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

Results

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps19 March 1977Kerala C. Achutha Menon K. Karunakaran 10 June 1977 Tamil NaduPresident's Rule M. G. Ramachandran RajasthanPresident's Rule Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Uttar PradeshPresident's Rule Ram Naresh Yadav PunjabPresident's Rule Parkash Singh Badal OdishaPresident's Rule Nilamani Routray Himachal PradeshPresident's Rule Shanta Kumar BiharPresident's Rule Karpoori Thakur 14 June 1977West Bengal Siddhartha Shankar Ray Jyoti Basu Goa, Daman and Diu Shashikala Kakodkar Shashikala Kakodkar 9 July 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Sheik Abdullah Sheik Abdullah 6 October 1977 Haryana Devi Lal Devi Lal Madhya PradeshPresident's Rule Kailash Chandra Joshi 18 November 1977 NagalandPresident's Rule United Democratic Front (Nagaland) Vizol Koso 31 December 1977 TripuraPresident's Rule Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty

Legislative Assembly elections Bihar

Party Seats contested Seats won Seats Change Vote Share 311 214 214 42.7% 286 57 110 23.6% 2206 24 7 23.7% 73 21 14 7.0% 16 4 14 0.9% 31 2 1 0.4% 26 1 New 0.8% 21 1 New 0.5%

Goa, Daman and Diu

|- 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

|align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||29||15||116,339||38.49%|| 3

|align="left"|Indian National Congress||27||10||87,461||28.94%|| 9

|align="left"|Janata Party||30||3||69,823||23.10%|| 3

|align="left"|Independents||57||2||28,022||9.27%|| 1

|align="left"|Total||145||30||302,237||||

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

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

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. 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

Kerala

+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

Source: 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

Odisha

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

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%Total68211756,55,353

Rajasthan

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.

! 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: " | | 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: " | | 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

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

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977. 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

External links

Election Commission of India