1975 elections in India

Elections in India
1975

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

[2]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress3,280,51440.7075-65
Indian National Congress (Organisation)1,901,75123.6056+40
Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksha929,42811.5312New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh710,4908.8218-1
Bharatiya Lok Dal116,8731.452New
Rashtriya Majdoor Paksha97,7191.211+1
Socialist Party (India)58,5090.732+2
Others31,0380.3900
Independents933,43011.5816+8
Total8,059,752100.00182+13
Valid votes8,059,75295.93
Invalid/blank votes342,3174.07
Total votes8,402,069100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,981,34860.09
Source: ECI[3]

Legislative By-elections

1975 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly by-election : Songsak[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
APHLC Miriam D. Shira 2,268 82.68% New
Independent Jangsan Sangma 475 17.32% New
Margin of victory 1,793 65.37% Increase6.54
Turnout 2,743

Rajya Sabha elections

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

Gujarat

Member NameParty
Harisinh B MahidaINC
Viren J ShahIND
Prof Ramlal ParikhJAN

Sikkim

West Bengal

Member NameParty
Jaharlal Banerjee
Pratima BoseINC
Pranab MukherjeeINC
Prof D P ChattopadhyayaINC
Kalyan RoyCPI
Ahmad H MondalINC

References

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