1974 elections in India

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1974 bye election
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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
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress164,71727.6213–4
Manipur Peoples Party134,49322.5520+5
Manipur Hills Union55,8799.3712New
Socialist Party35,3495.932–1
Communist Party of India33,0395.546+1
Kuki National Assembly17,5922.952New
Indian National Congress (Organisation)8,7641.470–1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)3,3470.5600
Independents143,24124.025–14
Total596,421100.00600
Valid votes596,42197.91
Invalid/blank votes12,7012.09
Total votes609,122100.00
Registered voters/turnout719,97184.60
Source: ECI[1]

Nagaland

Main article: 1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation103,51535.7123+1
United Democratic Front87,00530.0125New
Independents99,37934.2812+4
Total289,899100.0060+20
Valid votes289,89997.40
Invalid/blank votes7,7312.60
Total votes297,630100.00
Registered voters/turnout400,32274.35
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]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam60,81227.8312New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam47,82321.892–13
Indian National Congress (Organisation)41,34818.925New
Indian National Congress34,84015.957–3
Communist Party of India18,4688.452–1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)2,7371.251+1
Independents12,4705.711–1
Total218,498100.00300
Valid votes218,49896.97
Invalid/blank votes6,8303.03
Total votes225,328100.00
Registered voters/turnout264,10385.32
Source: ECI[5]

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress8,868,22932.29215+4
Bharatiya Kranti Dal5,826,25621.22106+8
Bharatiya Jana Sangh4,701,97217.1261+12
Indian National Congress (Organisation)2,296,8838.3610New
Socialist Party (India)795,7702.905New
Communist Party of India672,8812.4516+12
Indian Union Muslim League378,2211.381New
Swatantra Party311,6691.131–4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)194,2570.712+1
Shoshit Samaj Dal190,2590.691New
Hindu Mahasabha81,8290.3010
Others327,2461.1900
Independents2,815,74710.255–13
Total27,461,219100.00424–1
Valid votes27,461,21997.00
Invalid/blank votes849,4483.00
Total votes28,310,667100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,743,19356.91
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.
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