1977 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh

none The 1977 Indian general election was held following the end of the Emergency (1975–1977) imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. At the time, Uttar Pradesh had 85 Lok Sabha constituencies, the highest number of any Indian state.Malhotra Inder 2015-03-23 From the archive, 23 March 1977: Indira Gandhi loses election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/23/indira-gandhi-india-election-archive-1977 2026-07-07 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 The Janata Party (JP), formed in 1977 as an alliance of parties opposed to the Emergency—including the Indian National Congress (Organisation), Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, and the Socialist Party, along with later defectors from the Indian National Congress—won all 85 seats in Uttar Pradesh, completely defeating the Congress in the state.Darbhamulla Sruthi 2024-04-04 Elections that shaped India Janata Party wave takes over in 1977 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/elections-that-shaped-india-janata-party-1977-elections/article67525760.ece 2026-07-07 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X One of the most significant outcomes of the election was the defeat of incumbent Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the Rae Bareli constituency, where she lost to Raj Narain of the Janata Party. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi, was also defeated in the Amethi constituency by Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party.2004-03-28 How Amethi became a Gandhi bastion The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-amethi-became-a-gandhi-bastion/articleshow/586957.cms 2023-07-23 0971-8257 Although the Janata Party was formally established only after the 1977 general election, its candidates contested the election under the banner of the Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD). The 1977 Parliamentary Elections in India https://www.charansingh.org/sites/default/files/1977%2520Myron%2520Weiner.%2520The%25201977%2520Parliamentary%2520Elections%2520in%2520India.pdf Accordingly, the terms Janata Party (JP) and Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD) are used interchangeably in this article unless otherwise stated. List of Political Parties SourceIndia Inter-Parliamentary Union National Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Janata Party Janata Party 50px Morarji Desai 85 Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 50px 50px Indira Gandhi 85Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India50px50px 50px 13Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)50px50px 50px 2 State Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats All-India Muslim League Muslim League 50px 50px 50px 1 Registered (Unrecognised) Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Hindu Mahasabha Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 50px 50px 50px 2 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 50px 50px 50px 2 Ram Rajya Parishad Akhil Bharati Ramrajya Parishad 50px 50px 50px 2 Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya) Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya) 50px 50px 50px 2 Socialist Unity Centre of India Socialist Unity Centre of India 50px 50px 50px 1 Independents Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Independent politician Independent 50px 50px 50px 248 Election Poll Details + Electors Data Summary – Uttar Pradesh (1977 Lok Sabha Election) Statistic GEN SC ST Total Number of constituencies 67 18 0 85 Electors (Men) 22,090,803 5,990,134 0 28,080,937 Electors (Women) 18,724,793 5,128,567 0 23,853,360 Total