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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
1977 Election map (by constituencies)
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.
Voting and results
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Results by Pre-poll Alliance
INC+
SEATS
JP
SEATS
OTHERS
SEATS
AIADMK
17
NCO
3
IND
0
INC
14
DMK
2
CPI
3
TOTAL (1977)
34
TOTAL (1977)
5
TOTAL (1977)
0
TOTAL (1971)
9
TOTAL (1971)
24
TOTAL (1971)
6
Results by Post-poll Alliance
List of Elected MPs
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
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
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.
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