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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1972 elections in India
| previous_year = 1972
| election_date = 1974 bye election
| next_election = 1975 elections in India
| next_year = 1975
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==Overall Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
|12–16 February 1974
| [[1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Full party name with color|Nagaland Nationalist Organisation}}
|[[Hokishe Sema]]
| {{party color cell|United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland)}}
| United Democratic Front (Nagaland)
| [[Vizol Koso]]
| [[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|-
|19–25 February 1974
|[[1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Manipur People's Party}}
|[[Mohammed Alimuddin]]
|[[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
| 24 February 1974
| [[1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Pondicherry]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[S. Ramassamy]]
| [[File:IN-PY.svg|50px]]
|-
|24 and 26 February 1974
| [[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna|Hemwati Bahuguna]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna|Hemwati Bahuguna]]
| [[File:IN-UP.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Nandini Satpathy]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Nandini Satpathy]]
| [[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===[[Manipur]]===
{{Main|1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=164717|seats1=13|sc1=–4
|party2=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes2=134493|seats2=20|sc2=+5
|party3=[[Manipur Hills Union]]|votes3=55879|seats3=12|sc3=New
|party4=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]|votes4=35349|seats4=2|sc4=–1
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=33039|seats5=6|sc5=+1
|party6=[[Kuki National Assembly]]|votes6=17592|seats6=2|sc6=New
|party7=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes7=8764|seats7=0|sc7=–1
|party8=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes8=3347|seats8=0|sc8=0
|party11=Independents|votes11=143241|seats11=5|sc11=–14
|total_sc=0
|invalid=12701
|electorate=719971
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3704-manipur-1974/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Nagaland]]===
{{Main|1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[Nagaland Nationalist Organisation]]|votes1=103515|seats1=23|sc1=+1
|party2=[[United Democratic Front (Nagaland)|United Democratic Front]]|votes2=87005|seats2=25|sc2=New
|party3=Independents|votes3=99379|seats3=12|sc3=+4
|total_sc=+20
|invalid=7731
|electorate=400322
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3634-nagaland-1974/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 15 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Odisha]]===
{{Main|1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3622-orissa-1974/ |title=1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| 135
| 69
| 2152818
|| 37.44%
|-
| [[Utkal Congress]]
| 95
| 35
| 1521064
|| 26.45%
|-
| [[Swatantra Party]]
| 56
| 21
| 694473
| 12.08%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 14
| 7
| 279738
| 4.87%
|-
| [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
| 17
| 2
| 101789
| 1.77%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 8
| 3
| 67600
| 1.18%
|-
| [[Orissa Jana Congress]]
| 42
| 1
| 67169
| 1.17%
|-
| [[Jharkhand Party]]
| 12
| 1
| 34786
| 0.60%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress (Organization)]]
| 17
| 0
| 29103
| 0.51%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 12
| 0
| 23335
| 0.41%
|-
| [[All India Jharkhand Party]]
| 8
| 0
| 15360
| 0.27%
|-
| [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
| 4
| 0
| 10214
| 0,18%
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 2
| 0
| 1080
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
| 1
| 0
| 478
| 0.01%
|-
| Independents
| 299
| 7
| 750818
| 13.06%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 722
| 146
| 5749825
|
|}

===[[Pondicherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]]===
{{Main|1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3425-puducherry-1974/ |title=Puducherry 1974}}</ref>
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes1=60812|seats1=12|sc1=New
|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=47823|seats2=2|sc2=–13
|party4=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes4=41348|seats4=5|sc4=New
|party5=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes5=34840|seats5=7|sc5=–3
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=18468|seats6=2|sc6=–1
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=2737|seats7=1|sc7=+1
|party21=Independents|votes21=12470|seats21=1|sc21=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=6830
|electorate=264103
|source=ECI<ref name=election1974>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3425-puducherry-1974/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Uttar Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=8868229|seats1=215|sc1=+4
|party2=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes2=5826256|seats2=106|sc2=+8
|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=4701972|seats3=61|sc3=+12
|party4=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes4=2296883|seats4=10|sc4=New
|party5=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party (India)]]|votes5=795770|seats5=5|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=672881|seats6=16|sc6=+12
|party7=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes7=378221|seats7=1|sc7=New
|party8=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes8=311669|seats8=1|sc8=–4
|party9=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes9=194257|seats9=2|sc9=+1
|party10=Shoshit Samaj Dal|votes10=190259|seats10=1|sc10=New
|party11=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes11=81829|seats11=1|sc11=0
|party12=Others|votes12=327246|seats12=0|sc12=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=2815747|seats21=5|sc21=–13
|total_sc=–1
|invalid=849448
|electorate=49743193
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3249-uttar-pradesh-1974/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

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