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==Legislative Assembly elections==
==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Goa===
===Bihar===
An election was held in the [[India]]n [[Union territory]] of [[Goa]] in 1977, to elect 30 members to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]].<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3844-goa-1977/}}</ref>
{{Main|1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!colspan=2|Party!! Seats Contested !! Seats Won !! Seats Change !! Vote Share
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} || 311 || 214 || {{increase}} 214 || 42.7%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 286 || 57 || {{decrease}} 110 || 23.6%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} || 2206 || 24 || {{increase}} 7 || 23.7%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 73 || 21 || {{decrease}} 14 || 7.0%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 16 || 4 || {{decrease}} 14 || 0.9%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Party}} || 31 || 2 || {{increase}} 1 || 0.4%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal}} || 26 || 1 || New || 0.8%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}} || 21 || 1 || New || 0.5%
|-
|}
 
===Goa, Daman and Diu===
{{Main|1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3844-goa-1977/}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|<!-- color -->
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br />
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||29||15||116,339||38.49%||{{decrease}} 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||27||10||87,461||28.94%||{{increase}} 9
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||30||3||69,823||23.10%||{{increase}} 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||57||2||28,022||9.27%||{{increase}} 1
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''145'''||'''30'''||'''302,237'''||||
|-
|}
 
===Haryana===
{{Main|1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=1765566|seats1=75|sc1=
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=648422|seats2=3|sc2=
|party3=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes3=225478|seats3=5|sc3=
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=29196|seats4=0|sc4=
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=23191|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Center of India]]|votes6=2916|seats6=0|sc6=
|party7=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes7=2058|seats7=0|sc7=
|party8=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes8=1150|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=Independents|votes9=1082982|seats9=7|sc9=
|electorate=5938821
|invalid=47101
|source=ECI:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3819-haryana-1977 |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
}}


===Himachal Pradesh===
===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats won
! align="center" | % votes
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Janata Party]]'''||68||'''53'''||'''49.01'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||56||'''9'''||'''27.32'''
|-
|3||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||68||'''6'''||'''21.10'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''68'''||''' '''
|}
Source <ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH]</ref>


===Jammu and Kashmir===
===Jammu and Kashmir===
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Elections for the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in June 1977,<ref>[http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html 1977 J&K elections]</ref> which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.{{sfn|Guha|2008|loc=Section 23.III}}  
Elections for the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in June 1977,<ref>[http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html 1977 J&K elections]</ref> which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.{{sfn|Guha|2008|loc=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.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf Statistical report J&K 1977]</ref>
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]], newly revived from the former [[Plebiscite Front]], won an overwhelming majority and re-elected [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Chief Minister.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf Statistical report J&K 1977]</ref>
===Kerala===
{{Main|1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Party Wise Results'''
!Party
!Seats
!Alliance
|----
|----
|Indian National Congress (INC)
|38
| rowspan="5" style="background:skyblue; color:black;" | 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
| rowspan="4" style="background:#f00; color:black;" | 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===
{{Main|1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />Contested
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
! %<br />Votes
|- style="background:#90EE90;"
|    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 (politician)|Independent]]
|    320
|    5
|    -13
|    15.35%
|-
|   
|    '''Total'''   
|   
|    '''320'''
|   
|
|}


===Nagaland===
===Nagaland===
{{Main|1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[United Democratic Front (Nagaland)|United Democratic Front]]|votes1=127445|seats1=35|sc1=+10
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=65616|seats2=15|sc2=New
|party3=[[National Convention of Nagaland]]|votes3=38528|seats3=1|sc3=New
|party4=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes4=93405|seats4=9|sc4=–3
|total_sc=0
|invalid=6407
|electorate=403454
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3635-nagaland-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
===Odisha===
{{Main|1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! 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===
{{Main|1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!colspan=2|Party
!contested
!Seats won
!change in seats
!popular vote
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|70
|58
|{{increase}} 34
|17,76,602
|31.41%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[Janata Party]]
|41
|25
|(new)
|8,47,718
|14.99%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|96
|17
|{{decrease}} 49
|18,99,534
|33.59%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|8
|8
|{{increase}} 7
|1,98,144
|3.50%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|18
|7
|{{decrease}} 3
|3,72,711
|6.59%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|435
|2
|{{decrease}} 1
|5,41,958
|9.58%
|-
!
|Others
|14
|0
| -
|18,686
|0.33%
|-
!colspan=2 |Total<ref>{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1977 |url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |website=elections.in}}</ref>
!682
!117
!
!56,55,353
!
|}
===Rajasthan===
{{Main|1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=4160373|seats1=152|sc1=New
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=2599772|seats2=41|sc2=–104
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=91640|seats3=1|sc3=–3
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=61682|seats4=1|sc4=+1
|party5=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes5=21889|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes6=1290|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes7=320|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party21=Independents|votes21=1319053|seats21=5|sc21=–6
|total_sc=+16
|invalid=177653
|electorate=15494289
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
}}


