The 1977 Indian general election was held following the end of the Emergency (1975–1977) imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. At the time, Uttar Pradesh had 85 Lok Sabha constituencies, the highest number of any Indian state.

The Janata Party (JP), formed in 1977 as an alliance of parties opposed to the Emergency—including the Indian National Congress (Organisation), Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, and the Socialist Party, along with later defectors from the Indian National Congress—won all 85 seats in Uttar Pradesh, completely defeating the Congress in the state.

One of the most significant outcomes of the election was the defeat of incumbent Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the Rae Bareli constituency, where she lost to Raj Narain of the Janata Party.

Her son, Sanjay Gandhi, was also defeated in the Amethi constituency by Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party.

Although the Janata Party was formally established only after the 1977 general election, its candidates contested the election under the banner of the Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD).

Accordingly, the terms Janata Party (JP) and Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD) are used interchangeably in this article unless otherwise stated.

List of Political Parties SourceIndia Inter-Parliamentary Union National Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Janata Party Morarji Desai 85 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi 85Communist Party of India 13Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 State Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Muslim League 1 Registered (Unrecognised) Parties Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 2 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 2 Akhil Bharati Ramrajya Parishad 2 Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Baharatiya) 2 Socialist Unity Centre of India 1 Independents Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting seats Independent 248

Election Poll Details + Electors Data Summary – Uttar Pradesh (1977 Lok Sabha Election) Statistic GEN SC ST Total Number of constituencies 67 18 0 85 Electors (Men) 22,090,803 5,990,134 0 28,080,937 Electors (Women) 18,724,793 5,128,567 0 23,853,360 Total electors 40,815,596 11,118,701 0 51,934,297 Electors who voted (Men) 14,006,622 3,609,911 0 17,616,533 Electors who voted (Women) 9,273,770 2,420,699 0 11,694,469 Total electors who voted 23,280,392 6,030,610 0 29,311,002 Poll percentage 57.04% 54.24% 0.00% 56.44% Valid votes 22,790,049 5,902,998 0 28,693,047 Rejected votes 490,343 127,612 0 617,955 Rejected vote percentage 2.11% 2.12% 0.00% 2.11% Missing votes 0 0 0 0 Number of polling stations 47,190 12,709 0 59,899 Average electors per polling station 865 875 0 867

