Elections in India in 1977 included Legislative Assembly (

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

) elections in several

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, including

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, Jammu and Kashmir,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, and

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Legislative Assembly elections

Bihar

Goa, Daman and Diu

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Number of Votes
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, - , , align="left", Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, , 29, , 15, , 116,339, , 38.49%, , 3 , - , , align="left",

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

, , 27, , 10, , 87,461, , 28.94%, , 9 , - , , align="left",

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

, , 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

Source

Jammu and Kashmir

Elections for the

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of Jammu and Kashmir were held in June 1977, which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.

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, newly revived from the former

Plebiscite Front The All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front, or Plebiscite Front, was a political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that called for a " popular plebiscite" to decide if the state should remain part of India, join Pakistan or become ...

, won an overwhelming majority and re-elected

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as the Chief Minister.

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

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Nagaland

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

The sixth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on June 10, 1977.

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(AIADMK) won the election defeating its rival

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

(DMK).

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

(M.G.R), the AIADMK founder and a leading

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actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four cornered contest between the AIADMK, DMK, the

(INC) and the

. 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

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and allied with

founded by

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. 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

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1977 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties

, - ! 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 The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief m ...

! style="background-color: #008000" , , 130 , +130 , 5,194,876 , 30.4% , 35.4% , - ,

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

! 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% , - ,

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! 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

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the

n state of

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) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

leader Jyoti Basu leading the first Left Front cabinet.

References

Sources

External links

Election Commission of India
{{Legislatures of India 1977 elections in India

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