The 1977 Indian general election was held to constitute the 6th Lok Sabha. Polling was held between 16 and 20 March 1977. It was held during the Emergency period, which ceased on 21 March 1977, right before the final results were announced.[1] [2]

The election resulted in a heavy defeat for the Indian National Congress (INC) government, with the incumbent Prime Minister and INC party leader Indira Gandhi losing her Lok Sabha seat from Rae Bareli. The call for the restoration of democracy by revoking the Emergency is considered to be a major reason for the sweeping victory for the opposition Janata alliance,[3] whose leader Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977.

In Gujarat, Janata Party/ BLD won 16 seats while INC won 10 seats out of a total of 26 seats. The number of seats increased to 26 from 24 from the previous election.

Party-wise results summary

Party Seats won
JANATA PARTY/ BLD 16
Indian National Congress 10

Results- Constituency wise

No Constituency Winner Party
1 Kachchh DAVE ANANTRAY DEVSHANKAR BLD
2 Surendranagar AMIN RAMDAS KISHORDAS ( R. K. AMIN ) BLD
3 Jamnagar VINODBHAI B. SHETH BLD
4 Rajkot PATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBHAI BLD
5 Porbandar PATEL DHARMASINHBHAI DAHYABHAI BLD
6 Junagadh NATHWANI NARENDRA PRAGJI BLD
7 Amreli DWARKADAS MOHANLAL PATEL BLD
8 Bhavnagar PRASANNAVADAN MANILAL METHTA BLD
9 Dhandhuka (SC) PARMAR NATAVARLAL BHAGAVANDAS BLD
10 AHMEDABAD AHESAN JAFRI INC
11 Gandhinagar PURUSHOTTAM GANESH MAVALANKAR BLD
12 Mahesana PATEL MANIBEN VALLABHBHAI BLD
13 Patan (SC) CHAVDA KHEMCHANDBHAI SOMABHAI BLD
14 BANASKANTHA CHAUDHARY MOTIBHAI RANCHHODBHAI BLD
15 SABARKANTHA H. M. PATEL BLD
16 Kapadvanj VAGHELA SHANKARJI LAXMANJI BLD
17 DOHAD (ST) DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUJABHAI INC
18 Godhra DESAI HITENDRABHAI KANAIYALAL INC
19 KAIRA DESAI DHARMSINGH DADUBHAI INC
20 Anand AJITSINH FULSINH DABHI INC
21 Chota Udaipur (ST) RATHAWA AMARSINH VIRIYABHAI INC
22 BARODA GAEKWAD FATESINHRAO PRATAPSINHRAO INC
23 BROACH PATEL AHMEDBHAI MOHMADBHAI INC
24 Surat DESAI MORARJI RANCHHODJI BLD
25 MANDAVI (ST) GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI INC
26 BULSAR (ST) PATEL NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI BLD

References

  1. ↑ "India 1977" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "India 1977".
  3. ↑ M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," Asian Affairs (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38.


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