1979 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1979 included elections to two state legislative assemblies, elections to the Indian Rajya Sabha and for the post of the vice-president.

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Overall Result

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
24 and 27 April 1979 Mizoram Mizoram People's Conference T. Sailo Mizoram People's Conference T. Sailo IN-MZ.svg
12 October 1979 Sikkim Indian National Congress Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Sikkim Janata Parishad Nar Bahadur Bhandari IN-SK.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Mizoram

India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1979.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizoram People's Conference 53,51532.6718Decrease2.svg4
Indian National Congress (I) 39,11523.885New
Janata Party 21,43513.092New
Independents 49,73330.365Decrease2.svg3
Total163,798100.00300
Valid votes163,79899.06
Invalid/blank votes1,5460.94
Total votes165,344100.00
Registered voters/turnout241,94468.34
Source: ECI [1]

Sikkim

India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1979.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
Sikkim Janata Parishad 22,77631.4916
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) 14,88920.5811
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 11,40015.764
Janata Party 9,53413.180
Indian National Congress 1,4762.040
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2410.330
Sikkim Scheduled Caste League 850.120
Independents11,93816.501
Total72,339100.0032
Valid votes72,33994.81
Invalid/blank votes3,9605.19
Total votes76,299100.00
Registered voters/turnout117,15765.13
Source: ECI [2]

Rajya Sabha elections

Source: [3]

Vice-presidential election

The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was not needed as former Chief Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed for the post. [4]

References

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012" (PDF). Election Commission of India.