1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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The sixth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 June 1977. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the election, defeating its rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). M. G. Ramachandran (commonly known as M.G.R), the AIADMK founder and a prominent Tamil film actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four-cornered contest among the AIADMK, DMK, the Indian National Congress (INC), and the Janata Party.

In 1972, M.G.R founded the AIADMK after being expelled from the DMK due to differences with DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. On 31 January 1976, Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the central government under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, citing non-cooperation under MISA. This led to the imposition of President's rule in the state. Karunanidhi had opposed the Emergency and allied with the Janata Party, founded by Jayaprakash Narayan. M.G.R served as Chief Minister until his death in 1987, winning re-election in the 1980 and 1984 elections.

M.G.R's success set a precedent for actors entering politics, inspiring Telugu superstar N.T.R to follow suit in 1982 and win the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, subsequently becoming the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Since then, no other actor has replicated M.G.R's achievements in electoral politics.

Background

Split in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The DMK gradually weakened in the years following the previous election due to several splits resulting from the exit of influential leaders, including M.G.R. The party's popularity was further undermined by widespread corruption allegations, which M.G.R highlighted, given his close relationship with the Indian National Congress (INC). Tensions within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam began to surface before the 1971 election, but were put aside to win the elections in a standing record landslide margin.

K. A. Mathiazhagan was removed from his position as Minister of Finance, as he was seen as a significant threat to Karunanidhi's leadership. In 1972, influential Dalit leader Sathyavani Muthu left the party, citing a lack of concern for Dalit issues, and subsequently formed the Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam. Treasurer of the party M.G.R was expelled on 10 October 1972 following disciplinary action for his open criticisms of the party leadership regarding alleged corruption and authoritarian behavior. He then joined and lead the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which won the Dindigul by-election in 1973.[1]

In March 1977, V. R. Nedunchezhiyan and several senior leaders also left the DMK to form the Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[2]

Emergency

Emergency, which was declared in June 1975 had a mixed reception in Tamil Nadu. Jayaprakash Narayan's opposition movement did not receive much support in Tamil Nadu due to his association with the DMK government, which had its own trouble due to accusations of corruption. K. Kamaraj did not come in support of Jayaprakash Narayan due to his association with DMK despite the fact he disapproved of Indira Gandhi's actions. DMK executive council called the Emergency unnecessary and undemocratic on 27 June and party leaders condemned it in several statewide meetings. Emergency regulations and censorship were not strictly enforced in Tamil Nadu unlike in other states. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Communist Party of India continued to support Indira Gandhi. M. G. Ramachandran even visited Delhi to extend his support to Indira Gandhi. It was under these circumstances Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the Government of India on 31 January 1976.[1]

Death of Kamaraj and Rajaji

Template:Further Template:Multiple image Kamaraj, leader of Indian National Congress (Organisation), who remarked in 1972, "Randu Katchigalum Orey Kuttaiyil Oorina Mattaigal (both parties, the DMK and the AIADMK, are like fronds dipped in the same bog or tarred by the same brush)."[3] died in 1975. Indian National Congress (Indira) faction could not establish a foothold in Tamil Nadu until his death. After his death, Indian National Congress (Organisation) lost its identity as a party, and a large number of its members led by G. K. Moopanar merged with Indira Congress.[4] The remaining chose not to join with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, but rather joined the Janata Party and later remained largely uncommitted.[5] Swatantra Party lost much of its power after the death of C. Rajagopalachari in 1972 and did not contest the election. Most of its members joined the newly formed Janata Party.[6]

Coalitions

This election was a four cornered contest. The AIADMK allied itself with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while INC(I) and Communist Party of India (CPI) contested as allies. The DMK and Janata Party (JNP) contested the elections alone. The AIADMK did not field any candidate in the Usilampatti Constituency in support of the Forward Bloc leader P.K. Mookiah Thevar. Similarly the AIADMK also supported the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) candidate M. Abdul Latheef in the Vaniyambadi Constituency. In the parliamentary elections that occurred just three months prior to this elections, there had been two major alliances – the AIADMK led AIADMK-INC-CPI coalition and the DMK led DMK-NCO-JNP-CPM coalition. But in the months that followed the parliamentary election, these coalitions fell apart.[7]

During this election, a symbol allotment error in the Dharapuram Assembly constituency resulted in the “Two Leaves” symbol of the AIADMK being allotted by the Election Commission of India to an independent rebel candidate Ayyachamy who had earlier been announced by the party but later withdrawn. Despite an appeal from MGR to support his revised nominee Alangiyam A. K. Balakrishnan contesting under the “Lion” symbol, voters elected the independent candidate, highlighting the symbol’s popularity.[8]

Seat sharing of parties

Party/Alliance Flag Electoral symbol Portrait Leader Seats contested
rowspan=4 Template:Party color cell AIADMK-led Alliance Template:Party color cell All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam File:AIADMK Flag.svg File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg File:MG Ramachandran 2017 stamp of India.jpg M. G. Ramachandran 200
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) File:CPI-M-flag.svg File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg A. Balasubramaniam 20
Template:Party color cell All India Forward Bloc File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg P. K. Mookiah Thevar 1
Template:Party color cell Indian Union Muslim League File:Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg File:Prof. K. M. Kader Mohideen.jpg K. M. Kader Mohideen 1
Template:Party color cell Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam File:Flag DMK.svg File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg File:M. Karunanidhi .jpg M. Karunanidhi 230
rowspan=2 Template:Party color cell Indira Congress-led Alliance Template:Party color cell Indira Congress File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg File:Cow and Calf INC.svg File:GK Moopanar 2010 stamp of India.jpg G. K. Moopanar 198
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India File:CPI-banner.svg File:CPI symbol.svg M. Kalyanasundaram 32
Template:Party color cell Janata Party P. Ramachandran 233

Voting and results

Polling for the election was held on 10 June 1977. Turnout among the eligible voters was 61.58%.