electors 40,815,596 11,118,701 0 51,934,297 Electors who voted (Men) 14,006,622 3,609,911 0 17,616,533 Electors who voted (Women) 9,273,770 2,420,699 0 11,694,469 Total electors who voted 23,280,392 6,030,610 0 29,311,002 Poll percentage 57.04% 54.24% 0.00% 56.44% Valid votes 22,790,049 5,902,998 0 28,693,047 Rejected votes 490,343 127,612 0 617,955 Rejected vote percentage 2.11% 2.12% 0.00% 2.11% Missing votes 0 0 0 0 Number of polling stations 47,190 12,709 0 59,899 Average electors per polling station 865 875 0 867 Voter Turnout # Constituency Electors Voters Valid votes Poll % 1 Tehri Garhwal 5,38,207 2,48,586 2,41,732 46.19% 2 Garhwal 5,63,082 2,67,720 2,61,805 47.55% 3 Almora 5,71,452 2,50,422 2,41,192 43.82% 4 Nainital 5,40,445 3,26,678 3,18,170 60.45% 5 Bijnor (SC) 5,94,498 3,53,959 3,47,833 59.54% 6 Amroha 5,75,748 3,59,728 3,53,108 62.48% 7 Moradabad 5,51,951 3,09,125 3,03,595 56.01% 8 Rampur 6,33,744 4,24,796 4,15,682 67.03% 9 Sambhal 5,78,983 3,39,538 3,33,665 58.64% 10 Budaun 6,02,666 3,47,350 3,40,263 57.64% 11 Aonla 5,80,011 3,00,461 2,94,734 51.80% 12 Bareilly 5,63,569 2,99,752 2,94,183 53.19% 13 Pilibhit 5,93,586 3,42,429 3,34,675 57.69% 14 Shahjahanpur 6,39,675 3,62,713 3,55,931 56.70% 15 Kheri 6,12,725 2,94,415 2,85,610 48.05% 16 Shahabad 6,07,261 3,38,112 3,29,960 55.68% 17 Sitapur 5,90,648 3,16,664 3,09,913 53.61% 18 Misrikh (SC) 6,08,431 2,93,393 2,87,301 48.22% 19 Hardoi (SC) 5,95,289 3,10,249 3,03,585 52.12% 20 Lucknow 6,20,406 3,36,306 3,32,049 54.21% 21 Mohanlalganj (SC) 6,00,008 2,73,880 2,67,424 45.65% 22 Unnao 6,19,501 3,30,158 3,23,352 53.29% 23 Rae Bareli 6,32,817 3,42,742 3,32,122 54.16% 24 Pratapgarh 6,30,123 2,94,363 2,86,270 46.72% 25 Amethi 6,23,256 3,02,826 2,91,732 48.59% 26 Sultanpur 6,37,986 3,17,828 3,09,439 49.82% 27 Akbarpur (SC) 6,26,897 3,67,714 3,60,231 58.66% 28 Faizabad 6,14,376 3,16,102 3,07,968 51.45% 29 Bara Banki (SC) 6,02,833 3,05,749 2,98,295 50.72% 30 Kaiserganj 6,41,526 3,07,332 3,00,905 47.91% 31 Bahraich 6,53,318 3,13,363 3,04,670 47.96% 32 Balrampur 6,36,645 3,48,147 3,38,064 54.68% 33 Gonda 6,01,635 2,72,227 2,64,309 45.25% 34 Basti (SC) 6,39,639 3,21,757 3,11,449 50.30% 35 Domariaganj 6,57,832 4,01,100 3,88,730 60.97% 36 Khalilabad 6,41,772 3,87,762 3,78,455 60.42% 37 Bansgaon (SC) 6,31,621 3,08,310 2,99,196 48.81% 38 Gorakhpur 5,70,532 3,27,828 3,23,284 57.46% 39 Maharajganj 5,67,992 3,03,976 2,97,519 53.52% 40 Padrauna 6,20,038 3,22,441 3,12,222 52.00% 41 Deoria 6,62,864 3,44,697 3,35,555 52.00% 42 Salempur 6,74,680 3,58,364 3,51,801 53.12% 43 Ballia 6,61,187 3,69,791 3,62,663 55.93% 44 Ghosi 6,26,672 3,54,670 3,48,085 56.60% 45 Azamgarh 6,32,994 3,62,215 3,55,324 57.22% 46 Lalganj (SC) 6,66,278 3,49,841 3,42,056 52.51% 47 Machhlishahr 6,33,108 3,28,690 3,20,427 51.92% 48 Jaunpur 6,16,192 3,40,943 3,32,490 55.33% 49 Saidpur (SC) 6,56,237 3,67,894 3,60,809 56.06% 50 Ghazipur 6,39,586 3,72,070 3,64,231 58.17% 51 Chandauli 6,04,665 3,98,509 3,91,799 65.91% 52 Varanasi 6,42,595 3,58,755 3,52,173 55.83% 53 Robertsganj (SC) 6,37,043 3,29,826 3,21,535 51.77% 54 Mirzapur 6,27,411 3,21,471 3,13,044 51.24% 55 Phulpur 6,09,188 3,25,408 3,14,562 53.42% 56 Allahabad 6,25,143 3,38,537 3,30,419 54.15% 57 Chail (SC) 6,24,372 2,56,616 2,50,353 41.10% 58 Fatehpur 6,14,485 2,95,191 2,89,916 48.04% 59 Banda 5,62,759 2,95,306 2,86,479 52.47% 60 Hamirpur 5,49,096 3,17,289 3,05,999 57.78% 61 Jhansi 6,33,446 3,51,040 3,39,175 55.42% 62 Jalaun (SC) 6,02,642 3,75,548 3,67,583 62.32% 63 Ghatampur (SC) 6,07,421 3,64,722 3,58,204 60.04% 64 Bilhaur 6,20,424 3,71,190 3,64,539 59.83% 65 Kanpur 6,57,627 3,83,842 3,79,992 58.37% 66 Etawah 5,89,325 3,70,214 3,64,143 62.82% 67 Kannauj 6,18,335 4,18,893 4,11,313 67.75% 68 Farrukhabad 