1977 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
← 1971 16–20 March 1977[1] 1980 →
39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered27,187,417
Turnout18,252,182 (67.13%) Decrease4.69%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance Congress Front Janata alliance
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 34 5
Seat change Increase 21 Decrease 19
Popular vote 10,164,615 6,479,436
Percentage 56.91% 36.28%
Swing Increase 38.97% Decrease 29.40%
1977 Election map (by constituencies)
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

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Congress Front

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No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. G. Ramachandran 20
2. Indian National Congress (R) Indira Gandhi 15
3. Communist Party of India Tha. Pandian 3
4. Indian Union Muslim League K. M. Kader Mohideen 1

Janata Alliance

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No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 19
2. Indian National Congress (Organization) P. Ramachandran 18
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) G. Ramakrishnan 2

Voting and results

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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
AIADMK+ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,365,076 30.04% new party 17 new party
Indian National Congress 3,977,306 22.27% Increase9.76% 14 Increase5
Communist Party of India 822,233 4.60% Decrease0.83% 3 Decrease1
Total 10,164,615 56.91% Increase38.97% 34 Increase21
DMK+ Indian National Congress (Organisation) 3,156,116 17.67% Decrease12.76% 3 Increase2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,323,320 18.61% Decrease16.64% 2 Decrease21
Total 6,479,436 36.28% Decrease29.40% 5 Decrease19
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 279,081 1.56% Decrease0.08% 0 Steady
Republican Party of India 3,809 0.02% 0
Independents 932,966 5.22% Increase3.06% 0 Steady
Total 17,859,907 100.00% Steady 39 Steady
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% Decrease4.69%

List of Elected MPs

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Constituency Winner Party Margin Runner-upa Partya
Madras North A. V. P. Asaithambi DMK 45,103 K. Manoharan AIADMK
Madras Central P. Ramachandran NCO 73,411 K. Raja Mohammad AIADMK
Madras South R. Venkataraman INC 14,829 Murasoli Maran DMK
Sriperumbudur S. Jaganathan AIADMK 45,932 T. P. Elumalai NCO
Chengalpattu R. Mohanarangam AIADMK 35,639 Era. Sezhiyan DMK
Arakkonam O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar INC 57,864 N. Veeraswamy DMK
Vellore V. Dhandayuthapani NCO 3,161 Abdul Samad IND
Tiruppattur C. N. Viswanathan Janata party 98,666 C. K. Chinnaraj Gounder AIADMK
Vandavasi Venugopal Gounder AIADMK 81,132 Durai Murugan DMK
Tindivanam M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan INC 49,485 V. Krishnamoorthy DMK
Cuddalore G. Bhuvarahan INC 89,057 S. Radhakrishnan NCO
Chidambaram A. Murugesan AIADMK 109,234 N. Rajangam DMK
Dharmapuri Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy INC 105,686 P. Ponnuswamy NCO
Krishnagiri P. V. Periasamy AIADMK 119,228 M. Kamalanathan DMK
Rasipuram B. Devarajan INC 133,438 Jothi Venkatachalam NCO
Salem P. Kannan AIADMK 79,604 K. Rajaram DMK
Tiruchengode R. Kolanthaivelu AIADMK 128,180 M. Muthusamy DMK
Nilgiris P. S. Ramalingam AIADMK 59,346 M. K. Nanja Gowder NCO
Gobichettipalayam K. S. Ramaswamy INC 105,458 N. K. Karuppuswamy NCO
Coimbatore Parvathi Krishnan CPI 21,178 S. V. Lakshmanan NCO
Pollachi K. A. Raju AIADMK 124,194 C. T. Dhandapani DMK
Palani C. Subramaniam INC 221,768 K. N. Saminathan DMK
Dindigul K. Maya Thevar AIADMK 169,224 A. Balasubramaniam CPM
Madurai R. V. Swaminathan INC 134,345 P. Ramamurthi CPM
Periyakulam S. Ramasamy AIADMK 204,392 Palanivel Rajan DMK
Karur K. Gopal INC 145,520 M. Meenakshi Sundaram NCO
Tiruchirappalli M. Kalyanasundaram CPI 76,045 Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar NCO
Perambalur A. Asokaraj AIADMK 180,027 J. S. Raju DMK
Mayiladuthurai N. Kudanthai Ramalingam INC 74,265 S. Govindasamy NCO
Nagapattinam S. G. Murugaiyan CPI 40,810 M. Thazhai Karunanithi DMK
Thanjavur S. D. Somasundaram AIADMK 97,743 L. Ganesan DMK
Pudukkottai V. S. Elanchezhiyan AIADMK 223,615 V. Vairava Thevar NCO
Sivaganga P. Thiagarajan AIADMK 211,533 R. Ramanathan Chettiar NCO
Ramanathapuram P. Anbalagan AIADMK 175,130 M. S. K. Sathiyendran DMK
Sivakasi V. Jeyalakshmi INC 114,848 G. Ramanujuam NCO
Tirunelveli V. Arunachalam AIADMK 182,693 Samsuddin alias K. M. Kathiravan DMK
Tenkasi M. Arunachalam INC 186,878 S. Rajagopalan NCO
Tiruchendur K. T. Kosalram INC 120,190 Edwin Devadasan NCO
Nagercoil Kumari Ananthan NCO 74,236 M. Moses INC

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

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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)

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Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
Aravinda Bala Pajanor AIADMK Pondicherry
Satyavani Muthu AIADMK Rajya Sabha

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "India - Date of Elections: March 16 to 20, 1977" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2022.

Bibliography

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