1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election information
1977 legislative assembly elections in Tamil Nadu
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
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10 June 1977
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All 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
61.58%
First party
Second party
Leader
M. G. Ramachandran
M. Karunanidhi
Party
AIADMK
DMK
Alliance
AIADMK+
N/A
Leader's seat
Aruppukottai
Anna Nagar
Seats won
144
48
Seat change
142
136
Popular vote
5,734,692
4,258,771
Percentage
33.52%
24.89%
Swing
new party
23.69%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
G. K. Moopanar
P. Ramachandran
Party
INC(R)
JP
Alliance
Congress alliance
N/A
Leader's seat
did not contest
did not contest
Seats won
32
10
Seat change
24
New
Popular vote
3,491,390
2,851,884
Percentage
20.40%
16.67%
Swing
19.46%
New
1977 election map (by constituencies)
CM before election
President's rule
Nonpartisan
Elected CM
M. G. Ramachandran
AIADMK
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 (simply known as M.G.R in the state), the AIADMK founder and a leading Tamil film actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four-cornered contest between the AIADMK, DMK, the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Janata Party. Earlier in 1972, M.G.R had founded the AIADMK following his expulsion from the DMK after differences arose between him and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. On 31 January 1976, Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the central government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi citing non-co-operation for MISA and President's rule was imposed on the state. Karunanidhi had been at odds with Indira Gandhi over his opposition to Emergency and allied with Janata Party founded by Jayaprakash Narayan. M.G.R remained as Chief Minister until he died in 1987, winning the next two elections held in 1980 and 1984. Due to this feat, M.G.R inadvertently became an example for entry of famous actors to enter politics, with a hope that they too may become Chief minister one day. then Telugu superstar N.T.R followed M.G.R's suit in 1983 and won the Andhra Pradesh general Elections to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Since then, no other actor has been able to recreate M.G.R's achievements in electoral Politics.
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