1974 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Manipur

Main article: 1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	164,717	27.62	13	–4
	Manipur Peoples Party	134,493	22.55	20	+5
	Manipur Hills Union	55,879	9.37	12	New
	Socialist Party	35,349	5.93	2	–1
	Communist Party of India	33,039	5.54	6	+1
	Kuki National Assembly	17,592	2.95	2	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	8,764	1.47	0	–1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,347	0.56	0	0
	Independents	143,241	24.02	5	–14
Total		596,421	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		596,421	97.91
Invalid/blank votes		12,701	2.09
Total votes		609,122	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		719,971	84.60
Source: ECI

Nagaland

Main article: 1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	103,515	35.71	23	+1
	United Democratic Front	87,005	30.01	25	New
	Independents	99,379	34.28	12	+4
Total		289,899	100.00	60	+20
Valid votes		289,899	97.40
Invalid/blank votes		7,731	2.60
Total votes		297,630	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		400,322	74.35
Source: ECI

Odisha

Main article: 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Source:

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:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60,812	27.83	12	New
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47,823	21.89	2	–13
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	41,348	18.92	5	New
	Indian National Congress	34,840	15.95	7	–3
	Communist Party of India	18,468	8.45	2	–1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,737	1.25	1	+1
	Independents	12,470	5.71	1	–1
Total		218,498	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		218,498	96.97
Invalid/blank votes		6,830	3.03
Total votes		225,328	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		264,103	85.32
Source: ECI

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	8,868,229	32.29	215	+4
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	5,826,256	21.22	106	+8
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	4,701,972	17.12	61	+12
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	2,296,883	8.36	10	New
	Socialist Party (India)	795,770	2.90	5	New
	Communist Party of India	672,881	2.45	16	+12
	Indian Union Muslim League	378,221	1.38	1	New
	Swatantra Party	311,669	1.13	1	–4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	194,257	0.71	2	+1
	Shoshit Samaj Dal	190,259	0.69	1	New
	Hindu Mahasabha	81,829	0.30	1	0
	Others	327,246	1.19	0	0
	Independents	2,815,747	10.25	5	–13
Total		27,461,219	100.00	424	–1
Valid votes		27,461,219	97.00
Invalid/blank votes		849,448	3.00
Total votes		28,310,667	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,743,193	56.91
Source: ECI

External links

• Election Commission of India