The 1977 Indian general election was held to constitute the 6th Lok Sabha. Polling was held between 16 and 20 March 1977. It was held during the Emergency period, which ceased on 21 March 1977, right before the final results were announced.[1] [2]
The election resulted in a heavy defeat for the Indian National Congress (INC) government, with the incumbent Prime Minister and INC party leader Indira Gandhi losing her Lok Sabha seat from Rae Bareli. The call for the restoration of democracy by revoking the Emergency is considered to be a major reason for the sweeping victory for the opposition Janata alliance,[3] whose leader Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977.
In Gujarat, Janata Party/ BLD won 16 seats while INC won 10 seats out of a total of 26 seats. The number of seats increased to 26 from 24 from the previous election.
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| JANATA PARTY/ BLD | 16 | |
| Indian National Congress | 10 | |
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | DAVE ANANTRAY DEVSHANKAR | BLD | ||
| 2 | Surendranagar | AMIN RAMDAS KISHORDAS (R. K. AMIN) | BLD | ||
| 3 | Jamnagar | VINODBHAI B. SHETH | BLD | ||
| 4 | Rajkot | PATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBHAI | BLD | ||
| 5 | Porbandar | PATEL DHARMASINHBHAI DAHYABHAI | BLD | ||
| 6 | Junagadh | NATHWANI NARENDRA PRAGJI | BLD | ||
| 7 | Amreli | DWARKADAS MOHANLAL PATEL | BLD | ||
| 8 | Bhavnagar | PRASANNAVADAN MANILAL METHTA | BLD | ||
| 9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | PARMAR NATAVARLAL BHAGAVANDAS | BLD | ||
| 10 | AHMEDABAD | AHESAN JAFRI | INC | ||
| 11 | Gandhinagar | PURUSHOTTAM GANESH MAVALANKAR | BLD | ||
| 12 | Mahesana | PATEL MANIBEN VALLABHBHAI | BLD | ||
| 13 | Patan (SC) | CHAVDA KHEMCHANDBHAI SOMABHAI | BLD | ||
| 14 | BANASKANTHA | CHAUDHARY MOTIBHAI RANCHHODBHAI | BLD | ||
| 15 | SABARKANTHA | H. M. PATEL | BLD | ||
| 16 | Kapadvanj | VAGHELA SHANKARJI LAXMANJI | BLD | ||
| 17 | DOHAD (ST) | DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUJABHAI | INC | ||
| 18 | Godhra | DESAI HITENDRABHAI KANAIYALAL | INC | ||
| 19 | KAIRA | DESAI DHARMSINGH DADUBHAI | INC | ||
| 20 | Anand | AJITSINH FULSINH DABHI | INC | ||
| 21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | RATHAWA AMARSINH VIRIYABHAI | INC | ||
| 22 | BARODA | GAEKWAD FATESINHRAO PRATAPSINHRAO | INC | ||
| 23 | BROACH | PATEL AHMEDBHAI MOHMADBHAI | INC | ||
| 24 | Surat | DESAI MORARJI RANCHHODJI | BLD | ||
| 25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI | INC | ||
| 26 | BULSAR (ST) | PATEL NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI | BLD |