1979 Nagapattinam by-election

Indian political election June 2020 June 2020 1979 Nagapattinam (SC) Lok Sabha seat by-election India By-election 1977 Indian general election 1977 1980 Indian general election 1980 17 June 1979 150px K. Murugaiyan Communist Party of India 150px M. Mahalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam On 17 June 1979 a by-election was held in for the Nagapattinam seat in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India).Indian and Foreign Review https://books.google.com/books?id=6DFnAAAAMAAJ 1978 Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India 125The Indian Journal of Political Studies https://books.google.com/books?id=AxgtAAAAIAAJ 1985 77Kathleen Gough Rural change in southeast India: 1950s to 1980s https://books.google.com/books?id=_yhFAAAAYAAJ June 1989 Oxford University Press 470 The by-election was called after the murder of the incumbent Communist Party of India parliamentarian S.G. Murugaiyan, one of three prominent communist leaders killed in the state of Tamil Nadu in 1979.Asian Almanac https://books.google.com/books?id=QKVtAAAAMAAJ 1979 V.T. Sambandan. 9727 The Nagapattinam constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes.Communist Party of India. National Council Review of 1980 mid-term Lok Sabha elections and resolutions adopted by the National Council of the Communist Party of India, New Delhi, 30 January to 3 February 1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=0R8mAAAAMAAJ 1980 Communist Party of India 55 By 1979, CPI had moved away from the Indian National Congress (I). The CPI candidate K. Murugaiyan had the support from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The CPI candidate, himself a bonded labourer, had overwhelming support from the Dalit communities in the constituency.Narendra Subramanian Ethnicity and Populist Mobilization: Political Parties, Citizens, and Democracy in South India https://books.google.com/books?id=iyuBAAAAMAAJ 1999 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-564316-9 172 The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate M. Mahalingam had the support from the Congress(I). The Nagapattinam by-election was held simultaneously as a by-election in the Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency.K. Mohandas MGR, the man and the myth https://books.google.com/books?id=NbG1AAAAIAAJ 1992 Panther Publishers 978-81-85457-09-3 42 AIADMK supported the Congress(I) candidate in Thanjavur, and AIADMK supremo M.G. Ramachandran toured both constituencies during the election campaign. Nevertheless, the Congress(I) leader Indira Gandhi only campaigned in Thanjavur. Result CandidatePartyVotes% K. Murugaiyan Communist Party of India 288,000 51.12 M. Mahalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 272,059 48.29 A.P. Salvam Independent2,2000.39V.M. Emmanuel Ramaraj Independent 1,1410.20 Sources:Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952–95 Aftermath The CPI hailed the by-election as a victory for left and democratic forces.Economic and Political Weekly https://books.google.com/books?id=c90nAAAAMAAJ 1979 Sameeksha Trust 1076 However, the CPI(M) state chief took a more cautious tone, stating that the by-election outcome "show that autocratic forces are still strong in Tamil Nadu". The head of the Pradesh Congress Committee (I) bitterly accused M.G. Ramachandran of not having supported the party candidate in Nagapattinam sufficiently. K. Murugayian lost the Nagapattinam seat in the subsequent 1980 Lok Sabha election to the DMK candidate Thanzai M. Karunanidhi. References Category:Lok Sabha by-elections Category:1979 elections in India Category:By-elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1970s in Tamil Nadu