6,37,847 3,73,816 3,69,180 58.61% 69 Mainpuri 6,03,450 3,74,342 3,68,223 62.03% 70 Jalesar 5,76,262 3,70,895 3,65,102 64.36% 71 Etah 5,64,767 3,78,143 3,72,705 66.96% 72 Firozabad (SC) 6,11,215 3,21,138 3,15,502 52.54% 73 Agra 5,66,094 3,72,202 3,66,034 65.75% 74 Mathura 6,24,422 3,92,137 3,86,124 62.80% 75 Hathras (SC) 6,48,461 4,01,699 3,93,889 61.95% 76 Aligarh 6,20,338 4,01,923 3,96,356 64.79% 77 Khurja (SC) 6,11,632 3,64,979 3,59,795 59.67% 78 Bulandshahr 6,29,818 4,08,756 4,02,569 64.90% 79 Hapur 6,31,729 4,32,445 4,25,703 68.45% 80 Meerut 5,95,444 4,04,051 3,99,421 67.86% 81 Baghpat 6,10,712 4,56,968 4,51,064 74.83% 82 Muzaffarnagar 5,73,365 4,05,916 4,00,913 70.80% 83 Kairana 5,70,885 3,81,053 3,75,373 66.75% 84 Saharanpur 5,95,173 3,97,670 3,91,845 66.82% 85 Hardwar (SC) 5,54,184 3,63,336 3,57,958 65.56% Total 5,19,34,297 2,93,11,002 2,86,93,047 56.44% Results Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Janata PartyJP 1,95,30,435 68.07 85 85 Indian National CongressINC 71,70,182 24.99 85 0 Communist Party of IndiaCPI 3,16,387 1.10 13 0 OthersOthers 1,14,191 0.39 12 0 Independent politicianIND 15,61,852 5.44 248 0 Total 2,86,93,047 100% - 443 85 - Detailed Results SourceGeneral Election, 1977 (Vol I, II) https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240317194759/https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/ 2024-03-17 2026-07-07 Election Commission of India en-IN live Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Tehri Garhwal Trepan Singh Negi Janata Party 1,41,338 58.47 Hira Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 70,267 29.0771,07129.40 2 Garhwal Jagannath Sharma Janata Party 1,80,944 69.11 Chandramohan Singh Indian National Congress 76,351 29.161,04,59339.95 3 Almora Murli Manohar Joshi Janata Party 1,53,409 63.60 Narendra Singh Bisht Indian National Congress 75,933 31.4877,47632.12 4 Nainital Bharat Bhushan Janata Party 1,96,304 61.70 K. C. Pant Indian National Congress 1,11,658 35.0984,64626.61 5 Bijnor (SC) Mahi Lal Janata Party 2,58,663 74.36 Ram Dayal Indian National Congress 62,849 18.071,95,81456.29 6 Amroha Chandrapal Singh Janata Party 2,09,895 59.44 Sattar Ahmad Indian National Congress 73,401 20.791,36,49438.65 7 Moradabad Gulam Mohd. Khan Janata Party 1,96,648 64.77 D.N. Sinha Indian National Congress 57,797 19.041,38,85145.73 8 Rampur Rajendra Kumar Sharma Janata Party 2,37,708 57.19 Zulfiquar Ali Khan Indian National Congress 1,49,630 36.0088,07821.19 9 Sambhal Shanti Devi Janata Party 2,14,520 64.29 Jugal Kishore Indian National Congress 81,656 24.471,32,86439.82 10 Budaun Onkar Singh Janata Party 2,31,556 68.05 Mushir Ahmad Khan Indian National Congress 88,904 26.131,42,65241.92 11 Aonla Brij Raj Singh Janata Party 1,96,703 66.74 Savitri Shyam Indian National Congress 59,515 20.191,37,18846.55 12 Bareilly Ram Murti Janata Party 1,96,147 66.68 Satish Chandra Indian National Congress 88,462 30.071,07,68536.61 13 Pilibhit Md Shamsul Hasan Khan Janata Party 2,38,691 71.32 Mohan Swarup Indian National Congress 66,015 19.731,72,67651.59 14 Shahjahanpur Surendra Vikram Janata Party 2,42,026 68.00 Kunwar Jitendra Prasad Indian National Congress 86,602 24.331,55,42443.67 15 Kheri S.B. Shah Janata Party 1,73,813 60.86 Bal Govind Verma Indian National Congress 99,509 34.8474,30426.02 16 Shahabad Ganga Bhakt Singh Janata Party 1,99,387 60.43 Dharmgaj Singh Indian National Congress 97,839 29.651,01,54830.78 17 Sitapur Hargovind Verma Janata Party 1,94,400 62.73 Jagdish Chandra Dixit Indian National Congress 84,425 27.241,09,97535.49 18 Misrikh (SC) Ram Lal Rahi Janata Party 2,06,727 71.95 Sankta Prasad Indian National Congress 80,574 28.051,26,15343.90 19 Hardoi (SC) Parmai Lal Janata Party 1,91,873 