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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = parliamentary<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971<br />
| previous_year = 1971<br />
| next_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980<br />
| next_year = 1980<br />
| election_date = 16–20 March 1977<ref>http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1977_E.PDF {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />
| seats_for_election = 39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha<br />
| image1 =[[File:MG_Ramachandran_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg|130x130px]]<br />
| leader1 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]] <br />
| party1 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
| alliance1 = Congress alliance<br />
| leaders_seat1 = ''Did not contest''<br />
| seats1 = 34 <br />
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 21<br />
| popular_vote1 = 10,164,615<br />
| percentage1 = 56.91%<br />
| swing1 = {{increase}} 38.97%<br />
| image2 =[[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]<br />
| leader2 = [[M. Karunanidhi]] <br />
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''<br />
| party2 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
| alliance2 = Janata alliance<br />
| seats2 = 5 <br />
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 19<br />
| popular_vote2 = 6,479,436<br />
| percentage2 = 36.28%<br />
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 29.40%<br />
<br />
| map_image = 1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png<br />
| map_size = 200px<br />
| map_caption = 1977 Election map (by constituencies)<br /> Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+<br />
<br />
| title = <br />
| posttitle = <br />
| before_election = Indian National Congress<br />
| before_party = <br />
| after_election = <br />
| after_party = Janata Party<br />
}}<br />
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.<br />
<br />
==Voting and results==<br />
[[File:1977 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]<br />
<br />
===Results by Pre-poll Alliance===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"<br />
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[Indian National Congress|INC+]]<br />
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|[[Janata Party|JP]]<br />
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|OTHERS<br />
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|SEATS<br />
|---- <br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|17<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]<br />
|3<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]<br />
|0<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|14<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<br />
|2<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|3<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|---- <br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1977)<br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|34<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1977)<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|5<br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1977)<br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|0<br />
|---- <br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1971)<br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|9<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1971)<br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|24<br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1971)<br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|6<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Results by Post-poll Alliance===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"<br />
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|[[Janata Party|JP+]]<br />
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]<br />
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS<br />
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|OTHERS<br />
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|SEATS<br />
|---- <br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|17<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|14<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<br />
|2<br />
|---- <br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]<br />
|3<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|3<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|---- <br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL <br />
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|20<br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL <br />
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|17<br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL <br />
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|2<br />
|---- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== List of Elected MPs ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Party<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Margin<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Runner-up<sup>a</sup><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Party<sup>a</sup><br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Madras North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras North]]<br />
|[[A. V. P. Asaithambi]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|45,103<br />
|[[Nanjil K. Manoharan|K. Manoharan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Madras Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras Central]]<br />
|[[P. Ramachandran]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|73,411<br />
|[[K. Raja Mohammad]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Madras South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras South]]<br />
|[[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
|INC<br />
|14,829<br />
|[[Murasoli Maran]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]<br />
|[[S. Jaganathan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|45,932<br />
|[[T. P. Elumalai]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu]]<br />
|[[R. Mohanarangam]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|35,639<br />
|[[Era. Sezhiyan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arakkonam]]<br />
|[[O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar]]<br />
|INC<br />
|57,864<br />
