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1977 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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Field	Value
election_name	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971
previous_year	1971
next_election	Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980
next_year	1980
election_date	16–20 March 1977
seats_for_election	39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha
registered	27,187,417
turnout	18,252,182 (67.13%) 4.69%
image1
leader1	M. G. Ramachandran
party1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1	Congress Front
leaders_seat1	Did not contest
seats1	34
seat_change1	21
popular_vote1	10,164,615
percentage1	56.91%
swing1	38.97%
image2
leader2	M. Karunanidhi
leaders_seat2	Did not contest
party2	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance2	Janata alliance
seats2	5
seat_change2	19
popular_vote2	6,479,436
percentage2	36.28%
swing2	29.40%
party5	INC (R)	leader4 =	image4 = INC (R)	party4 = Janata Party
map_image	1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
map_size	200px
map_caption	1977 Election map (by constituencies)
Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Indira Gandhi
before_party	Indian National Congress (R)
after_election	Morarji Desai
after_party	Janata Party

Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+

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	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	50x50px]]	M. G. Ramachandran	20
2.	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)}}"		Indian National Congress (R)	[[File:Cow and Calf INC.svg	50x50px]]	Indira Gandhi
3.		[[File:CPI symbol.svg	50x50px]]	M. Kalyanasundaram	3
4.			[[File:No flag.svg	50x50px]]	K. M. Kader Mohideen	1

Janata Alliance

No.
Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	50x50px]]	M. Karunanidhi	19
2.	Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"		Indian National Congress (Organization)	[[File:Charkha being plied by a woman.svg	50x50px]]	P. Ramachandran
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50x50px]]	A. Balasubramaniam

List of Candidates

Constituency	AIADMK+	DMK+
Madras North	K. M. Manoharan	A. V. P. Asaithambi
Madras Central	K. M. Raja Mohamed	P. Ramachandran
Madras South	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	Murasoli Maran
Sriperumbudur (SC)	S. M. Jaganathan	T. P. Elumalai
Chengalpattu	R. M. Mohanarangam	Era Sezhiyan
Arakkonam	O. V. Alagesan	Arcot N. Veeraswami
Vellore	Abdul Samad	V. Dhandayuthapani
Tiruppattur	C. K. M. Chinnaraje Gounder	C. N. Visvanathan
Wandiwash	M. Venugopal Gounder	Durai Murugan
Tindivanam	M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan	V. Krishnamoorthy
Cuddalore	G. Bhuvaraghan	S. Radhakrishnan
Chidambaram (SC)	Murugesan A. M.	Rajangam N.
Dharmapuri	Ramamurthy K.	Ponnuswami P.
Krishnagiri	Periasamy P. V. M.	Kamalanathan M.
Rasipuram (SC)	Devarajan B.	Jothi Venkatachalam
Salem	Kannan P. M.	Rajaram K.
Tiruchengode	R. Kolanthaivelu	Muthusamy M.
Nilgiris	P. S. Ramalingam	Nanja Gowder M. K.
Gobichettipalayam	K. S. Ramaswamy	Karuppuswamy N. K.
Coimbatore	Parvathi Krishnan	Lakshmanan S. V.
Pollachi (SC)	Raju K. A. M.	Dhandapani C. T.
Palani	Chidambaram Subramaniam	Saminathan K. N.
Dindigul	Maya Thevar	A. Balasubramanyam
Madurai	R. V. Swaminathan	P. Ramamurthi
Periyakulam	Ramasamy S. M.	Palanivel Rajan
Karur	Gopal K.	Meenakshisundaram M.
Tiruchirappalli	M. Kalyanasundaram	Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar
Perambalur (SC)	Asokaraj A. M.	J. S. Raju
Mayiladuturai	Kudanthai N. Ramalingam	Govindasamy S.
Nagapattinam (SC)	Muruguaiyan S. G.	Thazhai Karunnanithi M.
Thanjavur	S. D. Somasundaram	L. Ganesan
Pudukkottai	V. S. M. Elanchezhian	V. Vairava Thevar
Sivaganga	P. Thiagarajan M.	R. Ramanathan Chettiar
Ramanathapuram	P. M. Anbalagan	M. S. K. Sathiyandran
Sivakasi	V. Jayalakshmi	G. Ramanujam
Tirunelveli	V. M. Arunachalam	Samsuddin alias Kathiravan K. M.
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam	S. Rajagopalan
Tiruchendur	K. T. Kosalram	Devadasan Edwin
Nagercoil	M. Moses	Kumari Ananthan

