320 million judges : analysis of 1977 Lok Sobha and State elections in India

Introduction                                        5

1 Machinery Goes into Gear               11

2 The Earlier Five Polls                      24

3 The Emergency and After               67

4 Merger Moves 1968-77                   76

5 Manifestoes X-Rayed                      98

6 Candidates and the Campaign         126

7 The Verdict Analysed                      150

8 Politics after the Poll                       176

9 Kerala Elections 1957-77                192

10 Verdict in the States                      210

Diary of Events                                   233

Annexures

A Manifesto Highlights                      241

B Statewise Break-up of Seats Electorate and Polling

Stations                                                                                   249

C Contesting Candidates Partywise Position             251

D Candidates per Constituency                                  253

E Votes Polled by Political Parties                             255

F Law and Order Incidents in connection with

Elections since 1971                                                   261

G Number of Persons Killed in connection with

Elections since 1971                                                   262

H Assembly Polls at a Glance                                    263

Index 265