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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977

234 seats · 172 changed party since 1971

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 130 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 48 seatsIndian National Congress — 27 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 12 seatsJanata Party — 10 seatsCommunist Party of India — 5 seatsIndependent — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat118234of 234 seats
  • AIADMK130
  • DMK48
  • INC27
  • CPM12
  • JNP10
  • CPI5
  • IND1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam13056%51,94,87630.4%200
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4821%42,58,77124.9%230
INCIndian National Congress2712%29,94,53517.5%198
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)125%4,77,8352.8%20
JNPJanata Party104%28,51,88416.7%233
CPICommunist Party of India52%4,96,9552.9%32
INDIndependent10%7,78,3324.5%465
FBLFBL10%50,8310.3%6

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1977 · selected
Majority 118
AIADMK130DMK48INC27CPM12JNP10CPI5IND1FBL1
1971 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1971 → 1977

1971 1977· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.0
30.4
48.6
24.9
0.0
17.5
0.0
16.7
6.1
4.5
35.0
0.0
AIADMKDMKINCJNPINDNCO

Seat change

1977 seats minus 1971 seats

seats lostseats gained
AIADMK
0 → 130
+130
DMK
184 → 48
−136
INC
0 → 27
+27
CPM
0 → 12
+12
JNP
0 → 10
+10
CPI
8 → 5
−3
IND
8 → 1
−7
FBL
7 → 1
−6
NCO
15 → 0
−15
SWA
6 → 0
−6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1971 → 1977

share lostshare gained
AIADMK
0.0% → 30.4%
+30.4%
INC
0.0% → 17.5%
+17.5%
JNP
0.0% → 16.7%
+16.7%
CPM
1.6% → 2.8%
+1.1%
CPI
2.3% → 2.9%
+0.6%
MUL
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
PSP
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
FBL
1.7% → 0.3%
−1.4%
IND
6.1% → 4.5%
−1.6%
SWA
3.0% → 0.0%
−3.0%

Biggest AIADMK–DMK swings

Seats where the AIADMK-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1971 → 1977. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (AIADMK share − DMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward AIADMK; to the left, toward DMK.

toward DMKtoward AIADMK
Panruti
+111.3%
Thiruvallur
+96.4%
Nilakkottai
+96.4%
Perambalur
+96.1%
Ramanathapuram
+95.7%
Sankari
+94.9%
Tiruchengodu
+92.0%
Tirunelveli
+88.7%
Kaveripattinam
+87.8%
Perambalur
+86.9%
Senthamangalam
+86.5%
Bodinayakkanur
+85.8%

Closest races · 1977

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1977

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1971