1977
1971Total Constituencies: 39
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1977 covered all 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The ADK received the highest statewide vote share at 30.04% and won 17 seats, while the INC received 22.27% of the vote and won 14 seats. The DMK won 2 seats with 18.61% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Tamil Nadu.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADK | 20 | 17 | 30.04% | 59.26% | 53,65,076 |
| 15 | 14 | 22.27% | 58.11% | 39,77,306 | |
| 19 | 2 | 18.61% | 38.58% | 33,23,320 | |
| NCO | 18 | 3 | 17.67% | 38.08% | 31,56,116 |
| IND | 35 | 0 | 5.22% | 5.87% | 9,32,966 |
| 3 | 3 | 4.60% | 54.32% | 8,22,233 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | Asai Thambi A.V.P. | DMK | 2,50,852 | Manoharan K. | ADK | 2,05,749 | 45,103 | 9.75 |
| Madras Central | Ramachandran P. | NCO | 2,59,437 | Raja Mohamed K. | ADK | 1,86,026 | 73,411 | 16 |
| Madras South | Venkataraman R. | INC | 2,41,033 | Murasoli Maran | DMK | 2,26,204 | 14,829 | 3.13 |
| Sriperumbudur (Sc) | Jaganathan S. | ADK | 2,39,632 | Elumalai T.P. | NCO | 1,93,700 | 45,932 | 10.18 |
| Chengalpattu | Mohanarangam R. | ADK | 2,36,818 | Era Sezhiyan | DMK | 2,01,179 | 35,639 | 7.91 |
| Arakkonam | Alagesan O.V. | INC | 2,43,818 | Veeraswami N. | DMK | 1,85,954 | 57,864 | 12.44 |
| Vellore | Dhandayuthapani V. | NCO | 2,20,994 | Abdul Samad | IND | 2,17,833 | 3,161 | 0.71 |
| Tiruppattur | Viswanathan C.N. | DMK | 2,57,322 | Chinnaraje Gounder C.K. | ADK | 1,58,656 | 98,666 | 23.03 |
| Wandiwash | Venugopal Gounder | ADK | 2,67,930 | Durai Murugan | DMK | 1,86,798 | 81,132 | 17.69 |
| Tindivanam | Lakshminarayanan M.R. | INC | 2,33,155 | Krishnamoorthy V. | DMK | 1,83,670 | 49,485 | 11.42 |
| Cuddalore | Bhuvarahan G. | INC | 2,31,128 | Radhakrishnan S. | NCO | 1,42,071 | 89,057 | 21.48 |
| Chidambaram (Sc) | Murugesan A. | ADK | 2,78,406 | Rajangam N. | DMK | 1,69,172 | 1,09,234 | 24.4 |
| Dharmapuri | Ramamurthy K. | INC | 2,39,908 | Ponnuswami P. | NCO | 1,34,222 | 1,05,686 | 26.54 |
| Krishnagiri | Periasamy P.V. | ADK | 2,22,979 | Kamalanathan M. | DMK | 1,03,751 | 1,19,228 | 35.1 |
| Rasipuram (Sc) | Devarajan B. | INC | 2,75,212 | Jothivenkatachallum | NCO | 1,41,774 | 1,33,438 | 30.21 |
| Salem | Kannan P. | ADK | 2,54,138 | Rajaram K. | DMK | 1,74,534 | 79,604 | 18.39 |
| Tiruchengode | Kolanthaivelu R. | ADK | 3,03,738 | Muthusamy M. | DMK | 1,75,558 | 1,28,180 | 25.14 |
| Nilgiris | Ramalingam P.S. | ADK | 2,41,777 | Nanja Gowder M.K. | NCO | 1,82,431 | 59,346 | 13.71 |
| Gobichettipalayam | Ramaswamy K.S. | INC | 2,55,120 | Karuppuswamy N.K. | NCO | 1,49,662 | 1,05,458 | 24.21 |
| Coimbatore | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | 2,67,424 | Lakshmanan S.V. | NCO | 2,46,246 | 21,178 | 4.12 |
| Pollachi (Sc) | Raju K.A. | ADK | 2,59,388 | Dhandapani C.T. | DMK | 1,35,194 | 1,24,194 | 30.87 |
| Palani | Subramaniam C. | INC | 3,51,897 | Saminathan K.N. | DMK | 1,30,129 | 2,21,768 | 45.19 |
| Dindigul | Maya Thevar K. | ADK | 2,83,341 | Balasubramanyam A. | CPM | 1,14,117 | 1,69,224 | 35.6 |
| Madurai | Swaminathan R.V. | INC | 2,99,309 | Ramamurthi P. | CPM | 1,64,964 | 1,34,345 | 27.89 |
| Periyakulam | Ramasamy S. | ADK | 3,28,100 | Palanivel Rajan | DMK | 1,23,708 | 2,04,392 | 43.39 |
| Karur | Gopal K. | INC | 3,15,259 | Meenakshisundaram M. | NCO | 1,69,739 | 1,45,520 | 28.74 |
| Tiruchirappalli | M. Kalyanasundaram | CPI | 2,76,390 | Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar | NCO | 2,00,345 | 76,045 | 15.71 |
| Perambalur (Sc) | Asokaraj A. | ADK | 3,26,046 | J.S. Raju | DMK | 1,46,019 | 1,80,027 | 37.89 |
| Mayiladuturai | Kudanthai Ramalingam N. | INC | 2,72,202 | Govindasamy S. | NCO | 1,97,937 | 74,265 | 15.26 |
| Nagapattinam (Sc) | Murugaiyan S.G. | CPI | 2,78,419 | Thazhai Karunnanithi M. | DMK | 2,37,609 | 40,810 | 7.9 |
| Thanjavur | Somasundaram S.D. | ADK | 2,89,059 | Ganesan L. | DMK | 1,91,316 | 97,743 | 20.34 |
| Pudukkottai | Elanchezhian V.S. | ADK | 3,42,120 | Vairava Thevar V. | NCO | 1,18,505 | 2,23,615 | 42.66 |
| Sivaganga | P.Thiagarajan | ADK | 3,38,999 | R. Ramanathan Chettiar | NCO | 1,27,466 | 2,11,533 | 44.49 |
| Ramanathapuram | Anbalagan P. | ADK | 2,97,612 | Sathiyandran M.S.K. | DMK | 1,22,482 | 1,75,130 | 39.79 |
| Sivakasi | V. Jayalakshmi | INC | 2,71,568 | G. Ramanujam | NCO | 1,56,720 | 1,14,848 | 23.06 |
| Tirunelveli | Arunachalam V. | ADK | 3,04,562 | Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan K.M. | DMK | 1,21,869 | 1,82,693 | 41.88 |
| Tenkasi (Sc) | Arunachalam M. | INC | 3,05,069 | Rajagopalan S. | NCO | 1,18,193 | 1,86,876 | 42.41 |
| Tiruchendur | Kosalaram K.T. | INC | 2,72,338 | Devadasan Edwin | NCO | 1,52,148 | 1,20,190 | 26.95 |
| Nagercoil | Kumari Ananthan | NCO | 2,44,526 | M.Moses | INC | 1,70,290 | 74,236 | 17.23 |
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