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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.
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39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 27,187,417 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 18,252,182 (67.13%) ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() 1977 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+ |
No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
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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 |
No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
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1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ![]() | M. Karunanidhi | 19 | |
2. | Indian National Congress (Organization) | P. Ramachandran | 18 | ||
3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() | G. Ramakrishnan | 2 |
Alliance | Party | Popular Vote | Percentage | Swing | Seats won | Seat Change | ||
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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% | ![]() |
14 | ![]() | |||
Communist Party of India | 822,233 | 4.60% | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | |||
Total | 10,164,615 | 56.91% | ![]() |
34 | ![]() | |||
DMK+ | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 3,156,116 | 17.67% | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | ||
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,323,320 | 18.61% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | |||
Total | 6,479,436 | 36.28% | ![]() |
5 | ![]() | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 279,081 | 1.56% | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |||
Republican Party of India | 3,809 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
Independents | 932,966 | 5.22% | ![]() |
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% | ||||||
Reigstered Voters/Turnout | 27,187,417 | 67.13% | ![]() |
Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Runner-upa | Partya |
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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 |
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.
Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
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Aravinda Bala Pajanor | AIADMK | Pondicherry | |
Satyavani Muthu | AIADMK | Rajya Sabha | |
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