1977 elections in India

Bihar

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Party		Seats contested	Seats won	Seats Change	Vote Share
	Janata Party	311	214	214	42.7%
	Indian National Congress	286	57	110	23.6%
	Independent politician	2206	24	7	23.7%
	Communist Party of India	73	21	14	7.0%
	Communist Party of India	16	4	14	0.9%
	Jharkhand Party	31	2	1	0.4%
	Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal	26	1	New	0.8%
	All India Jharkhand Party	21	1	New	0.5%

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Goa, Daman and Diu

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Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977^[1]

	Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	29	15	116,339	38.49%	3
	Indian National Congress	27	10	87,461	28.94%	9
	Janata Party	30	3	69,823	23.10%	3
	Independents	57	2	28,022	9.27%	1
	Total	145	30	302,237

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Haryana

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Janata Party	1,765,566	46.70	75
	Indian National Congress	648,422	17.15	3
	Vishal Haryana Party	225,478	5.96	5
	Communist Party of India	29,196	0.77	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	23,191	0.61	0
	Socialist Unity Center of India	2,916	0.08	0
	Republican Party of India	2,058	0.05	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	1,150	0.03	0
	Independents	1,082,982	28.64	7
Total		3,780,959	100.00	90
Valid votes		3,780,959	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		47,101	1.23
Total votes		3,828,060	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,938,821	64.46
Source: ECI:[2]

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Himachal Pradesh

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Jammu and Kashmir

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in June 1977,^[4] which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.^[5] Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, newly revived from the former Plebiscite Front, won an overwhelming majority and re-elected Sheikh Abdullah as the Chief Minister.^[6]

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	807,166	46.22	47	0
	Janata Party	414,259	23.72	13	New
	Indian National Congress (R)	294,911	16.89	11	47
	Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir	62,654	3.59	1	4
	Others	1,903	0.11	0	0
	Independents	165,477	9.48	4	1
Total		1,746,370	100.00	76	1
Valid votes		1,746,370	96.80
Invalid/blank votes		57,734	3.20
Total votes		1,804,104	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,684,992	67.19
Source: ECI[7]

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Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

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Nagaland

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Democratic Front	127,445	39.21	35	+10
	Indian National Congress	65,616	20.19	15	New
	National Convention of Nagaland	38,528	11.85	1	New
	Independents	93,405	28.74	9	–3
Total		324,994	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		324,994	98.07
Invalid/blank votes		6,407	1.93
Total votes		331,401	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		403,454	82.14
Source: ECI[9]

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Odisha

Punjab

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Party		contested	Seats won	change in seats	popular vote	%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	70	58	34	17,76,602	31.41%
	Janata Party	41	25	(new)	8,47,718	14.99%
	Indian National Congress	96	17	49	18,99,534	33.59%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	8	7	1,98,144	3.50%
	Communist Party of India	18	7	3	3,72,711	6.59%
	Independents	435	2	1	5,41,958	9.58%
	Others	14	0	-	18,686	0.33%
Total[10]		682	117		56,55,353

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Rajasthan

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Janata Party	4,160,373	50.39	152	New
	Indian National Congress	2,599,772	31.49	41	–104
	Communist Party of India	91,640	1.11	1	–3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	61,682	0.75	1	+1
	Indian Union Muslim League	21,889	0.27	0	New
	Vishal Haryana Party	1,290	0.02	0	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	320	0.00	0	New
	Independents	1,319,053	15.98	5	–6
Total		8,256,019	100.00	200	+16
Valid votes		8,256,019	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		177,653	2.11
Total votes		8,433,672	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,494,289	54.43
Source: ECI[11]

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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.

Tripura

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Uttar Pradesh

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Janata Party	11,351,359	47.76	352	New
	Indian National Congress	7,592,107	31.94	47	–168
	Communist Party of India	611,450	2.57	9	–7
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	136,850	0.58	1	–1
	Others	241,821	1.02	0	0
	Independents	3,832,832	16.13	16	+12
Total		23,766,419	100.00	425	+1
Valid votes		23,766,419	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		386,237	1.60
Total votes		24,152,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		52,345,606	46.14
Source: ECI[14]

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West Bengal

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977.^[15] 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.