January 2022 West Bengal 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977.West Bengal (India) Jatindra Chandra Sengupta West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ 1978 State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers 420 The polls took place after the ousting of 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. PartyCandidatesSeatsVotes%Left FrontCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2241785,080,82835.46All India Forward Bloc3625750,2295.24Revolutionary Socialist Party2320536,6253.74Revolutionary Communist Party of India4375,1560.52Marxist Forward Bloc3358,4660.41Biplobi Bangla Congress2135,4570.25LF independent1132,2380.22Janata Party289292,869,39120.02Indian National Congress (R)290203,298,06323.02Communist Party of India632375,5602.62Socialist Unity Centre of India294211,7521.48Indian Union Muslim League32154,9420.38Workers Party of India2129,2210.20Jharkhand Party205,7010.04Republican Party of India301,6520.01All India Gorkha League208100.01Bharater Biplobi Communist Party104890.00Independents5667912,6126.37Total1,57229414,329,201100Source: ECI References Sources Guha Ramachandra Ramachandra Guha India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy Pan Macmillan 2008 978-0330396110 https://books.google.com/books?id=29lXtwoeA44C External links Election Commission of India Category:1977 elections in India India Category:1977 in Indian politics Category:Elections in India by year