1977 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none State Assembly election 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election July 2016 July 2026 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971 1971 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980 1980 16–20 March 1977India - Date of Elections: March 16 to 20, 1977 http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1977_E.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220402034514/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1977_E.PDF 2 April 2022 live 39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha 27,187,417 18,252,182 (67.13%) 4.69% MGR portrait, from 2017 Stamp.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. G. Ramachandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Congress Front Did not contest 34 21 10,164,615 56.91% 38.97% M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 M. Karunanidhi Did not contest Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Janata alliance 5 19 6,479,436 36.28% 29.40% 1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1977 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+ Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress (R) Morarji Desai Janata Party The 1977 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a big victory for Indian National Congress under Indira Gandhi and its allies All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Communist Party of India winning 34 seats, while Janata Party and its allies Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Indian National Congress (Organisation) won only 5 seats. The Janata Party ended up winning this election. After the election, the AIADMK ended up supporting the Janata Party under Morarji Desai. In 1979, AIADMK continued to support Janata Party, by supporting Charan Singh, which resulted in the appointment of two AIADMK cabinet members. Seat Allotment AIADMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. G. Ramachandran 202. Indian National Congress (R)50x50px Indira Gandhi153. Communist Party of India 50x50px M. Kalyanasundaram34. Indian Union Muslim Leaguesymbol Scales Symbol was Independent Symbol throughout India, except Punjab in 1977 elections.50pxK. M. Kader Mohideen1 Janata Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. Karunanidhi 192. Indian National Congress (Organization)50x50px P. Ramachandran183. Communist Party of India (Marxist)50x50px A. Balasubramaniam2 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1Madras NorthAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. M. Manoharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. V. P. Asaithambi2Madras CentralAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. M. Raja Mohamed Indian National Congress (Organisation) P. Ramachandran3Madras SouthIndian National Congress (R) Ramaswamy VenkataramanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Murasoli Maran4Sriperumbudur (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Jaganathan Indian National Congress (Organisation) T. P. Elumalai5ChengalpattuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. M. Mohanarangam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Era Sezhiyan6ArakkonamIndian National Congress (R) O. V. AlagesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Arcot N. Veeraswami7VelloreIndependent IND A. K. A. Abdul SamadIndian National Congress (Organisation) V. Dhandayuthapani8TiruppatturAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. K. M. Chinnaraje Gounder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. N. Visvanathan9WandiwashAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Venugopal Gounder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Durai Murugan10TindivanamIndian National Congress (R) M. R. Lakshmi NarayananDravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Krishnamoorthy 11CuddaloreIndian National Congress (R) G. BhuvaraghanIndian National Congress (Organisation) S. Radhakrishnan 12Chidambaram (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. M. Murugesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Rajangam 13DharmapuriIndian National Congress (R) K. RamamurthyIndian National Congress (Organisation) P. Ponnuswami 14KrishnagiriAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. V. M. Periasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Kamalanathan 15Rasipuram (SC)Indian National Congress (R) Devarajan B.Indian National Congress (Organisation) Jothi Venkatachalam16SalemAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. M. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Rajaram 17TiruchengodeAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. KolanthaiveluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Muthusamy 18NilgirisAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. S. RamalingamIndian National Congress (Organisation) M. K. Nanja Gowder 19GobichettipalayamIndian National Congress (R) K. S. RamaswamyIndian National Congress (Organisation) N. K. Karuppuswamy 20CoimbatoreCommunist Party of India Parvathi KrishnanIndian National Congress (Organisation) S. V. Lakshmanan 21Pollachi (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. A. M. Raju Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. T. Dhandapani 22PalaniIndian National Congress (R) Chidambaram SubramaniamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. N. Saminathan 23DindigulAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Maya ThevarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) A. Balasubramanyam 24MaduraiIndian National Congress (R) R. V. SwaminathanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) P. Ramamurthi25PeriyakulamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. M. Ramasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Palanivel Rajan26KarurIndian National Congress (R) K. Gopal Indian National Congress (Organisation) M. Meenakshisundaram 27TiruchirappalliCommunist Party of India M. KalyanasundaramIndian National Congress (Organisation) Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar28Perambalur (SC)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. M. Asokaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. S. Raju29MayiladuthuraiIndian National Congress (R) Kudanthai N. RamalingamIndian National Congress (Organisation) S. Govindasamy 30Nagapattinam (SC)Communist Party of India S. G. Muruguaiyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Thazhai Karunnanithi 31ThanjavurAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. D. SomasundaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam L. Ganesan32PudukkottaiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. S. M. Elanchezhian Indian National Congress (Organisation) V. Vairava Thevar 33SivagangaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Thiagarajan M.Indian National Congress (Organisation) R. Ramanathan Chettiar34RamanathapuramAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. M. Anbalagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. K. Sathiyandran 35SivakasiIndian National Congress (R) V. JayalakshmiIndian National Congress (Organisation) G. Ramanujam36TirunelveliAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. Arunachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. M. Samsuddin 37Tenkasi (SC)Indian National Congress (R) M. ArunachalamIndian National Congress (Organisation) S. Rajagopalan 38TiruchendurIndian National Congress (R) K. T. KosalramIndian National Congress (Organisation) Devadasan Edwin39NagercoilIndian National Congress (R) M. MosesIndian National Congress (Organisation) Kumari Ananthan Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeAIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,365,07630.04%new party17new partyIndian National Congress3,977,30622.27%9.76%145Communist Party of India822,2334.60%0.83%31Total10,164,61556.91%38.97%3421DMK+Indian National Congress (Organisation)3,156,11617.67%12.76%32Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,323,32018.61%16.64%221Total6,479,43636.28%29.40%519Communist Party of India (Marxist)279,0811.56%0.08%0Republican Party of India3,8090.02%0Independents932,9665.22%3.06%0Total17,859,907100.00%39Valid Votes17,859,90797.85%Invalid Votes392,2752.15%Total Votes18,252,182100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout27,187,41767.13%4.69% List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthA. V. P. Asai ThambiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK250,85254.26K. ManoharanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK205,74944.5145,1039.752Madras CentralP. RamachandranIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)259,43756.52K. Raja MohamedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK186,02640.5273,41116.003Madras SouthR. VenkataramanIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)241,03350.79Murasoli MaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK226,20447.6614,8293.134Sriperumbudur (SC)S. JaganathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK239,63253.09T. P. ElumalaiIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)193,70042.9145,93210.185ChengalpattuR. MohanarangamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK236,81852.59Era SezhiyanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK201,17944.6835,6397.916ArakkonamO. V. AlagesanIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)243,81852.40N. VeeraswamiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK185,95439.9657,86412.447VelloreV. DhandayuthapaniIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)220,99449.22Abdul SamadIndependentIND217,83348.513,1610.718TiruppatturC. N. ViswanathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK257,32260.06C. K. Chinnaraje GounderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK158,65637.0398,66623.039WandiwashVenugopal GounderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK267,93058.41Durai MuruganDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK186,79840.7281,13217.6910TindivanamM. R. LakshminarayananIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)233,15553.82V. KrishnamoorthyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK183,67042.4049,48511.4211CuddaloreG. BhuvarahanIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)231,12855.75S. RadhakrishnanIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)142,07134.2789,05721.4812Chidambaram (SC)A. MurugesanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK278,40662.20N. RajangamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK169,17237.80109,23424.4013DharmapuriK. RamamurthyIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)239,90860.25P. PonnuswamiIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)134,22233.71105,68626.5414KrishnagiriP. V. PeriasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK222,97965.64M. KamalanathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK103,75130.54119,22835.1015Rasipuram (SC)B. DevarajanIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)275,21262.30JothivenkatachallumIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)141,77432.09133,43830.2116SalemP. KannanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK254,13858.71K. RajaramDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK174,53440.3279,60418.3917TiruchengodeR. KolanthaiveluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK303,73859.58M. MuthusamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK175,55834.44128,18025.1418NilgirisP. S. RamalingamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK241,77755.85M. K. Nanja GowderIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)182,43142.1459,34613.7119GobichettipalayamK. S. RamaswamyIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)255,12058.58N. K. KaruppuswamyIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)149,66234.37105,45824.2120CoimbatoreParvathi KrishnanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI267,42452.06S. V. LakshmananIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)246,24647.9421,1784.1221Pollachi (SC)K. A. RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK259,38864.48C. T. DhandapaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK135,19433.61124,19430.8722PalaniC. SubramaniamIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)351,89771.70K. N. SaminathanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK130,12926.51221,76845.1923DindigulK. Maya ThevarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK283,34159.60A. BalasubramanyamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)114,11724.00169,22435.6024MaduraiR. V. SwaminathanIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)299,30962.13P. RamamurthiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)164,96434.24134,34527.8925PeriyakulamS. RamasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK328,10069.65M. Palanivel RajanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK123,70826.26204,39243.3926KarurK. GopalIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)315,25962.26M. MeenakshisundaramIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)169,73933.52145,52028.7427TiruchirappalliM. KalyanasundaramCommunist Party of IndiaCPI276,39057.10Y. Venkateswara DikshidarIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)200,34541.3976,04515.7128Perambalur (SC)A. AsokarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK326,04668.62J. S. RajuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK146,01930.73180,02737.8929MayiladuthuraiN. Kudanthai RamalingamIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)272,20255.94S. GovindasamyIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)197,93740.6874,26515.2630Nagapattinam (SC)S. G. MurugaiyanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI278,41953.95M. Thazhai KarunnanithiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK237,60946.0540,8107.9031ThanjavurS. D. SomasundaramAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK289,05960.17L. GanesanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK191,31639.8397,74320.3432PudukkottaiV. S. ElanchezhianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK342,12065.27V. Vairava ThevarIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)118,50522.61223,61542.6633SivagangaP. ThiagarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK338,99971.30R. Ramanathan ChettiarIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)127,46626.81211,53344.4934RamanathapuramP. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK297,61267.62M. S. K. SathiyandranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK122,48227.83175,13039.7935SivakasiV. JayalakshmiIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)271,56854.53G. RamanujamIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)156,72031.47114,84823.0636TirunelveliV. ArunachalamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK304,56269.82K. M. Samsuddin Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK121,86927.94182,69341.8837Tenkasi (SC)M. ArunachalamIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)305,06969.23S. RajagopalanIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)118,19326.82186,87642.4138TiruchendurK. T. KosalaramIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)272,33861.08Edwin DevadasanIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)152,14834.13120,19026.9539NagercoilKumari AnanthanIndian National Congress (Organisation)INC(O)244,52656.76M. MosesIndian National Congress (R)INC(R)170,29039.5374,23617.23 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu While there were no members from Tamil Nadu in Morarji Desai's Administration, Charan Singh appointed two AIADMK members to his cabinet, making it the first time a non-Congress Dravidian Party member making it to the council of ministers at the national level. Cabinet Ministers (Charan Singh Administration) Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha PortfoliosAravinda Bala PajanorAIADMKPondicherrySatyavani MuthuAIADMKRajya Sabha See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Notes References Bibliography Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1970s in Tamil Nadu