1975 elections in India
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This is a list of elections that happened in India during 1975. This is also the year when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency, one of the consequences of which was the suspension of elections.[1]
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Legislative Assembly elections
Gujarat
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 3,280,514 | 40.70 | 75 | -65 | |
| Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 1,901,751 | 23.60 | 56 | +40 | |
| Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksha | 929,428 | 11.53 | 12 | New | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 710,490 | 8.82 | 18 | -1 | |
| Bharatiya Lok Dal | 116,873 | 1.45 | 2 | New | |
| Rashtriya Majdoor Paksha | 97,719 | 1.21 | 1 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party (India) | 58,509 | 0.73 | 2 | +2 | |
| Others | 31,038 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 933,430 | 11.58 | 16 | +8 | |
| Total | 8,059,752 | 100.00 | 182 | +13 | |
| Valid votes | 8,059,752 | 95.93 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 342,317 | 4.07 | |||
| Total votes | 8,402,069 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,981,348 | 60.09 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||
Legislative By-elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| APHLC | Miriam D. Shira | 2,268 | 82.68% | New | |
| Independent | Jangsan Sangma | 475 | 17.32% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,793 | 65.37% |  6.54 | ||
| Turnout | 2,743 | ||||
Rajya Sabha elections
These people were elected and subsequently served from 1975 to 1981.
Gujarat
| Member Name | Party |
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| Harisinh B Mahida | INC |
| Viren J Shah | IND |
| Prof Ramlal Parikh | JAN |
Sikkim
- Leonard Soloman Saring – INC
West Bengal
| Member Name | Party |
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| Jaharlal Banerjee | |
| Pratima Bose | INC |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC |
| Prof D P Chattopadhyaya | INC |
| Kalyan Roy | CPI |
| Ahmad H Mondal | INC |