write two consequences of 1977 Lok Sabha election
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Explanation:
In a major turn of events, the ruling Congress lost control of India for the first time in independent India in the Indian general election, 1977. The hastily formed Janata alliance of parties, opposed to the ruling Congress party, won 298 seats. Morarji Desai was chosen as the leader of the alliance in the newly formed parliament and thus became India's first non-Congress Prime Minister on 24 March. The Congress lost nearly 200 seats. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her powerful son Sanjay Gandhi both lost their seats.
Congress lost the elections for the first time and a coalition government was formed for the first time.
Explanation:
- The ruling congress party lost the elections for the first time in Independent India.
- The opposition parties formed alliance known as Janata alliance.
- The leader of Janata alliance was Morarji Desai and he became the first non -congress Prime Minister of India.
- Sanjay Gandhi and his mother Indira Gandhi both lost their seats.
- The elections were held after the state of emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi ended.
- Historians consider the elections a rejection to emergency because the emergency suppressed opposition leaders, suspended both freedom of press and democracy.
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