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Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1977

Results board · 39 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateTamil Nadu
Seats
39
Constituencies
Majority
20
Seats needed of 39
Electors
2.72Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.83Cr
67.1% of electors
Median turnout
67.4%
Median of 39 seats
AIADMK short
−3
Below majority · 17 − 20

[01]Seat matrix

39 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 39 seats: AIADMK 17, INC 14, CPI 3, INCO 3, DMK 2. Majority line at 20 seats. Hemicycle of 39 seats: AIADMK 17, INC 14, CPI 3, INCO 3, DMK 2. Majority line at 20 seats.
Majority · 20 of 39AIADMK 17 · 3 short of majority
AIADMK 1743.6% All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
INC 1435.9% Indian National Congress
CPI 37.7% Communist Party of India
INCO 37.7% Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)
DMK 25.1% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
AIADMK 30.0%17 seats · 43.6%
INC 22.3%14 seats · 35.9%
DMK 18.6%2 seats · 5.1%
NCO 17.7%Seats unmatched
CPI 4.6%3 seats · 7.7%
Others 6.8%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • INCO3 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. AIADMK converted 30.0% of votes into 43.6% of seats, a seat premium of 13.6 pp.

    17 ÷ 39 = 43.6% · 43.6 − 30.0 = +13.6

  2. DMK polled 18.6% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 2 seats (5.1%).

    2 ÷ 39 = 5.1% · 5.1 − 18.6 = −13.5

  3. Vellore was decided by 3,161 votes, the closest of 39 seats; Pudukkottai had the widest margin, 2,23,615.

    min / max of margin over 39 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; INCO won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 39 · INCO 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats AIADMK won 0 of 7 (0.0%), against 43.6% of all seats.

    0 ÷ 7 = 0.0% · 17 ÷ 39 = 43.6%

  6. Turnout ran from 54.1% in Madras Central to 79.0% in Nagapattinam; the median seat polled 67.4%.

    min / median / max over 39 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

39 of 39 seats carry a turnout
025507510067.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 37.7% of seats
60–70 2666.7% of seats
70–80 1025.6% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestMadras Central54.1%
  • HighestNagapattinam79.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

39 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1977, all 39 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Madras NorthSC Asai Thambi A.V.P. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,70,323 45,103 9.6 55.2
02 Madras Central Ramachandran P. Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 4,65,600 73,411 15.8 54.1
03 Madras South Venkataraman R. Indian National Congress 4,80,835 14,829 3.1 58.7
04 Sriperumbudur Jaganathan S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,62,475 45,932 9.9 66.5
05 Chengalpattu Mohanarangam R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,61,557 35,639 7.7 73.2
06 ArakkonamSC Alagesan O.V. Indian National Congress 4,77,910 57,864 12.1 71.6
07 VelloreCLOSEST Dhandayuthapani V. Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 4,59,693 3,161 0.7 69.7
08 Tiruppattur Viswanathan C.N. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,40,042 98,666 22.4 67.0
09 Wandiwash Venugopal Gounder All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,70,355 81,132 17.2 68.6
10 Tindivanam Lakshminarayanan M.R. Indian National Congress 4,46,012 49,485 11.1 68.7
11 Cuddalore Bhuvarahan G. Indian National Congress 4,29,893 89,057 20.7 66.7
12 Chidambaram Murugesan A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,59,817 1,09,234 23.8 69.3
13 DharmapuriSC Ramamurthy K. Indian National Congress 4,08,446 1,05,686 25.9 64.7
14 Krishnagiri Periasamy P.V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,49,648 1,19,228 34.1 60.0
15 Rasipuram Devarajan B. Indian National Congress 4,53,058 1,33,438 29.5 63.2
16 Salem Kannan P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,40,410 79,604 18.1 65.0
17 Tiruchengode Kolanthaivelu R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,22,305 1,28,180 24.5 63.2
18 Nilgiris Ramalingam P.S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,44,544 59,346 13.3 63.9
19 GobichettipalayamSC Ramaswamy K.S. Indian National Congress 4,49,419 1,05,458 23.5 69.3
20 Coimbatore Parvathi Krishnan Communist Party of India 5,23,180 21,178 4.0 70.4
21 Pollachi Raju K.A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,13,749 1,24,194 30.0 61.7
22 Palani Subramaniam C. Indian National Congress 5,03,041 2,21,768 44.1 68.2
23 Dindigul Maya Thevar K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,83,612 1,69,224 35.0 67.1
24 Madurai Swaminathan R.V. Indian National Congress 4,89,074 1,34,345 27.5 64.3
25 Periyakulam Ramasamy S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,80,718 2,04,392 42.5 69.3
26 Karur Gopal K. Indian National Congress 5,17,913 1,45,520 28.1 70.7
27 TiruchirappalliSC M. Kalyanasundaram Communist Party of India 4,91,281 76,045 15.5 68.9
28 Perambalur Asokaraj A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,85,974 1,80,027 37.0 72.3
29 MayiladuturaiSC Kudanthai Ramalingam N. Indian National Congress 4,96,486 74,265 15.0 76.6
30 Nagapattinam Murugaiyan S.G. Communist Party of India 5,23,928 40,810 7.8 79.0
31 Thanjavur Somasundaram S.D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,90,266 97,743 19.9 77.5
32 PudukkottaiWIDEST Elanchezhian V.S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,32,811 2,23,615 42.0 76.1
33 Sivaganga P.Thiagarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,85,942 2,11,533 43.5 68.4
34 Ramanathapuram Anbalagan P. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,49,095 1,75,130 39.0 64.7
35 Sivakasi V. Jayalakshmi Indian National Congress 5,09,445 1,14,848 22.5 70.5
36 Tirunelveli Arunachalam V. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,44,250 1,82,693 41.1 66.0
37 TenkasiSC Arunachalam M. Indian National Congress 4,51,061 1,86,876 41.4 66.9
38 Tiruchendur Kosalaram K.T. Indian National Congress 4,52,540 1,20,190 26.6 63.5
39 Nagercoil Kumari Ananthan Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 4,35,474 74,236 17.0 67.4
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,23,615 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Tamil Nadu · 39 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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