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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1975 elections in India
| previous_year = 1975
| election_date = 1977
| next_election = 1978 elections in India
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Politics of India}}

'''Elections in India in 1977''' included Legislative Assembly ([[Vidhan Sabha]]) elections in several [[States and territories of India|Indian states]], including [[Goa]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Tamil Nadu]], and [[West Bengal]].

== Parliamentary Election Result 1977==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1977.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=78062828|seats1=295|sc1=+209
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (R)]]|votes2=65211589|seats2=154|sc2=–198
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=8113659|seats3=22|sc3=–3
|party4=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes4=5480378|seats4=18|sc4=New
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=5322088|seats5=7|sc5=–16
|party6=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes6=3323320|seats6=2|sc6=–21
|party7=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes7=3252217|seats7=3|sc7=–13
|party8=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes8=2373331|seats8=9|sc8=+8
|party9=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes9=1030232|seats9=5|sc9=+5
|party10=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes10=956072|seats10=2|sc10=+2
|party11=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes11=851164|seats11=4|sc11=+1
|party12=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes12=633644|seats12=3|sc12=+1
|party13=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes13=565007|seats13=2|sc13=0
|party14=Kerala Congress (Pillai Group)|votes14=526937|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes15=491674|seats15=2|sc15=–1
|party16=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes16=483192|seats16=2|sc16=New
|party17=[[Muslim League (Opposition)]]|votes17=318979|seats17=0|sc17=New
|party18=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes18=280995|seats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes19=192867|seats19=0|sc19=–1
|party20=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes20=155972|seats20=0|sc20=–1
|party21=[[All India Jharkhand Party]]|votes21=126288|seats21=1|sc21=0
|party22=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]|votes22=124627|seats22=1|sc22=New
|party23=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes23=118748|seats23=1|sc23=+1
|party24=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes24=116961|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes25=109130|seats25=0|sc25=0
|party26=Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya)|votes26=96753|seats26=0|sc26=New
|party27=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]|votes27=45047|seats27=0|sc27=0
|party28=[[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]|votes28=35916|seats28=0|sc28=New
|party29=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes29=35419|seats29=0|sc29=0
|party30=[[Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand]]|votes30=27116|seats30=0|sc30=0
|party31=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes31=26169|seats31=0|sc31=0
|party32=All India Labour Party|votes32=17191|seats32=0|sc32=New
|party33=[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]|votes33=12509|seats33=0|sc33=0
|party34=All India Shiromani Baba Jivan Singh Mazabhi Dal|votes34=5868|seats34=0|sc34=New
|party35=Independents|votes35=10393617|seats35=9|sc35=–5
|row55=Appointed [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats55=2|sc55=0
|invalid=5346411
|electorate=321174327
|total_sc=+23
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9749&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]
}}

==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
|-
|rowspan="2" |19 March 1977
|rowspan=2|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| rowspan="2" |[[C. Achutha Menon]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Karunakaran]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| 10 June 1977
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| [[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Ram Naresh Yadav]]
| [[File:IN-UP.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| [[File:IN-PB.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Nilamani Routray]]
| [[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Karpoori Thakur]]
| [[File:IN-BR.svg|50px]]
|-
|14 June 1977
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Goa, Daman and Diu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]
| [[File:IN-GA.svg|50px]]
|-
|9 July 1977
|[[1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Sheik Abdullah]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Sheik Abdullah]]
| [[File:IN-JK.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|6 October 1977
|[[1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|[[Devi Lal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|[[Devi Lal]]
| [[File:IN-HR.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Kailash Chandra Joshi]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|-
| 18 November 1977
| [[1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland)}}
| United Democratic Front (Nagaland)
| [[Vizol Koso]]
| [[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|-
| 31 December 1977
| [[1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| [[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Bihar===
{{Main|1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!colspan=2|Party!! Seats contested !! Seats won !! Seats Change !! Vote Share
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} || 311 || 214 || {{increase}} 214 || 42.7%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 286 || 57 || {{decrease}} 110 || 23.6%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} || 2206 || 24 || {{increase}} 7 || 23.7%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 73 || 21 || {{decrease}} 14 || 7.0%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 16 || 4 || {{decrease}} 14 || 0.9%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Party}} || 31 || 2 || {{increase}} 1 || 0.4%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal}} || 26 || 1 || New || 0.8%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}} || 21 || 1 || New || 0.5%
|-
|}

===Goa, Daman and Diu===
{{Main|1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3844-goa-1977/}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||29||15||116,339||38.49%||{{decrease}} 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||27||10||87,461||28.94%||{{increase}} 9
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||30||3||69,823||23.10%||{{increase}} 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||57||2||28,022||9.27%||{{increase}} 1
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''145'''||'''30'''||'''302,237'''||||
|-
|}