63.20 Kindar Lal Indian National Congress 77,586 25.561,14,28737.64 20 Lucknow Hemwati Bahuguna Janata Party 2,42,362 72.99 Sheila Kaul Indian National Congress 77,017 23.191,65,34549.80 21 Mohanlalganj (SC) Ram Lal Kuril Janata Party 2,03,445 76.08 Ganga Devi Indian National Congress 47,703 17.841,55,74258.24 22 Unnao Raghavendra Singh Janata Party 2,25,122 69.62 Zairu Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress 64,248 19.871,60,87449.75 23 Rae Bareli Raj Narain Janata Party 1,77,719 53.51 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress 1,22,517 36.8955,20216.62 24 Pratapgarh Roop Nath Singh Yadav Janata Party 2,06,339 72.08 Dinesh Singh Indian National Congress 57,019 19.921,49,32052.16 25 Amethi Ravindra Pratap Singh Janata Party 1,76,410 60.47 Sanjay Gandhi Indian National Congress 1,00,566 34.4775,84426.00 26 Sultanpur Zulfikar Ullah Janata Party 2,32,330 75.08 Kedar Nath Singh Indian National Congress 66,796 21.591,65,53453.49 27 Akbarpur (SC) Mangal Deo Visharad Janata Party 2,81,082 78.03 Ramji Ram Indian National Congress 69,256 19.232,11,82658.80 28 Faizabad Anant Ram Jaiswal Janata Party 2,13,719 69.40 Ram Krishna Sinha Indian National Congress 65,916 21.401,47,80348.00 29 Bara Banki (SC) Ram Kinkar Janata Party 2,06,061 69.08 Baijnath Kureel Indian National Congress 58,650 19.661,47,41149.42 30 Kaiserganj Rudra Sen Janata Party 1,90,807 63.41 Kunwar Rudra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 66,011 21.941,24,79641.47 31 Bahraich Om Prakash Tyagi Janata Party 1,86,946 61.36 Sardar Jogendra Singh Indian National Congress 85,527 28.071,01,41933.29 32 Balrampur Nanaji Deshmukh Janata Party 2,17,254 64.26 Raj Lakshmi Kumari Indian National Congress 1,03,248 30.541,14,00633.72 33 Gonda Satya Deo Singh Janata Party 1,57,963 59.76 Anand Singh Indian National Congress 86,690 32.8071,27326.96 34 Basti (SC) Sheo Narain Janata Party 2,16,542 69.53 Anant Prasad Dhusia Indian National Congress 76,165 24.461,40,37745.07 35 Domariaganj Madhav Prasad Tripathi Janata Party 2,66,876 68.65 Keshav Deo Malviya Indian National Congress 1,08,050 27.801,58,82640.85 36 Khalilabad Brij Bhushan Tiwari Janata Party 2,71,395 71.71 Krishna Chandra Indian National Congress 93,935 24.821,77,46046.89 37 Bansgaon (SC) Phirangi Prasad Janata Party 2,25,143 75.25 Sukh Deo Prasad Indian National Congress 74,053 24.751,51,09050.50 38 Gorakhpur Harikesh Bahadur Janata Party 2,38,635 73.82 Narsingh Narain Pandey Indian National Congress 55,581 17.191,83,05456.63 39 Maharajganj Shibban Lal Saksena Janata Party 1,84,090 61.88 Raghubar Prasad Indian National Congress 52,099 17.511,31,99144.37 40 Padrauna Ram Dhari Shastri Janata Party 2,15,660 69.07 Genda Singh Indian National Congress 96,562 30.931,19,09838.14 41 Deoria Ugrasen Janata Party 2,58,864 77.15 Vishwa Nath Indian National Congress 76,691 22.851,82,17354.30 42 Salempur Ram Naresh Kushwaha Janata Party 2,53,659 72.10 Tarkeshwar Pandey Indian National Congress 72,738 20.681,80,92151.42 43 Ballia Chandra Shekhar Janata Party 2,62,641 72.42 Chandrika Prasad Indian National Congress 95,423 26.311,67,21846.11 44 Ghosi Shivram Janata Party 1,91,190 54.93 Ram Kunwar Indian National Congress 77,558 22.281,13,63232.65 45 Azamgarh Ram Naresh Janata Party 2,38,985 67.26 Chandrajeet Indian National Congress 1,01,175 28.471,37,81038.79 46 Lalganj (SC) Ramdhan Janata Party 2,53,068 73.98 Lalsa Indian National Congress 88,988 26.021,64,08047.96 47 Machhlishahr Raj Keshar Singh Janata Party 2,11,193 65.91 Nageshwar Dwivedi Indian National Congress 84,137 26.261,27,05639.65 48 Jaunpur Yadvendra Dutta Dubey Janata Party 2,09,923 63.14 Raj Deo Singh Indian National Congress 1,10,051 33.1099,87230.04 49 Saidpur (SC) Ram Sagar Janata Party 2,67,155 74.04 Sankatha Prasad Shastri Indian National Congress 77,087 21.371,90,06852.67 50 Ghazipur Gauri Shanker Rai Janata Party 1,95,258 53.61 Zainul Bashar Indian National Congress 1,00,913 27.7194,34525.90 51 Chandauli Narsingh Janata Party 2,89,376 73.86 Chanda Indian National Congress 84,960 21.682,04,41652.18 52 Varanasi Chandra Shekher Janata Party 2,33,194 66.22 Raja Ram Indian National Congress 61,340 17.421,71,85448.80 53 Robertsganj (SC) Sheo Sampat Janata Party 2,35,164 73.14 Ram Swaroop Indian National Congress 72,120 22.431,63,04450.71 54 Mirzapur Faqir Ali Janata Party 1,92,000 61.33 Aziz Imam Indian National Congress 91,040 29.081,00,96032.25 55 Phulpur Kamala Bahuguna Janata Party 2,05,038 65.18 Ram Pujan Patel Indian National Congress 82,686 26.291,22,35238.89 56 Allahabad Janeshwar Mishra Janata Party 1,90,697 57.71 Vishwanath Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 1,00,709 30.4889,98827.23 57 Chail (SC) Ram Nihor Rakesh Janata Party 1,74,012 69.51 Jagdish Prasad Indian National Congress 57,291 22.881,16,72146.63 58 Fatehpur Bashir Ahmad Janata Party 2,27,808 78.58 Sant Bux Singh Indian National Congress 57,319 19.771,70,48958.81 59 Banda Ambika Prasad Janata Party 1,38,848 48.47 Rameshwar Prasad Indian National Congress 81,353 28.4057,49520.07 60 Hamirpur Tej Pratap Singh Janata Party 1,65,488 54.08 Swami Brahma Nandji Indian National Congress 84,213 27.5281,27526.56 61 Jhansi Sushila Naiyar Janata Party 2,22,118 65.49 Govind Das Richharia Indian National Congress 91,633 27.021,30,48538.47 62 Jalaun (SC) Ramcharan Janata Party 2,76,429 75.20 Chowdhary Ram Sewak Indian National Congress 91,154 24.801,85,27550.40 63 Ghatampur (SC) Jwala Prasad Kureel Janata Party 2,71,854 75.89 Radhey Shyam Indian National Congress 86,350 24.111,85,50451.78 64 Bilhaur Ram Gopal Singh Janata Party 2,56,306 70.31 Sushila Rohtagi Indian National Congress 88,131 24.181,68,17546.13 65 Kanpur Manohar Lal Janata Party 2,69,629 70.96 Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 95,340 25.091,74,28945.87 66 Etawah Arjun Singh Bhadoria Janata Party 2,76,214 75.85 Shri Shankar Tewari Indian National Congress 66,049 18.142,10,16557.71 67 Kannauj Ram Prakash Tripathi Janata Party 2,87,612 69.93 Balram Singh Yadav Indian National Congress 1,16,570 28.341,71,04241.59 68 Farrukhabad Daya Ram Shakya Janata Party 2,63,287 71.32 Awdhesh Chandra Singh Indian National Congress 76,862 20.821,86,42550.50 69 Mainpuri Raghunath Singh Verma Janata Party 2,89,426 78.60 Maharaj Singh Indian National Congress 64,304 17.462,25,12261.14 70 Jalesar Multan Singh Chaudhary Janata Party 2,69,054 73.69 Rohan Lal Indian National Congress 62,508 17.122,06,54656.57 71 Etah Mahadeepak Singh Janata Party 2,68,136 71.94 Mustafa Rashid Shervani Indian National Congress 86,616 23.241,81,52048.70 72 Firozabad (SC) Ramji Lal Suman Janata Party 2,32,679 73.75 Raja Ram Pipal Indian National Congress 75,915 24.061,56,76449.69 73 Agra Shambhu Nath Chaturvedi Janata Party 2,57,472 70.34 Achal Singh Indian National Congress 96,920 26.481,60,55243.86 74 Mathura Maniram Janata Party 2,96,518 76.79 Ramhet Singh Indian National Congress 81,253 21.042,15,26555.75 75 Hathras (SC) Ram Prasad Deshmukh Janata Party 3,00,907 76.39 Chandra Pal Shailani Indian National Congress 92,982 23.612,07,92552.78 76 Aligarh Nawab Singh Chauhan Janata Party 2,80,811 70.85 Ghan Shyam Singh Indian National Congress 90,053 22.721,90,75848.13 77 Khurja (SC) Mohan Lal Janata Party 2,89,737 80.53 Hari Singh Indian National Congress 63,920 17.772,25,81762.76 78 Bulandshahr Mahmood Hassan Khan Janata Party 2,92,611 72.69 Kr. Surendra Pal Singh Indian National Congress 81,598 20.272,11,01352.42 