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

File:1977 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Template:Election table !colspan=10|File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1977.svg |- !colspan=2|Alliance/Party !Seats won !Change !Popular Vote !Vote % !Adj. %‡ |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 144 | +142 | 5,734,692 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 33.5% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | | 130 | +120 | 5,194,876 | 30.4% | 35.4% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | | 12 | +12 | 477,835 | 2.8% | 33.0% |- |FBL ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | – | 35,361 | 0.2% | 62.0% |- |IND ! style="background-color: olive" | | 1 | – | 26,620 | 0.2% | 42.9% |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK ! style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 48 | -136 | 4,258,771 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 24.9% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | | 48 | -136 | 4,258,771 | 24.9% | 25.3% |- ! style="background-color:#00FFFF; color:black"|Congress alliance ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 32 | +24 | 3,491,490 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 20.4% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 27 | +27 | 2,994,535 | 17.5% | 20.8% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | | 5 | -3 | 496,955 | 2.9% | 20.4% |- ! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|Janata ! style="background-color:yellow" | | 10 | +10 | 2,851,884 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 16.7% |- |JNP ! style="background-color: #FFFF00" | | 10 | +10 | 2,851,884 | 16.7% | 16.8% |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | | 0 | -8 | 751,712 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 4.4% |- |IND ! style="background-color: #666666" | | 0 | -8 | 751,712 | 4.4% | – |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – | 17,108,146 | 100% | style="text-align:center;" | – |- |} Template:Refbegin ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[9] Template:Refend

By constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Royapuram Ponnurangam Template:Party name with color 24,217 33.54 M. Raji Template:Party name with color 22,626 31.34 1,591
2 Harbour A. Selvarajan Template:Party name with color 23,845 36.71 M. M. Peer Mohammad Template:Party name with color 17,862 27.5 5,983
3 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Isari Velan Template:Party name with color 28,416 35.57 R. D. Seethapathy Template:Party name with color 26,928 33.71 1,488
4 Park Town T.S. Nallathambi Template:Party name with color 22,433 32.78 N. G. Bhuvaneshwari Template:Party name with color 19,207 28.07 3,226
5 Perambur (SC) S. Baalan Template:Party name with color 34,134 42.74 T. Raja Template:Party name with color 20,666 25.88 13,468
6 Purasawalkam K. Anbazhagan Template:Party name with color 41,073 45.09 T. S. Govindaswamy Template:Party name with color 22,004 24.16 19,069
7 Egmore (SC) S.Manimudi Template:Party name with color 26,746 38.6 K. Deivasigamoni Template:Party name with color 19,414 28.02 7,332
8 Anna Nagar M. Karunanidhi Template:Party name with color 43,076 50.1 G. Krishnamurthy Template:Party name with color 26,638 30.98 16,438
9 T. Nagar R. E. Chandran Jayapal Template:Party name with color 23,346 30.91 K. Krishnamoorthy Template:Party name with color 22,316 29.55 1,030
10 Thousand lights S.J. Sadiq Pasha Template:Party name with color 26,599 37.13 Syed Khaleefa Thullah Template:Party name with color 21,741 30.35 4,858
11 Chepauk A. Rahman Khan Template:Party name with color 24,425 38.4 V. Rajkumar Template:Party name with color 17,796 27.98 6,629
12 Triplicane M. Aranganathan Template:Party name with color 23,154 35.16 Noorjahan Razack Template:Party name with color 21,027 31.93 2,127
13 Mylapore T. K. Kapali Template:Party name with color 26,044 33.75 Lakshmi Krishnamurthi Template:Party name with color 21,138 27.39 4,906
14 Saidapet D. Purushothaman Template:Party name with color 27,160 36.7 N. Kannan Template:Party name with color 21,882 29.56 5,278
15 Gummidipoondi S. Munirathinam Template:Party name with color 32,309 42.26 G. Kamalambujammal Template:Party name with color 21,042 27.52 11,267
16 Ponneri (SC) S. M. Dorairaj Template:Party name with color 31,796 42.64 G. Vetriveeran Template:Party name with color 20,524 27.53 11,272
17 Thiruvottiyur P. Sigamony Template:Party name with color 26,458 31.29 M. V. Narayanaswamy Template:Party name with color 23,995 28.37 2,463
18 Villivakkam K. Suppu Template:Party name with color 37,327 41.07 R. Sarweshwar Rao Template:Party name with color 29,429 32.38 7,898
19 Alandur K. M. Abdul Razack Template:Party name with color 30,961 37.45 M. Abiraham Template:Party name with color 27,112 32.8 3,849
20 Tambaram Munu Adhi Template:Party name with color 32,394 35.22 Pammal Nallathambi Template:Party name with color 31,968 34.75 426
21 Thiruporur (SC) G. Chokkalingam Template:Party name with color 24,932 44.78 T. Radha Template:Party name with color 22,831 41 2,101
22 Chengalpattu Anoor Jagadeesan Template:Party name with color 29,306 43.5 V. Rudrakotti Template:Party name with color 25,436 37.75 3,870
23 Maduranthakam C. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 26,977 36.08 S. D. Ugamchand Template:Party name with color 19,645 26.27 7,332
24 Acharapakkam (SC) Ethraj Template:Party name with color 26,756 43.19 N. Muthuvel Template:Party name with color 23,959 38.67 2,797
25 Uthiramerur S. Pakkur Subramanyan Template:Party name with color 34,877 45.03 K. M. Rajagopal Template:Party name with color 22,294 28.78 12,583
26 Kancheepuram K. Balaji Template:Party name with color 31,327 35.47 V. Sambandan Template:Party name with color 29,380 33.27 1,947
27 Sriperumbudur (SC) N. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 29,038 43 T. S. Lakshmanan Template:Party name with color 20,901 30.95 8,137
28 Poonamallee D. Irajarathnam Template:Party name with color 26,552 36.49 Era. Kulasekaran Template:Party name with color 21,659 29.76 4,893
29 Thiruvallur S. Pattabiraman Template:Party name with color 30,670 45.38 Munirathinam Naidu Template:Party name with color 22,368 33.09 8,302
30 Tiruttani R. Shanmugham Template:Party name with color 29,070 43.68 A. B. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 18,754 28.18 10,316
31 Pallipattu Eakambara Reddy Template:Party name with color 23,480 33.62 K. M. Balaraman Template:Party name with color 19,194 27.49 4,286
32 Arakkonam (SC) V. K. Raju Template:Party name with color 24,630 33.5 A. Kannayiram Template:Party name with color 17,041 23.18 7,589
33 Sholingur S. J. Ramaswamy Template:Party name with color 25,997 38.23 K. Murthi Template:Party name with color 20,348 29.93 5,649
34 Ranipet Durai Murugan Template:Party name with color 31,940 43.53 K. A. Wahab Template:Party name with color 16,643 22.68 15,297
35 Arcot K. J. Uyyakondan Template:Party name with color 27,193 39.29 N. R. Ethirajulu Template:Party name with color 16,614 24.01 10,579
36 Katpadi M. A. Jayavelu Template:Party name with color 26,873 38.18 Sambasivam Template:Party name with color 22,183 31.51 4,690
37 Gudiyatham V. K. Kothandaraman Template:Party name with color 20,590 29.54 Soundarajulu Naidu Template:Party name with color 18,046 25.89 2,544
38 Pernambut (SC) I. Tamilarasan Template:Party name with color 24,536 37.21 P. Rajagopal Template:Party name with color 20,873 31.66 3,663
39 Vaniyambadi M. Abdul Latheef Template:Party name with color 26,620 42.86 R. Sampanghi Template:Party name with color 17,886 28.8 8,734
40 Natrampalli T. Anbazhagan Template:Party name with color 31,015 44.43 M. Marappan Template:Party name with color 14,960 21.43 16,055
41 Tiruppattur B. Sundaram Template:Party name with color 19,855 27.29 K. Jayaraman Template:Party name with color 18,857 25.92 998
