1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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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.
The number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 320, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.