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Tamil Nadu assembly election, Oct 1977

The 2nd Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
234
118 needed for a majority
Largest party
ADK
130 seats · majority
Candidates
1,390
24 women, 2 elected
Turnout
60.75%
1.71 cr of 2.82 cr

The house

234 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

234SEATS
  • ADK130
  • DMK48
  • INC27
  • CPM12
  • JNP10
  • CPI5
  • IND1
  • FBL1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Tamil Nadu assembly election (1971)

DMK
-136
CPM
+12
IND
-7
FBL
-6
CPI
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
ADKADK130—20035.4%51,94,87630.36%—2
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam48-13623025.3%42,58,77124.89%-23.6944
INCIndian National Congress27—19820.8%29,94,53517.50%—82
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)12+122033.0%4,77,8352.79%+1.150
JNPJanata Party10—23316.7%28,51,88416.67%—122
CPICommunist Party of India5-33220.4%4,96,9552.90%+0.5915
INDIndependent1-74652.3%7,78,3324.55%-1.58445
FBLAll India Forward Bloc1-6612.2%50,8310.30%-1.415
RPIRPI0—41.3%3,7040.02%—4
HMSHMS0—20.3%4230.00%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Tamil Nadu at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Oct 1977

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KILLIYOORTamil NaduJNPP. VIJAYARAGHAVANINCK. THANKARAJ25,92859.98%
USILAMPATTITamil NaduFBLP.K. MOOKAIH THAVERINCN.S. PONNIAH23,93941.94%
ARUPPUKOTTAITamil NaduADKM.G. RAMACHANDRANJNPM. MUTHUVEL SERVAI29,37838.36%
SANKARITamil NaduADKP. DHANAPALDMKM. PARAMANANDAM21,02934.18%
NILAKOTTAITamil NaduADKA. BALUCHAMYINCM. MUTHUPERIASAMY18,49733.46%
HOSURTamil NaduINCN. RAMCHANDRA REDDYJNPK.S. KOTHANDARAMIAH17,16532.37%
PERAMBALURTamil NaduADKS.V. RAMASAMYDMKK.S. VELUSAMY20,94131.65%
TIRUCHENGODETamil NaduADKC. PONNAIYANJNPV. KUMARASWAMY26,73727.70%
ANAICUTTamil NaduADKR. MARGABANDHUJNPP.M. VASUDEVA REDDIAR18,58527.70%
MODAKURICHITamil NaduADKSUBBALAKSHMIDMKA. GANESHAMURTHY22,87226.88%

Closest results of Oct 1977

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
TARAMANGALAMTamil NaduINCR. NARAYANANADKS. SEMMALAI190.03%
THIRUMAYAMTamil NaduINCN. SUNDARARAJADKP. PONNAMBALAM570.07%
MELURTamil NaduADKA.M. PARAMASIVANINCK.V. VEERNANAMABLAM1560.17%
OOTACAMUNDTamil NaduADKB. GOPALANDMKK. KARUPPASAMY1290.21%
NAGERCOILTamil NaduADKM. VINCENTJNPP. MUHAMMED ISMAIL1930.26%
KARAIKUDITamil NaduADKP. KALIYAPPANINCP. CHIDAMBARAM2400.28%
NANGUNERITamil NaduJNPM. JOHN VINCENTADKD. VELIAH2040.30%
TIRUPPATTURTamil NaduCPIS. SHANMUGAM KOOTHAGUDIADKC.T. RAJACHIDAMBARAM3410.43%
TAMBARAMTamil NaduADKMUNU ADHIDMKPAMMAL N. NALLATHAMBI4260.46%
ATTURTamil NaduINCC. PALANIMUTHUADKP. KANDASAMY3470.54%