===Tamil Nadu===
===Tamil Nadu===
{{Main|1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|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 [[Kollywood|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 [[The Emergency (India)|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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]] and [[1984 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election|1984]].
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 [[Kollywood|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 [[The Emergency (India)|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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]] and [[1984 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election|1984]].
[[File:1977 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
{{Election table|title=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. %<sup>‡</sup>
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''144'''
| '''+142'''
| '''5,734,692'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''33.5%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| 130
| +130
| 5,194,876
| 30.4%
| 35.4%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 12
| +12
| 477,835
| 2.8%
| 33.0%
|-
|[[All India Forward Bloc|FBL]]
! style="background-color: #800000" |
| 1
| –
| 35,361
| 0.2%
| 62.0%
|-
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IND]]
! style="background-color: olive" |
| 1
| –
| 26,620
| 0.2%
| 42.9%
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''48'''
| '''-136'''
| '''4,258,771'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''24.9%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|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%'''
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 27
| +27
| 2,994,535
| 17.5%
| 20.8%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|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%'''
|-
|[[Janata Party|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%'''
|-
|[[Independent politician|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;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
'''‡''': 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.
<br>Sources: Election Commission of India''' <ref>{{cite web
| last = Election Commission of India
| title = 1977 Election Statistical Report
| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf
| access-date = 19 April 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf
| archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}</ref>
{{refend}}
===Tripura===
{{Main|1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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 (India)|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
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 48
| 2
| 30,862
| 4.11%
| 2
|-
! Total
! 328
! 60
! 750,271
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1977/|title=1977 Tripura Election result}}</ref>


===West Bengal===
===West Bengal===
{{Main|1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] elections were held in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] on 14 June 1977.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1978">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|page=420}}</ref> The polls took place after the ousting of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government at the Centre. The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|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.
[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] elections were held in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] on 14 June 1977.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1978">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|page=420}}</ref> The polls took place after the ousting of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government at the Centre. The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|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.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan=2|Party
!Candidates
!Seats
!Votes
!%
|-
|rowspan=7 align=left|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|224
|178
|5,080,828
|35.46
|-
|align=left|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|36
|25
|750,229
|5.24
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|23
|20
|536,625
|3.74
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]<!-- Includes Sudhin Kumar in Howrah Central, who contested as an independent -->
|4
|3
|75,156
|0.52
|-
|align=left|[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]<!-- Includes Ram Chaterjee in Tarakeswar, who contested as an independent -->
|3
|3
|58,466
|0.41
|-
|align=left|[[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]<!-- Includes the candidates in Sabang and Indpur, not the third candidate belonging to the BBCP -->
|2
|1
|35,457
|0.25
|-
|align=left|LF independent
|1
|1
|32,238
|0.22
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Janata Party]]
|289
|29
|2,869,391
|20.02
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (R)]]
|290
|20
|3,298,063
|23.02
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]
|63
|2
|375,560
|2.62
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
|29
|4
|211,752
|1.48
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|32
|1
|54,942
|0.38
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Workers Party of India]]
|2
|1
|29,221
|0.20
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Jharkhand Party]]
|2
|0
|5,701
|0.04
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Republican Party of India]]
|3
|0
|1,652
|0.01
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[All India Gorkha League]]
|2
|0
|810
|0.01
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Bharater Biplobi Communist Party<!-- Which RCPI splinter group is this??? The one led by Anadi Das or the one led by B.B. Nandy??? -->
|1
|0
|489
|0.00
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Independents<!-- excluding the 3 independents of LF -->
|566
|7
|912,612
|6.37
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|'''Total'''
|'''1,572'''
|'''294'''
|'''14,329,201'''
|'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf ECI]
|}


==References==
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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.