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Alliance	Party	Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	Seat Change
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		AIADMK+	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,365,076	30.04%	new party
Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Congress	3,977,306	22.27%	9.76%	14	5
Communist Party of India}}"		Communist Party of India	822,233	4.60%	0.83%	3	1
	Total	10,164,615	56.91%	38.97%	34	21
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		DMK+	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}"		Indian National Congress (Organisation)	3,156,116	17.67%	12.76%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3,323,320	18.61%	16.64%	2	21
	Total	6,479,436	36.28%	29.40%	5	19
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	279,081	1.56%	0.08%	0
Republican Party of India}}"		Republican Party of India	3,809	0.02%		0
Independent politician}}"		Independents	932,966	5.22%	3.06%	0
Total	17,859,907	100.00%		39
Valid Votes	17,859,907	97.85%
Invalid Votes	392,275	2.15%
Total Votes	18,252,182	100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout	27,187,417	67.13%	4.69%

List of Elected MPs

Constituency	Winner	Margin	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	1
Madras North	A. V. P. Asai Thambi	DMK	250,852	54.26	K. Manoharan	AIADMK	205,749	44.51	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	45,103	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	9.75
Madras Central	P. Ramachandran	INC(O)	259,437	56.52	K. Raja Mohamed	AIADMK	186,026	40.52	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	73,411	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	16.00
Madras South	R. Venkataraman	INC(R)	241,033	50.79	Murasoli Maran	DMK	226,204	47.66	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	14,829	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	3.13
Sriperumbudur (SC)	S. Jaganathan	AIADMK	239,632	53.09	T. P. Elumalai	INC(O)	193,700	42.91	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	45,932	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	10.18
Chengalpattu	R. Mohanarangam	AIADMK	236,818	52.59	Era Sezhiyan	DMK	201,179	44.68	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	35,639	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	7.91
Arakkonam	O. V. Alagesan	INC(R)	243,818	52.40	N. Veeraswami	DMK	185,954	39.96	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	57,864	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	12.44
Vellore	V. Dhandayuthapani	INC(O)	220,994	49.22	Abdul Samad	IND	217,833	48.51	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	3,161	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	0.71
Tiruppattur	C. N. Viswanathan	DMK	257,322	60.06	C. K. Chinnaraje Gounder	AIADMK	158,656	37.03	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	98,666	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	23.03
Wandiwash	Venugopal Gounder	AIADMK	267,930	58.41	Durai Murugan	DMK	186,798	40.72	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	81,132	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	17.69
Tindivanam	M. R. Lakshminarayanan	INC(R)	233,155	53.82	V. Krishnamoorthy	DMK	183,670	42.40	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	49,485	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	11.42
Cuddalore	G. Bhuvarahan	INC(R)	231,128	55.75	S. Radhakrishnan	INC(O)	142,071	34.27	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	89,057	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	21.48
Chidambaram (SC)	A. Murugesan	AIADMK	278,406	62.20	N. Rajangam	DMK	169,172	37.80	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	109,234	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	24.40
Dharmapuri	K. Ramamurthy	INC(R)	239,908	60.25	P. Ponnuswami	INC(O)	134,222	33.71	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	105,686	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	26.54
Krishnagiri	P. V. Periasamy	AIADMK	222,979	65.64	M. Kamalanathan	DMK	103,751	30.54	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	119,228	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	35.10
Rasipuram (SC)	B. Devarajan	INC(R)	275,212	62.30	Jothivenkatachallum	INC(O)	141,774	32.09	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	133,438	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	30.21
Salem	P. Kannan	AIADMK	254,138	58.71	K. Rajaram	DMK	174,534	40.32	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	79,604	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	18.39
Tiruchengode	R. Kolanthaivelu	AIADMK	303,738	59.58	M. Muthusamy	DMK	175,558	34.44	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	128,180	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	25.14
Nilgiris	P. S. Ramalingam	AIADMK	241,777	55.85	M. K. Nanja Gowder	INC(O)	182,431	42.14	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	59,346	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	13.71
