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All 320 assembly constituencies 161 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]