42 Chengam (SC) T. Swamikannu Template:Party name with color 22,789 46.36 N. Poosanar Template:Party name with color 11,877 24.16 10,912
43 Thandarambattu D. Venugopal Template:Party name with color 28,605 38.01 A. Ramalingam Template:Party name with color 21,661 28.78 6,944
44 Tiruvannamalai P. U. Shanmugam Template:Party name with color 27,148 32.22 D. Pattusamy Template:Party name with color 25,786 30.61 1,362
45 Kalasapakkam P. S. Thiruvengadam Template:Party name with color 26,841 35.39 S. Sundaresa Udayar Template:Party name with color 25,298 33.35 1,543
46 Polur K. J. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 24,631 37.82 S. Murugaiyan Template:Party name with color 21,902 33.63 2,729
47 Anaicut R. Margabandhu Template:Party name with color 32,731 48.78 P. M. Vasudeva Reddiar Template:Party name with color 14,146 21.08 18,585
48 Vellore A. K. Ranganathan Template:Party name with color 26,590 30.47 A. K. Lalalajapathy Template:Party name with color 25,758 29.52 832
49 Arni V. Arjunan Template:Party name with color 33,925 41.47 E. Selvarasu Template:Party name with color 24,703 30.2 9,222
50 Cheyyar Pulavar Govindan Template:Party name with color 33,338 43.34 K. Shanmughasundaram Template:Party name with color 21,419 27.84 11,919
51 Vandavasi (SC) P. Munuswamy Template:Party name with color 28,306 41.11 C. Kanniappan Template:Party name with color 26,476 38.45 1,830
52 Peranamallur P. Chandran Template:Party name with color 27,860 40.47 P. Ettappan Template:Party name with color 19,822 28.79 8,038
53 Melmalayanur P. Thangavelu Gounder Template:Party name with color 27,673 38.93 S. Vijayaraghavan Template:Party name with color 14,110 19.85 13,563
54 Gingee Gingee N. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 26,971 36.13 G. Krishnaswamy Template:Party name with color 23,381 31.32 3,590
55 Tindivanam T. R. Erajaram Reddy Template:Party name with color 18,990 29.55 R. Radhakrishnan Template:Party name with color 17,150 26.69 1,840
56 Vanur (SC) M. Paramasivam Template:Party name with color 21,557 34.32 A. Boopalan Template:Party name with color 19,584 31.18 1,973
57 Kandamangalam (SC) M. Kannan Template:Party name with color 25,403 38.71 S. Alagavelu Template:Party name with color 23,349 35.58 2,054
58 Villupuram P. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 27,882 37.69 K. P. Palaniappan Template:Party name with color 25,183 34.04 2,699
59 Mugaiyur G. Rangothaman Template:Party name with color 31,531 45.74 M. Shanmugam Template:Party name with color 18,248 26.47 13,283
60 Tirunavalur L. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 24,087 34.96 V. Subramanaian Template:Party name with color 19,132 27.77 4,955
61 Ulundurpet (SC) V. Thulukkanam Template:Party name with color 26,788 37.7 Sathyavani Muthu Template:Party name with color 19,211 27.04 7,577
62 Nellikkuppam C. Govindarajan Template:Party name with color 23,077 32.75 V. Krishnamoorthy Template:Party name with color 18,260 25.91 4,817
63 Cuddalore K. Abdul Latheef Template:Party name with color 24,107 31.61 R. Govindarajan Template:Party name with color 22,280 29.21 1,827
64 Panruti S. Ramachandaran Template:Party name with color 43,330 59.24 K. Nandagopala Krishnan Template:Party name with color 27,673 37.83 15,657
65 Kurinjipadi M. Selvaraj Template:Party name with color 19,523 28.75 S. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 16,997 25.03 2,526
66 Bhuvanagiri V. Raghuraman Template:Party name with color 21,638 28.33 T. M. D. Mahalingam Template:Party name with color 17,350 22.72 4,288
67 Kattumannarkoil (SC) E. Ramalingam Template:Party name with color 26,038 37.54 R. Rajan Template:Party name with color 19,991 28.82 6,047
68 Chidambaram Durai Kaliyamoorthy Template:Party name with color 22,917 31.3 Muthu Govindarajan Template:Party name with color 19,586 26.75 3,331
69 Virudhachalam C. Ramanathan Template:Party name with color 30,178 39.59 K. Ramalingam Template:Party name with color 18,071 23.71 12,107
70 Mangalur M. Periyasamy Template:Party name with color 30,616 40.32 V. Ponnuswamy Template:Party name with color 17,361 22.86 13,255
71 Rishivandiyam M. Sundaram Template:Party name with color 25,530 38.42 M. Deivigam Template:Party name with color 21,478 32.32 4,052
72 Chinnasalem M. Subdramaniam Template:Party name with color 24,304 35.57 S. P. Pachayappan Template:Party name with color 21,081 30.86 3,223
73 Sankarapuram Durai Muthusamy Template:Party name with color 21,593 31.45 M. Mohammad Haneed Template:Party name with color 18,885 27.5 2,708
74 Hosur N. Ramachandra Reddy Template:Party name with color 30,818 58.12 K. S. Kothandaramiah Template:Party name with color 13,653 25.75 17,615
75 Thalli D. R. Rajaram Naidu Template:Party name with color 18,559 30.53 B. venkataswamy Template:Party name with color 13,388 22.02 5,171
76 Kaveripattinam K. Samarasam Template:Party name with color 25,770 39.97 E. Pattabi Naidu Template:Party name with color 19,312 29.95 6,458
77 Krishnagiri K. R. Chinnarassu Template:Party name with color 17,178 32.66 T. M. Thiruppathy Template:Party name with color 12,466 23.7 4,712
78 Bargur H. G. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 28,812 48.94 V. C. Thimmarayan Template:Party name with color 15,420 26.19 13,392
79 Harur (SC) M. Annamalai Template:Party name with color 20,042 34.69 K. Surattaiyan Template:Party name with color 12,470 21.59 7,572
80 Morappur N. Kuppusamy Template:Party name with color 22,886 34.42 R. P. Murugan Template:Party name with color 21,270 31.99 1,616
81 Palacode B. M. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 21,959 32.87 K. T. Govindan Template:Party name with color 17,701 26.5 4,258
