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| Registered | 22,973,962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 52.73% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in October 1977. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Kailash Chandra Joshi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.[1]
The number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 320, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[2][3]
- ^ "मध्यप्रदेश के माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों/सदन का नेता की सूची" [List of the honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]. mpvidhansabha.nic.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1977". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.