1977 Indian general election in Gujarat

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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, ^[3] 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

Party		Seats won
	JANATA PARTY/ BLD	16
	Indian National Congress	10

Results- Constituency wise

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Kutch	54.80%	Dave Anantray Devshankar		BLD	115,514	50.00	Mehta Mahipatray Mulshankar		INC	104,697	45.32	10,817	4.68
2	Surendranagar	58.34%	Amin Ramdas Kishordas (R. K. Amin)		BLD	139,927	49.50	Shah Manubhai Mansukhlal		INC	134,494	47.58	5,433	1.92
3	Jamnagar	52.50%	Vinodbhai B. Sheth		BLD	121,790	49.99	Jadeja Daulatsinghji Pratapsinghji		INC	119,120	48.90	2,670	1.09
4	Rajkot	51.87%	Patel Keshubhai Savdasbhai		BLD	143,051	46.94	Arvindkumar Mohanlal Patel		INC	127,250	41.75	15,801	5.19
5	Porbandar	52.60%	Patel Dharmasinhbhai Dahyabhai		BLD	143,252	53.44	Dhami Ramniklal Kababhai		INC	118,823	44.32	24,429	9.12
6	Junagadh	64.93%	Nathwani Narendra Pragji		BLD	167,567	51.83	Adani Ratubhai Mulshanker		INC	155,714	48.17	11,853	3.66
7	Amreli	54.13%	Dwarkadas Mohanlal Patel		INC	140,586	54.51	Gondhiya Narsinhdas Gordhandas		BLD	81,580	31.63	59,006	22.88
8	Bhavnagar	51.50%	Prasannavadan Manilal Metha		BLD	128,792	50.75	Chabildas Pragjibhai Metha		INC	117,655	46.36	11,137	4.39
9	Dhandhuka (SC)	51.55%	Parmar Natavarlal Bhagavandas		BLD	134,527	49.09	Rathod Balvantrai Ramjibhai		INC	106,761	38.96	27,766	10.13
10	Ahmedabad	66.03%	Ahesan Jafri		INC	187,715	50.59	Brahmkumar Bhatt		BLD	177,702	47.90	10,013	2.69
11	Gandhinagar	63.69%	Purushottam Ganesh Mavalankar		BLD	221,967	57.41	Govindbhai C. Patel		INC	161,850	41.86	60,117	15.55
12	Mehsana	65.21%	Patel Maniben Vallabhbhai		BLD	240,776	62.96	Patel Natvarlal Amratlal Gagabhai		INC	118,664	31.03	122,112	31.93
13	Patan (SC)	53.00%	Chavda Khemchandbhai Somabhai		BLD	182,973	61.36	Vanakar Punamchandbhai Mithabhai		INC	109,407	36.69	73,566	24.67
14	Banaskantha	56.12%	Chaudhary Motibhai Ranchhodbhai		BLD	168,648	61.89	Popatlal Mulshankar Joshi		INC	103,865	38.11	64,783	23.78
15	Sabarkantha	58.21%	H. M. Patel		BLD	164,502	53.87	Kumarshri Rajendra Sinhji Daljitsinhji		INC	126,440	41.41	38,062	12.46
16	Kapadvanj	58.96%	Vaghela Shankarji Laxmanji		BLD	188,390	58.17	Rathod NatvarSinh Takhatsinh		INC	120,419	37.18	67,971	20.99
17	Dohad (ST)	36.18%	Damor Somjibhai Pujabhai		INC	89,538	50.97	Minama Govindsingh Lalchandbhai		BLD	86,145	49.03	3,393	1.94
18	Godhra	57.05%	Desai Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal		INC	138,634	48.64	Mody Pillo Homi		BLD	137,254	48.16	1,380	0.48
19	Kaira	70.52%	Desai Dharmsingh Dadubhai		INC	211,884	53.55	Vaghela ShankarbhaI Desaibhai		BLD	170,040	42.97	41,844	10.58
20	Anand	71.12%	Ajitsinh Fulsinh Dabhi		INC	221,099	56.51	Jadav Himatsinh Khodsinh		BLD	158,320	40.46	62,779	16.05
21	Chhota Udaipur (ST)	60.17%	Rathawa Amarsinh Viriyabhai		INC	170,343	55.02	Rathawa Manharbhai Virsingbhai		BLD	129,220	41.74	41,123	13.28
22	Baroda	69.14%	Gaekwad Fatesinhrao Pratapsinhrao		INC	219,101	54.18	Patel Manubhai Motilal		BLD	178,178	44.06	40,923	10.12
23	Broach	63.37%	Patel Ahmedbhai Mohmadbhai		INC	189,815	56.81	Unia Suleman Essuf		BLD	126,936	37.99	62,879	18.82
24	Surat	68.83%	Desai Morarji Ranchhodji		BLD	206,206	52.46	Chauhan Jashvantsingh Dan Singh		INC	184,746	47.00	21,460	5.46
25	Mandvi (ST)	62.84%	Gamit Chhitubhai Devjibhai		INC	183,609	56.04	Chaudhary Mukundbhai Janabhai		BLD	144,006	43.96	39,603	12.08
26	Bulsar (ST)	59.31%	Patel Nanubhai Nichhabhai		BLD	161,861	51.11	Patel Nirmalaben Harjibhai		INC	143,897	45.43	17,964	5.68

References

1. "India 1977" (PDF).
2. "India 1977".
3. M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," Asian Affairs (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38.