82 Dharmapuri P. K. C. Muthusamy Template:Party name with color 26,742 42.3 D. S. Shanmugam Template:Party name with color 21,556 34.1 5,186
83 Pennagaram K. Appunu Gounder Template:Party name with color 17,591 32.13 Krishnan Template:Party name with color 16,932 30.92 659
84 Mettur K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder Template:Party name with color 30,762 43.67 P. Natesan Template:Party name with color 13,976 19.84 16,786
85 Taramangalam R. Narayanan Template:Party name with color 23,882 34.59 S. Semmalai Template:Party name with color 23,863 34.56 19
86 Omalur M. Sivaperumal Template:Party name with color 26,342 42.69 M. Govindan Template:Party name with color 13,824 22.41 12,518
87 Yercaud (ST) R. Kaliyappan Template:Party name with color 20,219 42.29 V. Chinnaswamy Template:Party name with color 13,444 28.12 6,775
88 Salem – I S. V. Varadarajan Template:Party name with color 34,708 38.21 S. S. Mahadeva Mudaliar Template:Party name with color 26,046 28.67 8,662
89 Salem – II M. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 22,636 31.41 K. A. Thangavelu Template:Party name with color 20,523 28.48 2,113
90 Veerapandi P. Venga Gounder Template:Party name with color 31,920 44.87 M. Muthuswamy Template:Party name with color 18,144 25.5 13,776
91 Panamarathupatti N. Subbarayan Template:Party name with color 27,676 45.04 S. C. Kanjamalai Template:Party name with color 14,478 23.56 13,198
92 Attur C. Palanimuthu Template:Party name with color 19,040 29.8 P. Kandasamy Template:Party name with color 18,693 29.25 347
93 Talavasal (SC) S. M. Raju Template:Party name with color 24,681 36.33 K. Kaliyaperumal Template:Party name with color 19,004 27.97 5,677
94 Rasipuram P. Duraisamy Template:Party name with color 33,762 43.61 K. C. Periasamy Template:Party name with color 19,374 25.02 14,388
95 Senthamangalam V. Chinnasamy Template:Party name with color 28,731 45.1 Vadama Gounder Template:Party name with color 13,881 21.79 14,850
96 Namakkal (SC) R. Arunachalam Template:Party name with color 31,952 40.59 K. Veluchamy Template:Party name with color 17,215 21.87 14,737
97 Kapilamalai K. Sengodan Template:Party name with color 30,194 36.54 S. Paramasivam Template:Party name with color 18,798 22.75 11,396
98 Tiruchengode C. Ponnaiyan Template:Party name with color 44,501 46.11 V. Kumaraswamy Template:Party name with color 17,764 18.41 26,737
99 Sankari (SC) P. Dhanapal Template:Party name with color 32,780 53.27 M. Paramanandam Template:Party name with color 11,751 19.1 21,029
100 Edappadi I. Ganesan Template:Party name with color 31,063 38.56 T. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 24,256 30.11 6,807
101 Mettupalayam S. Palanisamy Template:Party name with color 26,029 32.37 T. T. S. Thippaiah Template:Party name with color 20,717 25.76 5,312
102 Avanashi (SC) S. N. Palaniswamy Template:Party name with color 22,550 32.26 R. Annanambi Template:Party name with color 20,803 29.76 1,747
103 Thondamuthur K. Maruthachalam Template:Party name with color 31,690 33.29 R. Manickavachagam Template:Party name with color 24,195 25.41 7,495
104 Singanallur R. Venkedusamy alias Venkedu Template:Party name with color 25,820 27.96 R. Senkaliappan Template:Party name with color 24,024 26.02 1,796
105 Coimbatore (West) C. Aranganayagam Template:Party name with color 27,742 36.8 B. S. Mohammad Ali Template:Party name with color 20,393 27.05 7,349
106 Coimbatore (East) K. Ramani Template:Party name with color 20,803 30.54 K. Aranganathan Template:Party name with color 18,784 27.58 2,019
107 Perur A. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 29,158 33.74 M. Nanjappan Template:Party name with color 26,328 30.46 2,830
108 Kinathukadavu K. V. Kandasamy Template:Party name with color 25,909 36.32 M. Kannappan Template:Party name with color 20,589 28.86 5,320
109 Pollachi O. P. Somasundaram Template:Party name with color 34,896 45.11 S. Raju Template:Party name with color 17,952 23.2 16,944
110 Valparai (SC) R. S. Thangavelu Template:Party name with color 20,926 34.18 A. T. Karuppiah Template:Party name with color 16,241 26.53 4,685
111 Udumalaipettai P. Kolandaivelu Template:Party name with color 28,737 34.3 U. K. P. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 24,619 29.39 4,118
112 Dharapuram (SC) R. Ayyachamy Template:Party name with color 18,884 31.67 A. K. Shivalingam Template:Party name with color 16,202 27.17 2,682
113 Vellakoil D. Ramaswamy Template:Party name with color 30,996 37.69 M. Palanisamy Template:Party name with color 20,676 25.14 10,320
114 Pongalur K. Nachimuthu Template:Party name with color 20,324 32.56 S. R. Balasubramaniam Template:Party name with color 18,769 30.07 1,555
115 Palladam P. G. Kittu Template:Party name with color 27,172 33.11 K. N. Kumarasamy Template:Party name with color 20,175 24.58 6,997
116 Tiruppur R. Manimaran Template:Party name with color 38,984 41.13 A. Ganapathy Template:Party name with color 24,569 25.92 14,415
117 Kangayam R. K. S. Dhanapandi Template:Party name with color 31,665 42.09 M. Sivasabapathy Template:Party name with color 18,498 24.59 13,167
118 Modakkurichi Subbulakshmi Template:Party name with color 38,072 44.75 A. Ganeshamurthy Template:Party name with color 15,200 17.86 22,872
119 Perundurai A. Ponnusamy Template:Party name with color 30,574 39.91 N. K. Palanisamy Template:Party name with color 24,532 32.02 6,042
120 Erode S. Muthusamy Template:Party name with color 37,968 43.09 M. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 20,389 23.14 17,579
121 Bhavani M. R. Soundarrajan Template:Party name with color 22,989 31.41 G. Gurumoorthy Template:Party name with color 19,013 25.98 3,976
122 Anthiyur (SC) P. Guruswamy Template:Party name with color 23,950 42.46 A. Palani Template:Party name with color 11,423 20.25 12,527
