BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1977 - MP

1. No. of Seats 320
2. No. of contestants 1,994
3. ELECTORS
    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors

11,533,623

11,430,339

22,963,962

ii No. of Voters

7,168,474

4,944,937

12,113,411

iii Polling percentage

62.15

43.26

52.75

4. No. of Valid Votes 11,708,036
5. Votes rejected 405,375
6. No. of polling Stations 27,677
7. Average No.of Electors per polling station 830

Performance of parties

PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
JANATA PARTY

319

230

47.36

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

320

84

35.80

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

47

0

0.97

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)

5

0

0.06

NATIONAL PARTIES

691

314

84.19

AKHIL BHARAT HINDU MAHASABHA

9

0

0.09

AKHIL BHARTIYA RAMRAJYA PARISHAD

4

1

0.35

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (KHOBRAGADE)

2

0

0.02

REGD. (Unrecog.) PARTIES

15

1

0.46

INDEPENDENTS

1,288

5

15.35

TOTAL

1,994

320

100.00

Source CEO, M.P

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