1974 elections in India

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Overall Results

Date(s)	State	Government before election		Chief Minister before election	Government after election		Chief Minister after election	Maps
12–16 February 1974	Nagaland		Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	Hokishe Sema		United Democratic Front (Nagaland)	Vizol Koso
19–25 February 1974	Manipur		President's Rule			Manipur People's Party	Mohammed Alimuddin
24 February 1974	Pondicherry		President's Rule			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	S. Ramassamy
24 and 26 February 1974	Uttar Pradesh		Indian National Congress	Hemwati Bahuguna		Indian National Congress (R)	Hemwati Bahuguna
	Odisha		Indian National Congress (R)	Nandini Satpathy		Indian National Congress (R)	Nandini Satpathy

Legislative Assembly elections

Manipur

Main article: 1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	164,717	27.62	13	–4
	Manipur Peoples Party	134,493	22.55	20	+5
	Manipur Hills Union	55,879	9.37	12	New
	Socialist Party	35,349	5.93	2	–1
	Communist Party of India	33,039	5.54	6	+1
	Kuki National Assembly	17,592	2.95	2	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	8,764	1.47	0	–1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,347	0.56	0	0
	Independents	143,241	24.02	5	–14
Total		596,421	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		596,421	97.91
Invalid/blank votes		12,701	2.09
Total votes		609,122	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		719,971	84.60
Source: ECI [1]

Nagaland

Main article: 1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	103,515	35.71	23	+1
	United Democratic Front	87,005	30.01	25	New
	Independents	99,379	34.28	12	+4
Total		289,899	100.00	60	+20
Valid votes		289,899	97.40
Invalid/blank votes		7,731	2.60
Total votes		297,630	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		400,322	74.35
Source: ECI [2]

Odisha

Main article: 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Source: ^[3]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	135	69	2152818	37.44%
Utkal Congress	95	35	1521064	26.45%
Swatantra Party	56	21	694473	12.08%
Communist Party of India	14	7	279738	4.87%
Socialist Party	17	2	101789	1.77%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	3	67600	1.18%
Orissa Jana Congress	42	1	67169	1.17%
Jharkhand Party	12	1	34786	0.60%
Indian National Congress (Organization)	17	0	29103	0.51%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	12	0	23335	0.41%
All India Jharkhand Party	8	0	15360	0.27%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	4	0	10214	0,18%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	1080	0.02%
Revolutionary Communist Party of India	1	0	478	0.01%
Independents	299	7	750818	13.06%
Total:	722	146	5749825

Pondicherry

Main article: 1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Source: ^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60,812	27.83	12	New
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47,823	21.89	2	–13
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	41,348	18.92	5	New
	Indian National Congress	34,840	15.95	7	–3
	Communist Party of India	18,468	8.45	2	–1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,737	1.25	1	+1
	Independents	12,470	5.71	1	–1
Total		218,498	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		218,498	96.97
Invalid/blank votes		6,830	3.03
Total votes		225,328	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		264,103	85.32
Source: ECI [5]

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	8,868,229	32.29	215	+4
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	5,826,256	21.22	106	+8
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	4,701,972	17.12	61	+12
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	2,296,883	8.36	10	New
	Socialist Party (India)	795,770	2.90	5	New
	Communist Party of India	672,881	2.45	16	+12
	Indian Union Muslim League	378,221	1.38	1	New
	Swatantra Party	311,669	1.13	1	–4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	194,257	0.71	2	+1
	Shoshit Samaj Dal	190,259	0.69	1	New
	Hindu Mahasabha	81,829	0.30	1	0
	Others	327,246	1.19	0	0
	Independents	2,815,747	10.25	5	–13
Total		27,461,219	100.00	424	–1
Valid votes		27,461,219	97.00
Invalid/blank votes		849,448	3.00
Total votes		28,310,667	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,743,193	56.91
Source: ECI [6]

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
3. "1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election". Election Commission of India.
4. "Puducherry 1974".
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

• Election Commission of India