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.
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,M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," Asian Affairs (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38. 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 Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BLD/JP 40,19,124 49.54 26 16 INC 38,06,126 46.92 2.07 26 10 1 IND 2,87,121 3.54 2.08 60 0 Total 81,12,371 100% - 112 26 -
Results- Constituency wise ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Kutch54.80%Anant DaveJP115,51450.00Mehta Mahipatray MulshankarINC104,69745.3210,8174.682Surendranagar58.34%Amin Ramdas KishordasJP139,92749.50Shah Manubhai MansukhlalINC134,49447.585,4331.923Jamnagar52.50%Vinodbhai ShethJP121,79049.99D. P. JadejaINC119,12048.902,6701.094Rajkot51.87%Keshubhai PatelJP143,05146.94Arvindkumar Mohanlal PatelINC127,25041.7515,8015.195Porbandar52.60%Dharmasinhbhai PatelJP143,25253.44Dhami Ramniklal KababhaiINC118,82344.3224,4299.126Junagadh64.93%Narendra NathwaniJP167,56751.83Adani Ratubhai MulshankerINC155,71448.1711,8533.667Amreli54.13%Dwarkadas Mohanlal PatelINC140,58654.51Gondhiya Narsinhdas GordhandasJP81,58031.6359,00622.888Bhavnagar51.50%Prasannavadan Manilal MethaJP128,79250.75Chabildas Pragjibhai MethaINC117,65546.3611,1374.399Dhandhuka (SC)51.55%Natverlal ParmarJP134,52749.09Rathod Balvantrai RamjibhaiINC106,76138.9627,76610.1310Ahmedabad66.03%Ahesan JafriINC187,71550.59Brahmkumar BhattJP177,70247.9010,0132.6911Gandhinagar63.69%Purushottam MavalankarJP221,96757.41Govindbhai C. PatelINC161,85041.8660,11715.5512Mehsana65.21%Patel Maniben VallabhbhaiJP240,77662.96Patel Natvarlal Amratlal GagabhaiINC118,66431.03122,11231.9313Patan (SC)53.00%Chavda Khemchandbhai SomabhaiJP182,97361.36Vanakar Punamchandbhai MithabhaiINC109,40736.6973,56624.6714Banaskantha56.12%Chaudhary Motibhai RanchhodbhaiJP168,64861.89Popatlal Mulshankar JoshiINC103,86538.1164,78323.7815Sabarkantha58.21%H. M. PatelJP164,50253.87Kumarshri Rajendra Sinhji DaljitsinhjiINC126,44041.4138,06212.4616Kapadvanj58.96%Vaghela Shankarji LaxmanjiJP188,39058.17Rathod NatvarSinh TakhatsinhINC120,41937.1867,97120.9917Dohad (ST)36.18%Damor Somjibhai PujabhaiINC89,53850.97Minama Govindsingh LalchandbhaiJP86,14549.033,3931.9418Godhra57.05%Desai Hitendrabhai KanaiyalalINC138,63448.64Mody Pillo HomiJP137,25448.161,3800.4819Kaira70.52%Dharmsinh DesaiINC211,88453.55Vaghela ShankarbhaI DesaibhaiJP170,04042.9741,84410.5820Anand71.12%Ajitsinh Fulsinh DabhiINC221,09956.51Jadav Himatsinh KhodsinhJP158,32040.4662,77916.0521Chhota Udaipur (ST)60.17%Rathawa Amarsinh ViriyabhaiINC170,34355.02Rathawa Manharbhai VirsingbhaiJP129,22041.7441,12313.2822Baroda69.14%Fatehsinghrao GaekwadINC219,10154.18Patel Manubhai MotilalJP178,17844.0640,92310.1223Broach63.37%Ahmed PatelINC189,81556.81Unia Suleman EssufJP126,93637.9962,87918.8224Surat68.83%Morarji DesaiJP206,20652.46Chauhan Jashvantsingh Dan SinghINC184,74647.0021,4605.4625Mandvi (ST)62.84%Chhitubhai GamitINC183,60956.04Chaudhary Mukundbhai JanabhaiJP144,00643.9639,60312.0826Bulsar (ST)59.31%Patel Nanubhai NichhabhaiJP161,86151.11Patel Nirmalaben HarjibhaiINC143,89745.4317,9645.68
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