Legislative Assembly elections

Bihar

Main article: 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won Seats Change Vote Share
Janata Party 311 214 Increase 214 42.7%
Indian National Congress 286 57 Decrease 110 23.6%
Independent politician 2206 24 Increase 7 23.7%
Communist Party of India 73 21 Decrease 14 7.0%
Communist Party of India 16 4 Decrease 14 0.9%
Jharkhand Party 31 2 Increase 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

Main article: 1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
e • d 
Political Party
 Seats contested
 Seats won
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 29 15 116,339 38.49% Decrease 3
Indian National Congress 27 10 87,461 28.94% Increase 9
Janata Party 30 3 69,823 23.10% Increase 3
Independents 57 2 28,022 9.27% Increase 1
Total 145 30 302,237

Haryana

Main article: 1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Janata Party1,765,56646.7075
Indian National Congress648,42217.153
Vishal Haryana Party225,4785.965
Communist Party of India29,1960.770
Communist Party of India (Marxist)23,1910.610
Socialist Unity Center of India2,9160.080
Republican Party of India2,0580.050
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)1,1500.030
Independents1,082,98228.647
Total3,780,959100.0090
Valid votes3,780,95998.77
Invalid/blank votes47,1011.23
Total votes3,828,060100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,938,82164.46
Source: ECI:[1]

Himachal Pradesh

Main article: 1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1 Janata Party 68 53 49.01
2 Indian National Congress 56 9 27.32
3 Independent 68 6 21.10
Total 68

Source [2]

Jammu and Kashmir

Main article: 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in June 1977,[3] which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.[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.[5]

Kerala

Main article: 1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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

Main article: 1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Source:[6]

SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		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

Main article: 1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
United Democratic Front127,44539.2135+10
Indian National Congress65,61620.1915New
National Convention of Nagaland38,52811.851New
Independents93,40528.749–3
Total324,994100.00600
Valid votes324,99498.07
Invalid/blank votes6,4071.93
Total votes331,401100.00
Registered voters/turnout403,45482.14
Source: ECI[7]

Odisha

Main article: 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

Main article: 1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Shiromani Akali Dal 70 58 Increase 34 17,76,602 31.41%
Janata Party 41 25 (new) 8,47,718 14.99%
Indian National Congress 96 17 Decrease 49 18,99,534 33.59%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 8 Increase 7 1,98,144 3.50%
Communist Party of India 18 7 Decrease 3 3,72,711 6.59%
Independents 435 2 Decrease 1 5,41,958 9.58%
Others 14 0 - 18,686 0.33%
Total[8] 682 117 56,55,353

Rajasthan

Main article: 1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Janata Party4,160,37350.39152New
Indian National Congress2,599,77231.4941–104
Communist Party of India91,6401.111–3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)61,6820.751+1
Indian Union Muslim League21,8890.270New
Vishal Haryana Party1,2900.020New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad3200.000New
Independents1,319,05315.985–6
Total8,256,019100.00200+16
Valid votes8,256,01997.89
Invalid/blank votes177,6532.11
Total votes8,433,672100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,494,28954.43
Source: ECI[9]

Tamil Nadu

Main article: 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.

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
e • d 
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.
Sources: Election Commission of India [10]

Tripura

Main article: 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

[11]

West Bengal

Main article: 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977.[12] 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.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
  3. ↑ 1977 J&K elections
  4. ↑ Guha 2008, Section 23.III.
  5. ↑ Statistical report J&K 1977
  6. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1977". elections.in.
  9. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ "1977 Tripura Election result".
  12. ↑ West Bengal (India); Jatindra Chandra Sengupta (1978). West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā. State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers. p. 420.

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