79 Hapur Kunwar Mahood Ali Khan Janata Party 2,68,074 62.97 B.P. Maurya Indian National Congress 1,32,677 31.171,35,39731.80 80 Meerut Kailash Prakash Janata Party 2,53,035 63.35 Shahnawaz Khan Indian National Congress 1,28,303 32.121,24,73231.23 81 Baghpat Chaudhari Charan Singh Janata Party 2,86,301 63.47 Ram Chandra Vikal Indian National Congress 1,64,763 36.531,21,53826.94 82 Muzaffarnagar Saeed Murtaza Janata Party 2,70,644 67.51 Varun Singh Indian National Congress 87,985 21.951,82,65945.56 83 Kairana Chandan Singh Janata Party 2,42,500 64.60 Shafquat Jang Indian National Congress 95,642 25.481,46,85839.12 84 Saharanpur Rasheed Masood Janata Party 2,63,777 67.32 Zahid Hasan Indian National Congress 1,00,392 25.621,63,38541.70 85 Hardwar (SC) Bhagwan Dass Janata Party 2,55,091 71.26 Sunder Lal Indian National Congress 77,888 21.761,77,20349.50 Aftermath The 1980 Janata Party split marked the disintegration of the anti-Emergency coalition that had formed India's first non-Congress government at the Centre. The split resulted from ideological differences, leadership rivalries, and a dispute over the issue of dual membership, concerning members who were also associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The fragmentation of the party paved the way for the return of Indira Gandhi and the Indian National Congress (I) to power in the 1980 Indian general election. Background The Janata Party government, formed after the 1977 Indian general election, was a coalition of several parties with differing political ideologies. It was weakened by internal power struggles involving Prime Minister Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, and Jagjivan Ram, as well as disagreements over policy and leadership. 1979 split and fall of the government In July 1979, internal divisions reached a climax when leaders including Charan Singh and Raj Narain accused former members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh of maintaining links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, despite their membership in the Janata Party. Singh and his supporters subsequently broke away to form the Janata Party (Secular). Following the split, the Morarji Desai government lost its parliamentary majority. Desai resigned as Prime Minister in July 1979 before facing a vote of no confidence. Charan Singh was subsequently sworn in as Prime Minister with outside support from the Indian National Congress (I), but Congress withdrew its support before he could prove his majority in the Lok Sabha, leading to the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of fresh general elections. 1980 split and formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party Following the Janata Party's defeat in the 1980 Indian general election, the party's internal conflicts intensified. In April 1980, the party's national executive resolved that members could not simultaneously belong to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, bringing the long-standing dual membership controversy to a head. Former members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh rejected the resolution and left the Janata Party. On 6 April 1980, they founded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with Lal Krishna Advani and other former Jana Sangh leaders playing prominent roles. The remaining socialist and secular factions continued to function as the Janata Party, although the party never regained the political prominence it had achieved following the 1977 general election. See Also 1977 Indian general election 1977 Indian general election in West Bengal Janata Party (Secular) References Uttar Pradesh Category:Indian general elections in Uttar Pradesh