https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=1975_elections_in_India 1975 elections in India - Revision history 2026-07-31T18:36:51Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=1975_elections_in_India&diff=481225&oldid=prev Nskschool at 21:35, 27 February 2026 2026-02-27T21:35:20Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|none}}<br /> {{Update|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}<br /> {{Infobox election<br /> | election_name = Elections in India <br /> | country = India <br /> | previous_election = 1974 elections in India <br /> | previous_year = 1974<br /> | election_date = 1975<br /> | next_election = 1977 elections in India <br /> | next_year = 1977<br /> }}<br /> {{Politics of India}}<br /> <br /> This is a list of elections that happened in India during 1975. This is also the year when Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declared a [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]], one of the consequences of which was the suspension of elections.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|last=Ramakrishnan|first=T.|date=2017-12-05|title=The 1975 Gujarat Assembly election|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/gujarat-2017/the-1975-gujarat-assembly-election/article21262462.ece|access-date=2020-07-04|issn=0971-751X}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Legislative Assembly elections==<br /> {{Empty section|date=June 2020}}<br /> ===[[Gujarat]]===<br /> {{Main|1975 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;ref name=&quot;Gujarat1975&quot;&gt;{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1975 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GUJARAT|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1975/Statistical%20Report%20Gujarat%201975.pdf|publisher=ECI New Delhi|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127205811/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1975/Statistical%20Report%20Gujarat%201975.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2018}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Election results<br /> |image=[[File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1975.svg]]<br /> |party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=3280514|seats1=75|sc1=-65<br /> |party2=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes2=1901751|seats2=56|sc2=+40<br /> |party3=Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksha|votes3=929428|seats3=12|sc3=New<br /> |party4=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes4=710490|seats4=18|sc4=-1<br /> |party5=[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]|votes5=116873|seats5=2|sc5=New<br /> |party6=Rashtriya Majdoor Paksha|votes6=97719|seats6=1|sc6=+1<br /> |party7=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party (India)]]|votes7=58509|seats7=2|sc7=+2<br /> |party20=Others|votes20=31038|seats20=0|sc20=0<br /> |party21=Independents|votes21=933430|seats21=16|sc21=+8<br /> |total_sc=+13<br /> |invalid=342317<br /> |electorate=13981348<br /> |source=ECI&lt;ref name=election1975&gt;{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3831-gujarat-1975/ |title=Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1975 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=1 August 2022}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Legislative By-elections==<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1975 elections in India#Meghalaya|1975 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly by-election]] : Songsak&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://ceomeghalaya.nic.in/election-history/bye-election-to-meghalaya-legislative-assembly/1973-45-songsak-bye-elections.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110052138/https://ceomeghalaya.nic.in/election-history/bye-election-to-meghalaya-legislative-assembly/1973-45-songsak-bye-elections.pdf|access-date=10 January 2025 |archive-date=10 January 2025 |title=Bye-Election to Legislative Assembly : 1975 |publisher=[[Chief Electoral Officer (India)|Chief Electoral Officer]], [[Meghalaya]] |website=ceomeghalaya.nic.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Miriam D. Shira |party=All Party Hill Leaders Conference |votes=2,268 |percentage=82.68% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jangsan Sangma |party=Independent politician |votes=475 |percentage=17.32% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,793 |percentage=65.37% |change= {{increase}}6.54 }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=2,743 |percentage= |change= }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ==Rajya Sabha elections==<br /> {{Further|1975 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}<br /> These people were elected and subsequently served from 1975 to 1981.<br /> ===Gujarat===<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> |+ <br /> ! Member Name !! Party<br /> |-<br /> <br /> |-<br /> | [[Harisinh B Mahida]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[Viren J Shah]] || IND<br /> |-<br /> | Prof [[Ramlal Parikh]] || JAN<br /> |-<br /> <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ===[[Sikkim]]===<br /> *[[Leonard Soloman Saring]] – INC<br /> <br /> ===[[West Bengal]]===<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> <br /> ! Member Name !! Party <br /> |-<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> | Jaharlal Banerjee || INC |<br /> |-<br /> | [[Pratima Bose]]|| INC<br /> |-<br /> | [[Pranab Mukherjee]] || INC<br /> |-<br /> | Prof [[D P Chattopadhyaya]] || INC<br /> |-<br /> | [[Kalyan Roy]] || [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br /> |-<br /> | Ahmad H Mondal || INC<br /> |-<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Indian elections}}<br /> {{Legislatures of India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1975 elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:1975 elections in Asia|India]]<br /> [[Category:1975 in India]]<br /> [[Category:Elections in India by year]]</div> Nskschool