1975 elections in India

This is a list of elections that happened in India during 1975. This is also the year when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency, one of the consequences of which was the suspension of elections.^[1]

Legislative Assembly elections

Gujarat

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	3,280,514	40.70	75	-65
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	1,901,751	23.60	56	+40
	Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksha	929,428	11.53	12	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	710,490	8.82	18	-1
	Bharatiya Lok Dal	116,873	1.45	2	New
	Rashtriya Majdoor Paksha	97,719	1.21	1	+1
	Socialist Party (India)	58,509	0.73	2	+2
	Others	31,038	0.39	0	0
	Independents	933,430	11.58	16	+8
Total		8,059,752	100.00	182	+13

Valid votes		8,059,752	95.93
Invalid/blank votes		342,317	4.07
Total votes		8,402,069	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,981,348	60.09
Source: ECI^[3]

Legislative By-elections

1975 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly by-election : Songsak^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AHL	Miriam D. Shira	2,268	82.68%	*New*
	Independent	Jangsan Sangma	475	17.32%	New
Margin of victory			1,793	65.37%	6.54
Turnout			2,743

Rajya Sabha elections

These people were elected and subsequently served from 1975 to 1981.

Gujarat


Member Name	Party
Harisinh B Mahida	INC
Viren J Shah	IND
Prof Ramlal Parikh	JAN

Sikkim

Leonard Soloman Saring – INC

West Bengal

Member Name	Party
Jaharlal Banerjee
Pratima Bose	INC
Pranab Mukherjee	INC
Prof D P Chattopadhyaya	INC
Kalyan Roy	CPI
Ahmad H Mondal	INC

References

^ Ramakrishnan, T. (5 December 2017). "The 1975 Gujarat Assembly election". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1975 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GUJARAT" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1975 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Bye-Election to Legislative Assembly : 1975" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

External links

Election Commission of India

[1] Ramakrishnan, T. (5 December 2017). "The 1975 Gujarat Assembly election". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[Gujarat1975-2] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1975 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GUJARAT" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[election1975-3] "Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1975 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[4] "Bye-Election to Legislative Assembly : 1975" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

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