123 Gobichettipalayam N. K. K. Ramasamy Template:Party name with color 25,660 34.99 N. R. Thiruvenkadam Template:Party name with color 19,248 26.25 6,412
124 Bhavanisagar V. K. Chinnaswamy Template:Party name with color 23,078 32.48 Sampoornam Swaminathan Template:Party name with color 21,631 30.44 1,447
125 Sathyamangalam K. A. Sengottaian Template:Party name with color 21,145 35.81 C. R. Rajappa Template:Party name with color 19,639 33.26 1,506
126 Coonoor (SC) K. Rangasamy Template:Party name with color 22,649 42.33 C. Periasamy Template:Party name with color 13,150 24.58 9,499
127 Ootacamund B. Gopalan Template:Party name with color 18,134 28.94 K. Karuppasamy Template:Party name with color 18,005 28.74 129
128 Gudalur K. Hutchi Gowder Template:Party name with color 15,323 26.29 C. I. Allapitchai Template:Party name with color 14,963 25.68 360
129 Palani (SC) N. Palanivel Template:Party name with color 23,810 34.53 S. R. P. Mani Template:Party name with color 19,966 28.96 3,844
130 Oddanchatram A. P. Palaniappan Template:Party name with color 27,000 37.09 K. Kuppuswamy Template:Party name with color 22,419 30.79 4,581
131 Periyakulam K. Pannai Sethuram Template:Party name with color 31,271 45.5 R. Ramaiah Template:Party name with color 16,948 24.66 14,323
132 Theni V. R. Jayaraman Template:Party name with color 35,152 45.71 S. Veluchamy Template:Party name with color 18,579 24.16 16,573
133 Bodinayakkanur P. Ramadass Template:Party name with color 29,022 41.12 K. S. M. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 20,030 28.38 8,992
134 Cumbum R. Chandrasekharan Template:Party name with color 34,902 41.5 N. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 34,080 40.52 822
135 Andipatti K. Kandasamy Template:Party name with color 24,311 34.41 N. V. Gurusamy Template:Party name with color 16,269 23.03 8,042
136 Sedapatti R. Muthiah Template:Party name with color 28,040 43.52 A. R. P. Alagarsamy Template:Party name with color 17,018 26.41 11,022
137 Thirumangalam P. T. Saraswathy Template:Party name with color 29,493 44.3 N. S. V. Chithan Template:Party name with color 27,720 41.63 1,773
138 Usilampatti P. K. Mookiah Thevar Template:Party name with color 35,361 61.95 N. S. Ponniah Template:Party name with color 11,422 20.01 23,939
139 Nilakottai (SC) A. Baluchamy Template:Party name with color 28,296 51.19 M. Muthuperiasamy Template:Party name with color 9,799 17.73 18,497
140 Sholavandan V. Balaguruva Reddiar Template:Party name with color 29,968 40.02 A. Chandrasekaran Template:Party name with color 23,455 31.32 6,513
141 Thiruparankundram K. Kalimuthu Template:Party name with color 33,850 41.39 V. Palani Andi Ambalam Template:Party name with color 15,760 19.27 18,090
142 Madurai West T. P. M. Periyaswamy Template:Party name with color 32,342 43.06 Pon. Muthuramalingam Template:Party name with color 16,211 21.59 16,131
143 Madurai Central N. Lakshminarayanan Template:Party name with color 29,399 39.9 A. Rathinam Template:Party name with color 16,420 22.28 12,979
144 Madurai East N. Sankaraiah Template:Party name with color 24,263 33.45 A. G. Subbraman Template:Party name with color 22,278 30.71 1,985
145 Samayanallur (SC) S. Selvaraj Template:Party name with color 34,019 44.5 C. Karuthanan Template:Party name with color 19,658 25.71 14,361
146 Melur A. M. Paramasivan Template:Party name with color 33,111 36.07 K. V. Veeranambalam Template:Party name with color 32,955 35.9 156
147 Natham M. Andi Ambalam Template:Party name with color 29,055 44.97 R. Murugan Template:Party name with color 21,093 32.65 7,962
148 Dindigul N. Varadharajan Template:Party name with color 33,614 45.19 V. S. Lakshmanan Template:Party name with color 13,732 18.46 19,882
149 Athoor A. Vellaisamy Template:Party name with color 31,590 45.4 A. M. T. Nachiappan Template:Party name with color 13,938 20.03 17,652
150 Vedasandur S. M. Vasan Template:Party name with color 26,995 37.21 S. Nanjunda Rao Template:Party name with color 25,141 34.66 1,854
151 Aravakurichi S. Sadasivam Template:Party name with color 32,581 39.51 P. Ramasamy Template:Party name with color 21,547 26.13 11,034
152 Karur K. Vadivel Template:Party name with color 33,856 35.11 S. Nallasamy Template:Party name with color 22,264 23.09 11,592
153 Krishnarayapuram (SC) P. Soundarapandian Template:Party name with color 22,561 32.59 P. N. Thangavelraj Template:Party name with color 21,967 31.73 594
154 Marungapuri K. Karunanidhi Muthiah Template:Party name with color 27,093 38.58 A. P. Raju Template:Party name with color 16,894 24.06 10,199
155 Kulithalai P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar Template:Party name with color 27,043 33.59 S. Rasu Template:Party name with color 19,396 24.09 7,647
156 Thottiam K. P. Kathamuthu Template:Party name with color 25,638 31.85 K. M. Shanmugasundaram Template:Party name with color 24,648 30.62 990
157 Uppiliapuram (ST) R. Periasamy Template:Party name with color 31,642 37.08 M. Atchayagopal Template:Party name with color 25,936 30.4 5,706
158 Musiri P. Kothandaraman alias Musiri Putthan Template:Party name with color 34,569 39.27 V. S. Periasamy alias VSP Template:Party name with color 20,567 23.36 14,002
159 Lalgudi K. N. Shanmugam Template:Party name with color 33,322 36.06 R. Gandhirajan Template:Party name with color 31,789 34.4 1,533
160 Perambalur (SC) S. V. Ramasamy Template:Party name with color 37,400 56.53 K. S. Velusamy Template:Party name with color 16,459 24.88 20,941
161 Varahur (SC) N. Perumal Template:Party name with color 36,023 52.39 K. Kanagasabai Template:Party name with color 23,919 34.79 12,104
162 Ariyalur T. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 31,380 39.73 Karuppiah alias Asokan Template:Party name with color 30,125 38.14 1,255
