During which Five Year Plan was the Emergency clamped, new elections took place and the Janata Party was elected ?

The Emergency was proclaimed in June 1975 and lasted about 21 months; national elections were called and held in March 1977, after which the Janata Party defeated Congress and formed the government [2]. The period of national planning then in force was the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974–79); the arrival of the Janata government following the 1977 elections curtailed the Fifth Plan and led to its early termination in 1978 [3]. Therefore, the Emergency, the subsequent elections and the Janata Party’s victory all occurred during the Fifth Five Year Plan period.

Sources

1. [1] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 17: Emergency Provisions > Declarations Made So Far > p. 178
2. [2] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order > Lok Sabha Elections, 1977 > p. 103
3. [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Fifth Five-Year Plan > p. 692