1977 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu information
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
← 1971
16–20 March 1977[1]
1980 →
39 (of 542) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered
27,187,417
Turnout
18,252,182 (67.13%) 4.69%
First party
Second party
Leader
M. G. Ramachandran
M. Karunanidhi
Party
AIADMK
DMK
Alliance
Congress Front
Janata alliance
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did not contest
Seats won
34
5
Seat change
21
19
Popular vote
10,164,615
6,479,436
Percentage
56.91%
36.28%
Swing
38.97%
29.40%
1977 Election map (by constituencies) Green = INC+ and Blue = JP+
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.
^"India - Date of Elections: March 16 to 20, 1977" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2022.
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