|[[N. Veeraswamy]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore]]<br />
|[[V. Dhandayuthapani]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|3,161<br />
|[[A. K. A. Abdul Samad|Abdul Samad]]<br />
|IND<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tiruppattur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruppattur]]<br />
|[[C. N. Viswanathan]]<br />
|Janata party<br />
|98,666<br />
|[[C. K. Chinnaraj Gounder]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Vandavasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vandavasi]]<br />
|[[Venugopal Gounder]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|81,132<br />
|[[Durai Murugan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tindivanam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tindivanam]]<br />
|[[M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan]]<br />
|INC<br />
|49,485<br />
|[[V. Krishnamoorthy]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]<br />
|[[G. Bhuvarahan]]<br />
|INC<br />
|89,057<br />
|[[S. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]]<br />
|[[A. Murugesan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|109,234<br />
|[[N. Rajangam]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri]]<br />
|[[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]<br />
|INC<br />
|105,686<br />
|[[P. Ponnuswamy]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]<br />
|[[P. V. Periasamy]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|119,228<br />
|[[M. Kamalanathan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rasipuram]]<br />
|[[B. Devarajan]]<br />
|INC<br />
|133,438<br />
|[[Jothi Venkatachalam]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]]<br />
|[[P. Kannan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|79,604<br />
|[[K. Rajaram]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchengode]]<br />
|[[R. Kolanthaivelu]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|128,180<br />
|[[M. Muthusamy]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nilgiris]]<br />
|[[P. S. Ramalingam]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|59,346<br />
|[[M. K. Nanja Gowder]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]]<br />
|[[K. S. Ramaswamy]]<br />
|INC<br />
|105,458<br />
|[[N. K. Karuppuswamy]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]<br />
|[[Parvathi Krishnan]]<br />
|CPI<br />
|21,178<br />
|[[S. V. Lakshmanan]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pollachi]]<br />
|[[K. A. Raju]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|124,194<br />
|[[C. T. Dhandapani]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Palani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palani]]<br />
|[[C. Subramaniam]]<br />
|INC<br />
|221,768<br />
|[[K. N. Saminathan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
|[[K. Maya Thevar]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|169,224<br />
|[[A. Balasubramaniam]]<br />
|CPM<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]<br />
|[[R. V. Swaminathan]]<br />
|INC<br />
|134,345<br />
|[[P. Ramamurthi]]<br />
|CPM<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Periyakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Periyakulam]]<br />
|[[S. Ramasamy]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|204,392<br />
|[[Palanivel Rajan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
|[[K. Gopal]]<br />
|INC<br />
|145,520<br />
|[[M. Meenakshi Sundaram]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
|[[M. Kalyanasundaram]]<br />
|CPI<br />
|76,045<br />
|[[Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Perambalur]]<br />
|[[A. Asokaraj]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|180,027<br />
|[[J. S. Raju]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Mayiladuthurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayiladuthurai]]<br />
|[[N. Kudanthai Ramalingam]]<br />
|INC<br />
|74,265<br />
|[[S. Govindasamy]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagapattinam]]<br />
|[[S. G. Murugaiyan]]<br />
|CPI<br />
|40,810<br />
|[[M. Thazhai Karunanithi]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur]]<br />
|[[S. D. Somasundaram]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|97,743<br />
|[[L. Ganesan]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pudukkottai]]<br />
|[[V. S. Elanchezhiyan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|223,615<br />
|[[V. Vairava Thevar]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]<br />
|[[P. Thiagarajan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|211,533<br />
|[[R. Ramanathan Chettiar]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Ramanathapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ramanathapuram]]<br />
|[[P. Anbalagan]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|175,130<br />
|[[M. S. K. Sathiyendran]]<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivakasi]]<br />
|[[V. Jeyalakshmi]]<br />
|INC<br />
|114,848<br />
|[[G. Ramanujuam]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]<br />
|[[V. Arunachalam]]<br />
|AIADMK<br />
|182,693<br />
|[[Samsuddin]] alias K. M. Kathiravan<br />
|DMK<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]]<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|INC<br />
|186,878<br />
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchendur]]<br />
|[[K. T. Kosalram]]<br />
|INC<br />
|120,190<br />
|[[Edwin Devadasan]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6<br />
|[[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]<br />
|[[Kumari Ananthan]]<br />
|NCO<br />
|74,236<br />
|[[M. Moses]]<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu==<br />
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.<br />
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===Cabinet Ministers (Charan Singh Administration)===<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white; width:180px"|Minister<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Portfolios<br />
|---<br />
|[[Aravinda Bala Pajanor]] <br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|[[Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pondicherry]]<br />
|<br />
|---<br />
|[[Satyavani Muthu]] <br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|[[Rajya Sabha (Tamil Nadu)|Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|<br />
|---<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]<br />
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