| BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH | |
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