Gobichettipalayam	K. S. Ramaswamy	INC(R)	255,120	58.58	N. K. Karuppuswamy	INC(O)	149,662	34.37	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	105,458	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	24.21
Coimbatore	Parvathi Krishnan	CPI	267,424	52.06	S. V. Lakshmanan	INC(O)	246,246	47.94	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	21,178	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	4.12
Pollachi (SC)	K. A. Raju	AIADMK	259,388	64.48	C. T. Dhandapani	DMK	135,194	33.61	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	124,194	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	30.87
Palani	C. Subramaniam	INC(R)	351,897	71.70	K. N. Saminathan	DMK	130,129	26.51	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	221,768	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	45.19
Dindigul	K. Maya Thevar	AIADMK	283,341	59.60	A. Balasubramanyam	CPI(M)	114,117	24.00	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	169,224	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	35.60
Madurai	R. V. Swaminathan	INC(R)	299,309	62.13	P. Ramamurthi	CPI(M)	164,964	34.24	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	134,345	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	27.89
Periyakulam	S. Ramasamy	AIADMK	328,100	69.65	M. Palanivel Rajan	DMK	123,708	26.26	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	204,392	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	43.39
Karur	K. Gopal	INC(R)	315,259	62.26	M. Meenakshisundaram	INC(O)	169,739	33.52	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	145,520	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	28.74
Tiruchirappalli	M. Kalyanasundaram	CPI	276,390	57.10	Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar	INC(O)	200,345	41.39	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	76,045	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	15.71
Perambalur (SC)	A. Asokaraj	AIADMK	326,046	68.62	J. S. Raju	DMK	146,019	30.73	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	180,027	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	37.89
Mayiladuturai	N. Kudanthai Ramalingam	INC(R)	272,202	55.94	S. Govindasamy	INC(O)	197,937	40.68	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	74,265	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	15.26
Nagapattinam (SC)	S. G. Murugaiyan	CPI	278,419	53.95	M. Thazhai Karunnanithi	DMK	237,609	46.05	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	40,810	Communist Party of India}}; color:white;"	7.90
Thanjavur	S. D. Somasundaram	AIADMK	289,059	60.17	L. Ganesan	DMK	191,316	39.83	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	97,743	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	20.34
Pudukkottai	V. S. Elanchezhian	AIADMK	342,120	65.27	V. Vairava Thevar	INC(O)	118,505	22.61	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	223,615	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	42.66
Sivaganga	P. Thiagarajan	AIADMK	338,999	71.30	R. Ramanathan Chettiar	INC(O)	127,466	26.81	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	211,533	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	44.49
Ramanathapuram	P. Anbalagan	AIADMK	297,612	67.62	M. S. K. Sathiyandran	DMK	122,482	27.83	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	175,130	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	39.79
Sivakasi	V. Jayalakshmi	INC(R)	271,568	54.53	G. Ramanujam	INC(O)	156,720	31.47	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	114,848	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	23.06
Tirunelveli	V. Arunachalam	AIADMK	304,562	69.82	K. M. Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan	DMK	121,869	27.94	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	182,693	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; color:white;"	41.88
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam	INC(R)	305,069	69.23	S. Rajagopalan	INC(O)	118,193	26.82	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	186,876	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	42.41
Tiruchendur	K. T. Kosalaram	INC(R)	272,338	61.08	Edwin Devadasan	INC(O)	152,148	34.13	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	120,190	Indian National Congress (R)}}; color:black;"	26.95
Nagercoil	Kumari Ananthan	INC(O)	244,526	56.76	M. Moses	INC(R)	170,290	39.53	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	74,236	Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}; color:black;"	17.23

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	Portfolios
Aravinda Bala Pajanor	AIADMK	Pondicherry
Satyavani Muthu	AIADMK	Rajya Sabha

References

Bibliography

Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha

References

"India - Date of Elections: March 16 to 20, 1977".

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