===Haryana===
{{Main|1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=1765566|seats1=75|sc1=
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=648422|seats2=3|sc2=
|party3=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes3=225478|seats3=5|sc3=
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=29196|seats4=0|sc4=
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=23191|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Center of India]]|votes6=2916|seats6=0|sc6=
|party7=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes7=2058|seats7=0|sc7=
|party8=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes8=1150|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=Independents|votes9=1082982|seats9=7|sc9=
|electorate=5938821
|invalid=47101
|source=ECI:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3819-haryana-1977 |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats won
! align="center" | % votes
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Janata Party]]'''||68||'''53'''||'''49.01'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||56||'''9'''||'''27.32'''
|-
|3||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||68||'''6'''||'''21.10'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''68'''||''' '''
|}
Source <ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH]</ref>

===Jammu and Kashmir===
{{Main|1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}
Elections for the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in June 1977,<ref>[http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html 1977 J&K elections]</ref> which are generally regarded as the first 'free and fair' elections in the state.{{sfn|Guha|2008|loc=Section 23.III}}
[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]], newly revived from the former [[Plebiscite Front]], won an overwhelming majority and re-elected [[Sheikh Abdullah]] as the Chief Minister.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1977/StatisticalReport_JK_77.pdf Statistical report J&K 1977]</ref>
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes1=807166|seats1=47|sc1=0
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=414259|seats2=13|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress (R)]]|votes3=294911|seats3=11|sc3={{decrease}}47
|party4=[[Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir]]|votes4=62654|seats4=1|sc4={{decrease}}4
|party20=Others|votes20=1903|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=165477|seats21=4|sc21={{increase}}1
|total_sc={{increase}}1
|invalid=57734
|electorate=2684992
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3791-jammu-kashmir-1977/ |title=Jammu & Kashmir 1977 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Kerala===
{{Main|1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Party Wise Results'''
!Party
!Seats
!Alliance
|----
|----
|Indian National Congress (INC)
|38
| rowspan="5" style="background:skyblue; color:black;" | United Front
|----
|Communist Party of India (CPI)
|23
|----
|Kerala Congress (KEC)
|20
|----
|Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
|13
|----
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
|9
|----
|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
|17
| rowspan="4" style="background:#f00; color:black;" | Opposition
|----
|Bhartiya Lok Dal (BLD)
|6
|----
|All India Muslim League (Opposition) (AIML)
|3
|----
|Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)
|2
|----
|Independent (IND)
|9
|
|----
!Total
!140
!
|----
|}

===Madhya Pradesh===
{{Main|1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|- style="background:#90EE90;"
| 1
| [[Janata Party]]
| 319
| 230
| N/A
| 47.28%
|-
| 2
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| 320
| 84
| -136
| 35.88%
|-
| 3
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
| 4
| 1
| N/A
| 2.88%
|-
| 4
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 320
| 5
| -13
| 15.35%
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''320'''
|
|
|}

===Nagaland===
{{Main|1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[United Democratic Front (Nagaland)|United Democratic Front]]|votes1=127445|seats1=35|sc1=+10
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=65616|seats2=15|sc2=New
|party3=[[National Convention of Nagaland]]|votes3=38528|seats3=1|sc3=New
|party4=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes4=93405|seats4=9|sc4=–3
|total_sc=0
|invalid=6407
|electorate=403454
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3635-nagaland-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Odisha===
{{Main|1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-

| [[Janata Party]]
| 147
| 110
| 2527787
|| 49.2%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 146
| 26
| 1594505
| 31.0%
|-
| Independents
| 264
| 9
| 738545
| 14.4%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 25
| 1
| 183485
| 3.6%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 4
| 1
| 45219
| 0.9%
|-
| [[All India Jharkhand Party]]
| 10
| 0
| 25002
| 0.5%
|-
| [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
| 6
| 0
| 18773
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Jharkhand Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 7233
| 0.1%
|-
|}

===Punjab===
{{Main|1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!colspan=2|Party
!contested
!Seats won
!change in seats
!popular vote
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|70
|58
|{{increase}} 34
|17,76,602
|31.41%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[Janata Party]]
|41
|25
|(new)
|8,47,718
|14.99%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|96
|17
|{{decrease}} 49
|18,99,534
|33.59%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|8
|8
|{{increase}} 7
|1,98,144
|3.50%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|18
|7
|{{decrease}} 3
|3,72,711
|6.59%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|435
|2
|{{decrease}} 1
|5,41,958
|9.58%
|-
!
|Others
|14
|0
| -
|18,686
|0.33%
|-
!colspan=2 |Total<ref>{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1977 |url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |website=elections.in}}</ref>
!682
!117
!
!56,55,353
!
|}