163 Andimadam T. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 36,885 56.45 S. Sivasubramaniam Template:Party name with color 22,056 33.76 14,829
164 Jayankondam V. Krunamurthy Template:Party name with color 35,540 44.75 K. C. Ganesan Template:Party name with color 23,828 30.01 11,712
165 Srirangam R. Soundararajan Template:Party name with color 26,200 31.31 M. Dharmalingam Template:Party name with color 21,135 25.26 5,065
166 Tiruchy – I C. Manickam Template:Party name with color 21,908 33.29 A. V. Krishnamurthy Template:Party name with color 19,597 29.78 2,311
167 Tiruchy – II K. Soundararajan Template:Party name with color 25,405 36.37 M. S. Venkatachalam Template:Party name with color 17,523 25.09 7,882
168 Thiruverumbur K. S. Murugesan Template:Party name with color 24,594 32.06 V. Swaminathan Template:Party name with color 23,742 30.95 852
169 Sirkazhi (SC) K. Subravelu Template:Party name with color 34,281 43.38 K. Balasubramaniam Template:Party name with color 29,405 37.21 4,876
170 Poompuhar S. Ganesan Template:Party name with color 34,105 44.95 G. Bharathi Mohan Template:Party name with color 24,508 32.3 9,597
171 Mayiladuthurai N. Kittappa Template:Party name with color 29,829 39.34 M. M. S. Abdul Hassan Template:Party name with color 21,237 28.01 8,592
172 Kuttalam R. Rajamaniam Template:Party name with color 30,819 39.92 G. Veeraiyan Template:Party name with color 22,556 29.22 8,263
173 Nannilam (SC) M. Manimaran Template:Party name with color 33,636 41.75 P. Jayaraj Template:Party name with color 24,527 30.44 9,109
174 Tiruvarur (SC) M. Karunanidhi Thazhai Template:Party name with color 38,528 44.27 P. S. Dhanuskody Template:Party name with color 24,274 27.89 14,254
175 Nagapattinam R. Umanath Template:Party name with color 31,519 39.65 A. Ambalavanan Template:Party name with color 30,809 38.76 710
176 Vedaranyam M. Meenakshisundaram Template:Party name with color 29,601 35.4 S. Devarajan Template:Party name with color 28,009 33.5 1,592
177 Thiruthuraipoondi (SC) P. Uthirapathy Template:Party name with color 43,208 45.93 N. Kuppusamy Template:Party name with color 24,934 26.5 18,274
178 Mannargudi M. Ambigapathy Template:Party name with color 34,298 37.89 K. Balakrishnan Template:Party name with color 26,881 29.7 7,417
179 Pattukkottai A. R. Marimuthu Template:Party name with color 25,993 30.13 V. R. K. Palaniappan Template:Party name with color 25,082 29.08 911
180 Peravurani M. R. Govindan Template:Party name with color 32,625 38.8 M. Masilamani Template:Party name with color 24,675 29.34 7,950
181 Orathanad T. M. Thailappan Template:Party name with color 31,866 35.5 N. Sivagnanam Template:Party name with color 26,156 29.14 5,710
182 Thiruvonam Durai Govindarajan Template:Party name with color 23,779 29.06 Pulavar. T. Tholappan Template:Party name with color 21,566 26.36 2,213
183 Thanjavur S. Natarajan Template:Party name with color 33,418 41.72 R. Saminathan Template:Party name with color 23,662 29.54 9,756
184 Tiruvaiyaru G. Elangovan Template:Party name with color 28,500 36.96 P. C. Palaniyandi Template:Party name with color 23,197 30.08 5,303
185 Papanasam R. V. Soundararajan Template:Party name with color 24,904 33.4 S. Sachidanandam Template:Party name with color 23,268 31.21 1,636
186 Valangiman (SC) A. Chellappa Template:Party name with color 24,270 36.01 P. Srinivasan Template:Party name with color 20,897 31 3,373
187 Kumbakonam S. R. Eradha Template:Party name with color 26,432 32.52 O. Vadivelu Mazhavarayar Template:Party name with color 23,450 28.85 2,982
188 Thiruvidaimarudur S. Ramalingam Template:Party name with color 26,304 32.59 K. Govindarajulu Template:Party name with color 24,489 30.34 1,815
189 Tirumayam N. Sundararaj Template:Party name with color 20,694 25.92 P. Ponnambalam Template:Party name with color 20,637 25.85 57
190 Kolathur (SC) V. Chinniah Template:Party name with color 27,071 36.55 T. Marimuthu Template:Party name with color 22,853 30.86 4,218
191 Pudukkottai Rajkumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman Template:Party name with color 36,406 42.74 C. Anbarasan Template:Party name with color 19,352 22.72 17,054
192 Alangudi T. Pushparaju Template:Party name with color 37,634 38.94 P. Thirumaran Template:Party name with color 27,059 28 10,575
193 Arantangi S. Thirunavukkarasu Template:Party name with color 35,468 37.45 P. Appukutty Template:Party name with color 24,528 25.9 10,940
194 Tiruppattur S. Shanmugham Koothagudi Template:Party name with color 21,579 27.45 C. T. Raja Chidambaram Template:Party name with color 21,238 27.02 341
195 Karaikudi P. Kaliyappan Template:Party name with color 27,403 32.03 P. Chidambaram Template:Party name with color 27,163 31.75 240
196 Tiruvadanai KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam Template:Party name with color 32,386 36.75 S. Anguchamy Template:Party name with color 28,650 32.51 3,736
197 Ilaiyangudi R. Sivasamy Template:Party name with color 17,677 24.22 V. Malaikannan Template:Party name with color 16,887 23.14 790
198 Sivaganga O. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 23,495 30.59 K. R. Muruganandam Template:Party name with color 21,066 27.43 2,429
199 Manamadurai (SC) V. M. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 28,849 40.23 K. Paramalai Template:Party name with color 26,794 37.36 2,055
200 Paramakudi (SC) K. Ugrapandian Template:Party name with color 27,303 36.31 K. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 23,357 31.06 3,946
201 Ramanathapuram T. Ramasamy Template:Party name with color 33,048 46.86 S. K. Ganesan Template:Party name with color 15,520 22.01 17,528
202 Kadaladi R. C. Subramanian Template:Party name with color 25,690 36.56 A. Piravanathan Template:Party name with color 12,299 17.5 13,391