Voter Turnout # Constituency Electors Voters Valid votes Poll % 1 Tehri Garhwal 5,38,207 2,48,586 2,41,732 46.19% 2 Garhwal 5,63,082 2,67,720 2,61,805 47.55% 3 Almora 5,71,452 2,50,422 2,41,192 43.82% 4 Nainital 5,40,445 3,26,678 3,18,170 60.45% 5 Bijnor (SC) 5,94,498 3,53,959 3,47,833 59.54% 6 Amroha 5,75,748 3,59,728 3,53,108 62.48% 7 Moradabad 5,51,951 3,09,125 3,03,595 56.01% 8 Rampur 6,33,744 4,24,796 4,15,682 67.03% 9 Sambhal 5,78,983 3,39,538 3,33,665 58.64% 10 Budaun 6,02,666 3,47,350 3,40,263 57.64% 11 Aonla 5,80,011 3,00,461 2,94,734 51.80% 12 Bareilly 5,63,569 2,99,752 2,94,183 53.19% 13 Pilibhit 5,93,586 3,42,429 3,34,675 57.69% 14 Shahjahanpur 6,39,675 3,62,713 3,55,931 56.70% 15 Kheri 6,12,725 2,94,415 2,85,610 48.05% 16 Shahabad 6,07,261 3,38,112 3,29,960 55.68% 17 Sitapur 5,90,648 3,16,664 3,09,913 53.61% 18 Misrikh (SC) 6,08,431 2,93,393 2,87,301 48.22% 19 Hardoi (SC) 5,95,289 3,10,249 3,03,585 52.12% 20 Lucknow 6,20,406 3,36,306 3,32,049 54.21% 21 Mohanlalganj (SC) 6,00,008 2,73,880 2,67,424 45.65% 22 Unnao 6,19,501 3,30,158 3,23,352 53.29% 23 Rae Bareli 6,32,817 3,42,742 3,32,122 54.16% 24 Pratapgarh 6,30,123 2,94,363 2,86,270 46.72% 25 Amethi 6,23,256 3,02,826 2,91,732 48.59% 26 Sultanpur 6,37,986 3,17,828 3,09,439 49.82% 27 Akbarpur (SC) 6,26,897 3,67,714 3,60,231 58.66% 28 Faizabad 6,14,376 3,16,102 3,07,968 51.45% 29 Bara Banki (SC) 6,02,833 3,05,749 2,98,295 50.72% 30 Kaiserganj 6,41,526 3,07,332 3,00,905 47.91% 31 Bahraich 6,53,318 3,13,363 3,04,670 47.96% 32 Balrampur 6,36,645 3,48,147 3,38,064 54.68% 33 Gonda 6,01,635 2,72,227 2,64,309 45.25% 34 Basti (SC) 6,39,639 3,21,757 3,11,449 50.30% 35 Domariaganj 6,57,832 4,01,100 3,88,730 60.97% 36 Khalilabad 6,41,772 3,87,762 3,78,455 60.42% 37 Bansgaon (SC) 6,31,621 3,08,310 2,99,196 48.81% 38 Gorakhpur 5,70,532 3,27,828 3,23,284 57.46% 39 Maharajganj 5,67,992 3,03,976 2,97,519 53.52% 40 Padrauna 6,20,038 3,22,441 3,12,222 52.00% 41 Deoria 6,62,864 3,44,697 3,35,555 52.00% 42 Salempur 6,74,680 3,58,364 3,51,801 53.12% 43 Ballia 6,61,187 3,69,791 3,62,663 55.93% 44 Ghosi 6,26,672 3,54,670 3,48,085 56.60% 45 Azamgarh 6,32,994 3,62,215 3,55,324 57.22% 46 Lalganj (SC) 6,66,278 3,49,841 3,42,056 52.51% 47 Machhlishahr 6,33,108 3,28,690 3,20,427 51.92% 48 Jaunpur 6,16,192 3,40,943 3,32,490 55.33% 49 Saidpur (SC) 6,56,237 3,67,894 3,60,809 56.06% 50 Ghazipur 6,39,586 3,72,070 3,64,231 58.17% 51 Chandauli 6,04,665 3,98,509 3,91,799 65.91% 52 Varanasi 6,42,595 3,58,755 3,52,173 55.83% 53 Robertsganj (SC) 6,37,043 3,29,826 3,21,535 51.77% 54 Mirzapur 6,27,411 3,21,471 3,13,044 51.24% 55 Phulpur 6,09,188 3,25,408 3,14,562 53.42% 56 Allahabad 6,25,143 3,38,537 3,30,419 54.15% 57 Chail (SC) 6,24,372 2,56,616 2,50,353 41.10% 58 Fatehpur 6,14,485 2,95,191 2,89,916 48.04% 59 Banda 5,62,759 2,95,306 2,86,479 52.47% 60 Hamirpur 5,49,096 3,17,289 3,05,999 57.78% 61 Jhansi 6,33,446 3,51,040 3,39,175 55.42% 62 Jalaun (SC) 6,02,642 3,75,548 3,67,583 62.32% 63 Ghatampur (SC) 6,07,421 3,64,722 3,58,204 60.04% 64 Bilhaur 6,20,424 3,71,190 3,64,539 59.83% 65 Kanpur 6,57,627 3,83,842 3,79,992 58.37% 66 Etawah 5,89,325 3,70,214 3,64,143 62.82% 67 Kannauj 6,18,335 4,18,893 4,11,313 67.75% 68 Farrukhabad 6,37,847 3,73,816 3,69,180 58.61% 69 Mainpuri 6,03,450 3,74,342 3,68,223 62.03% 70 Jalesar 5,76,262 3,70,895 3,65,102 64.36% 71 Etah 5,64,767 3,78,143 3,72,705 66.96% 72 Firozabad (SC) 6,11,215 3,21,138 3,15,502 52.54% 73 Agra 5,66,094 3,72,202 3,66,034 65.75% 74 Mathura 6,24,422 3,92,137 3,86,124 62.80% 75 Hathras (SC) 6,48,461 4,01,699 3,93,889 61.95% 76 Aligarh 6,20,338 4,01,923 3,96,356 64.79% 77 Khurja (SC) 6,11,632 3,64,979 3,59,795 59.67% 78 Bulandshahr 6,29,818 4,08,756 4,02,569 64.90% 79 Hapur 6,31,729 4,32,445 4,25,703 68.45% 80 Meerut 5,95,444 4,04,051 3,99,421 67.86% 81 Baghpat 6,10,712 4,56,968 4,51,064 74.83% 82 Muzaffarnagar 5,73,365 4,05,916 4,00,913 70.80% 83 Kairana 5,70,885 3,81,053 3,75,373 66.75% 84 Saharanpur 5,95,173 3,97,670 3,91,845 66.82% 85 Hardwar (SC) 5,54,184 3,63,336 3,57,958 65.56% Total 5,19,34,297 2,93,11,002 2,86,93,047 56.44%

Results Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− JP 1,95,30,435 68.07 85 85 INC 71,70,182 24.99 85 0 CPI 3,16,387 1.10 13 0 Others 1,14,191 0.39 12 0 IND 15,61,852 5.44 248 0 Total 2,86,93,047 100% - 443 85 -

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