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.

Overall result

Date(s)	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
24 and 27 April 1979	Mizoram		Mizoram People's Conference	T. Sailo		Mizoram People's Conference	T. Sailo
12 October 1979	Sikkim		Indian National Congress	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee		Sikkim Janata Parishad	Nar Bahadur Bhandari

Legislative Assembly elections

Mizoram

Main article: 1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizoram People's Conference	53,515	32.67	18	4
	Indian National Congress (I)	39,115	23.88	5	New
	Janata Party	21,435	13.09	2	New
	Independents	49,733	30.36	5	3
Total		163,798	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		163,798	99.06
Invalid/blank votes		1,546	0.94
Total votes		165,344	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		241,944	68.34
Source: ECI [1]

Sikkim

Main article: 1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	22,776	31.49	16
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	14,889	20.58	11
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	11,400	15.76	4
	Janata Party	9,534	13.18	0
	Indian National Congress	1,476	2.04	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	241	0.33	0
	Sikkim Scheduled Caste League	85	0.12	0
	Independents	11,938	16.50	1
Total		72,339	100.00	32
Valid votes		72,339	94.81
Invalid/blank votes		3,960	5.19
Total votes		76,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		117,157	65.13
Source: ECI [2]

Rajya Sabha elections

Main article: 1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

Source: ^[3]

Vice-presidential election

Main article: 1979 Indian 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.

External links

• "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.