203 Mudukulathur S. Balakrishnan Template:Party name with color 17,709 24.13 V. Munisamy Template:Party name with color 14,844 20.23 2,865
204 Aruppukottai M. G. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 43,065 56.23 M. Muthuvel Servai Template:Party name with color 13,687 17.87 29,378
205 Sattur K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 38,772 43.24 M. Veerasamy Template:Party name with color 21,830 24.35 16,942
206 Virudhunagar M. Sundararajan Template:Party name with color 33,077 44.52 A. S. A. Arumugam Template:Party name with color 22,820 30.71 10,257
207 Sivakasi K. Ramasamy Template:Party name with color 24,518 31.11 Dharmar Template:Party name with color 22,746 28.87 1,772
208 Srivilliputhur R. Tamaraikani Template:Party name with color 25,990 31.91 V. Vaikundam Template:Party name with color 18,974 23.3 7,016
209 Rajapalayam (SC) K. Dhanuskodi Template:Party name with color 28,028 37.55 K. Pottu Poattan Template:Party name with color 24,181 32.39 3,847
210 Vilathikulam R. K. Perumal Template:Party name with color 25,384 38.39 K. Subba Reddiar Template:Party name with color 22,001 33.27 3,383
211 Ottapidaram (SC) O. S. Veluchami Template:Party name with color 22,629 41.51 O. Thangaraj Template:Party name with color 16,801 30.82 5,828
212 Kovilpatti S. Alagarsamy Template:Party name with color 21,985 32.75 P. Seeniraj Template:Party name with color 21,588 32.15 397
213 Sankarankoil (SC) S. Subbiah Template:Party name with color 13,778 20.52 C. Ayyadorai Template:Party name with color 21,232 33.72 337
214 Vasudevanallur (SC) R. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 20,092 33.25 I. muthuraj Template:Party name with color 16,048 26.56 4,044
215 Kadayanallur M. M. A. Razak Template:Party name with color 29,347 38.78 S. K. T. Ramachandran Template:Party name with color 23,686 31.3 5,661
216 Tenkasi S. Muthusamy Karayalar Template:Party name with color 30,273 41.36 J. Abdul Jabbar Template:Party name with color 18,489 25.26 11,784
217 Alangulam V. Karuppasamy Pandian Template:Party name with color 20,183 28.43 R. Navaneethakrishnapandian Template:Party name with color 18,342 25.84 1,841
218 Tirunelveli G. R. Edmund Template:Party name with color 26,419 38.5 Krishnan alias Nellai Kannan Template:Party name with color 19,125 27.87 7,294
219 Palayamkottai K. Manoharan Template:Party name with color 29,146 44.1 N. Shanmugan Template:Party name with color 15,192 22.99 13,954
220 Cheranmadevi P. H. Pandian Template:Party name with color 24,256 35.34 V. Ratnasabapathi Template:Party name with color 21,964 32 2,292
221 Ambasamudram Easwaramurthy alias Sornam Template:Party name with color 23,356 35.33 R. Nallakannu Template:Party name with color 21,569 32.63 1,787
222 Nanguneri M. John Vincent Template:Party name with color 18,668 27.71 D. Veliah Template:Party name with color 18,464 27.41 204
223 Radhapuram Y. S. M. Yusuf Template:Party name with color 26,404 38.68 P. Paul Pandian Template:Party name with color 22,810 33.41 3,594
224 Sathankulam R. Jebamani Template:Party name with color 18,362 27.36 S. P. Adithanar Template:Party name with color 17,507 26.09 855
225 Tiruchendur R. Amirtharaj Template:Party name with color 20,871 29.13 Subramanya Adithan Template:Party name with color 19,736 27.55 1,135
226 Srivaikuntam K. Sathu Selvaraj Template:Party name with color 20,459 31.29 S. Muthu Template:Party name with color 16,919 25.87 3,540
227 Thoothukudi N. Dhanasekaran Template:Party name with color 23,598 29.29 R. Naoroji Template:Party name with color 22,379 27.78 1,219
228 Kanyakumari C. Krishnan Template:Party name with color 23,222 33.32 T. C. Subramaniya Pillai Template:Party name with color 16,010 22.97 7,212
229 Nagercoil M. Vincent Template:Party name with color 26,973 36.45 P. Mohammad Ismail Template:Party name with color 26,780 36.19 193
230 Colachel R. Athiswami Template:Party name with color 21,131 30.4 S. Retnaraj Template:Party name with color 19,949 28.7 1,182
231 Padmanabhapuram A. Swamidhas Template:Party name with color 22,910 47.81 N. V. Kanniyappan Template:Party name with color 14,757 30.8 8,153
232 Thiruvattar J. James Template:Party name with color 27,812 48.82 J. Hemachandran Template:Party name with color 26,192 45.98 1,620
233 Vilavancode D. Gnanasigamony Template:Party name with color 32,628 48.85 S. Sathiadas Template:Party name with color 30,695 45.96 1,933
234 Killiyur Pon. Vijayaraghavan Template:Party name with color 34,237 79.2 K. Thankaraj Template:Party name with color 8,309 19.22 25,928

Key:

Blue: Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
(SC) Seat is reserved for scheduled caste.
(ST) Seat is reserved for scheduled tribe.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Factions and Filmstars: Tamil Nadu Politics since 1971. Asian Survey({Template:Year).
  2. ↑ 320 Million Judges{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 8170170613
  3. ↑ Curious story of Congress-DMK ties
  4. ↑ G.K. Moopanar passes away(31 August 2001). Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Democracy and discontent: India's growing crisis of governability{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1990). ISBN 0521396921
  6. ↑ Remembering a phenomenon, Ramakrishnan, T.(25 December 2007). Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Moment of Truth for MGR. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Date).
  8. ↑ Symbol the most effective tool to ensure victory shows history(1 February 2019). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. ↑ 1977 Election Statistical Report, Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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