Emergency was declared in India from 1975-77 under the leadership of PM Indira Gandhi (Congress).
Elections took place on 1977 for selecting the 6th Lok Sabha, post emergency.
Election results of 1977:
Total Seats - 542
Break up:
Janata Party - 295
Congress - 154
Others - 93
11 Major states constituted 451 seats (83% approx.) voted as below:
|
State /
UT |
Janata
Party |
Congress |
Others |
Total |
Literacy |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
60 |
6 |
21 |
87 |
32.65 |
|
Bihar |
46 |
1 |
5 |
52 |
32.32 |
|
Maharashtra |
16 |
20 |
12 |
48 |
57.24 |
|
West
Bengal |
16 |
3 |
23 |
42 |
48.65 |
|
Tamil
Nadu |
4 |
14 |
23 |
41 |
54.39 |
|
Andhra
Pradesh |
1 |
40 |
|
41 |
35.66 |
|
Madhya
Pradesh |
36 |
2 |
3 |
41 |
38.63 |
|
Karnataka |
3 |
26 |
|
29 |
46.25 |
|
Gujarat |
13 |
11 |
2 |
26 |
44.92 |
|
Rajasthan |
20 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
30.11 |
|
Kerala |
|
12 |
7 |
19 |
78.85 |
|
Grand
Total |
215 |
136 |
100 |
451 |
|
Note:
Janata Party and Congress includes its allies.
Tamil Nadu others includes AIADMK (17) seats.
Literacy is as per 1981 census.
All sources are from Wikipedia. Links are provided for source data.
Table working was done in a work sheet to arrive at the seats information for 11 states.
Above exercise was conducted to understand the tweet by @rvaidya2000:
Fact file: in77 More educatedSouth voted overwhelmingly forIndira--While the"illiterate"poor peasants of north voted her out-No seat from Patna to Pathankot//our "illiterates"saved freedom//I quote in global forums whn many claim illiteracy& Democracy wont jell:)) RT
Professor R Vaidyanathan your observation was correct.
However the tragedy for India, 6th Lok Sabha survived till 1979 (29 months).
7th Lok Sabha elections took place in 1980.
Total seats : 531 seats
INC (Indira) : 353 seats
Janata Party : 72 seats (Janata Party and Janata Party - Secular)
Others : 106 seats
As an Indian, could never understand how such a turnaround took place in a span of 3 years.
Mystery.
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