===Rajasthan===
{{Main|1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=4160373|seats1=152|sc1=New
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=2599772|seats2=41|sc2=–104
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=91640|seats3=1|sc3=–3
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=61682|seats4=1|sc4=+1
|party5=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes5=21889|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes6=1290|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes7=320|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party21=Independents|votes21=1319053|seats21=5|sc21=–6
|total_sc=+16
|invalid=177653
|electorate=15494289
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Tamil Nadu===
{{Main|1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
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 [[Kollywood|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 [[The Emergency (India)|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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]] and [[1984 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election|1984]].
[[File:1977 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1977 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party
!style="width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''144'''
| '''+142'''
| '''5,734,692'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''33.5%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| 130
| +130
| 5,194,876
| 30.4%
| 35.4%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 12
| +12
| 477,835
| 2.8%
| 33.0%
|-
|[[All India Forward Bloc|FBL]]
! style="background-color: #800000" |
| 1
| –
| 35,361
| 0.2%
| 62.0%
|-
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IND]]
! style="background-color: olive" |
| 1
| –
| 26,620
| 0.2%
| 42.9%
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''48'''
| '''-136'''
| '''4,258,771'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''24.9%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: #FF0000" |
| 48
| -136
| 4,258,771
| 24.9%
| 25.3%
|-
! style="background-color:#00FFFF; color:black"|Congress alliance
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| '''32'''
| '''+24'''
| '''3,491,490'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''20.4%'''
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 27
| +27
| 2,994,535
| 17.5%
| 20.8%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 5
| -3
| 496,955
| 2.9%
| 20.4%
|-
! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|Janata
! style="background-color:yellow" |
| '''10'''
| '''+10'''
| '''2,851,884'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''16.7%'''
|-
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" |
| 10
| +10
| 2,851,884
| 16.7%
| 16.8%
|-
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others
! style="background-color:gray" |
| '''1'''
| '''-7'''
| '''751,712'''
|style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''4.4%'''
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: #666666" |
| 1
| -7
| 751,712
| 4.4%
| –
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
! style="background-color: " |
| 234
| –
| 17,108,146
| 100%
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
'''‡''': Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
 Sources: Election Commission of India <ref>{{cite web
| last = Election Commission of India
| title = 1977 Election Statistical Report
| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf
| access-date = 19 April 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf
| archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}</ref>
{{refend}}

===Tripura===
{{Main|1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! Party
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! No. of votes
! % of votes
! 1972 Seats
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 10
| 0
| 6,266
| 0.84%
| 1
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 55
| 51
| 352,652
| 47.00%
| 16
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 60
| 0
| 133,240
| 17.76%
| 41
|-
| [[Janata Party]]
| 59
| 0
| 78,479
| 10.46%
| -
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 1
| 1
| 7,800
| 1.04%
| 0
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 12,446
| 1.66%
| -
|-
| [[Proutist Bloc of India]]
| 6
| 0
| 2,139
| 0.29%
| -
|-
| [[Congress for Democracy]]
| 59
| 0
| 66,913
| 9.08%
| -
|-
| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]
| 28
| 4
| 59,474
| 7.93%
| 0
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 48
| 2
| 30,862
| 4.11%
| 2
|-
! Total
! 328
! 60
! 750,271
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1977/|title=1977 Tripura Election result}}</ref>

===Uttar Pradesh===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=11351359|seats1=352|sc1=New
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=7592107|seats2=47|sc2=–168
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=611450|seats3=9|sc3=–7
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=136850|seats4=1|sc4=–1
|party20=Others|votes20=241821|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=3832832|seats21=16|sc21=+12
|total_sc=+1
|invalid=386237
|electorate=52345606
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3253-uttar-pradesh-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
}}

===West Bengal===
{{Main|1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] elections were held in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] on 14 June 1977.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1978">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|page=420}}</ref> The polls took place after the ousting of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government at the Centre. The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|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.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan=2|Party
!Candidates
!Seats
!Votes
!%
|-
|rowspan=7 align=left|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|224
|178
|5,080,828
|35.46
|-
|align=left|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|36
|25
|750,229
|5.24
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|23
|20
|536,625
|3.74
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
|4
|3
|75,156
|0.52
|-
|align=left|[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]
|3
|3
|58,466
|0.41
|-
|align=left|[[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]
|2
|1
|35,457
|0.25
|-
|align=left|LF independent
|1
|1
|32,238
|0.22
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Janata Party]]
|289
|29
|2,869,391
|20.02
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (R)]]
|290
|20
|3,298,063
|23.02
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]
|63
|2
|375,560
|2.62
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
|29
|4
|211,752
|1.48
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|32
|1
|54,942
|0.38
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Workers Party of India]]
|2
|1
|29,221
|0.20
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Jharkhand Party]]
|2
|0
|5,701
|0.04
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Republican Party of India]]
|3
|0
|1,652
|0.01
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[All India Gorkha League]]
|2
|0
|810
|0.01
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Bharater Biplobi Communist Party
|1
|0
|489
|0.00
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Independents
|566
|7
|912,612
|6.37
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|'''Total'''
|'''1,572'''
|'''294'''
|'''14,329,201'''
|'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf ECI]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{citation|last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |author-link=Ramachandra Guha |title=India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy |publisher=Pan Macmillan |year=2008 |isbn=978-0330396110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29lXtwoeA44C}}

==External links==
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