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	new	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	n/a	n/a
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 (commonly known as M.G.R), the AIADMK founder and a prominent Tamil film actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four-cornered contest among the AIADMK, DMK, the Indian National Congress (INC), and the Janata Party.

In 1972, M.G.R founded the AIADMK after being expelled from the DMK due to differences with DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. On 31 January 1976, Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the central government under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, citing non-cooperation under MISA. This led to the imposition of President's rule in the state. Karunanidhi had opposed the Emergency and allied with the Janata Party, founded by Jayaprakash Narayan. M.G.R served as Chief Minister until his death in 1987, winning re-election in the 1980 and 1984 elections.

M.G.R's success set a precedent for actors entering politics, inspiring Telugu superstar N.T.R to follow suit in 1982 and win the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, subsequently becoming the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Since then, no other actor has replicated M.G.R's achievements in electoral politics.

Background

Split in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The DMK gradually weakened in the years following the previous election due to several splits resulting from the exit of influential leaders, including M.G.R. The party's popularity was further undermined by widespread corruption allegations, which M.G.R highlighted, given his close relationship with the Indian National Congress (INC). Tensions within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam began to surface before the 1971 election, but were put aside to win the elections in a standing record landslide margin.

K. A. Mathiazhagan was removed from his position as Minister of Finance, as he was seen as a significant threat to Karunanidhi's leadership. In 1972, influential Dalit leader Sathyavani Muthu left the party, citing a lack of concern for Dalit issues, and subsequently formed the Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam. Treasurer of the party M.G.R was expelled on 10 October 1972 following disciplinary action for his open criticisms of the party leadership regarding alleged corruption and authoritarian behavior. He then joined and lead the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which won the Dindigul by-election in 1973.

In March 1977, V. R. Nedunchezhiyan and several senior leaders also left the DMK to form the Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Emergency

Emergency, which was declared in June 1975 had a mixed reception in Tamil Nadu. Jayaprakash Narayan's opposition movement did not receive much support in Tamil Nadu due to his association with the DMK government, which had its own trouble due to accusations of corruption. K. Kamaraj did not come in support of Jayaprakash Narayan due to his association with DMK despite the fact he disapproved of Indira Gandhi's actions. DMK executive council called the Emergency unnecessary and undemocratic on 27 June and party leaders condemned it in several statewide meetings. Emergency regulations and censorship were not strictly enforced in Tamil Nadu unlike in other states. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Communist Party of India continued to support Indira Gandhi. M. G. Ramachandran even visited Delhi to extend his support to Indira Gandhi. It was under these circumstances Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the Government of India on 31 January 1976.

Death of Kamaraj and Rajaji

Kamaraj, leader of Indian National Congress (Organisation), who remarked in 1972, "Randu Katchigalum Orey Kuttaiyil Oorina Mattaigal (both parties, the DMK and the AIADMK, are like fronds dipped in the same bog or tarred by the same brush)." died in 1975. Indian National Congress (Indira) faction could not establish a foothold in Tamil Nadu until his death. After his death, Indian National Congress (Organisation) lost its identity as a party, and a large number of its members led by G. K. Moopanar merged with Indira Congress. The remaining chose not to join with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, but rather joined the Janata Party and later remained largely uncommitted. Swatantra Party lost much of its power after the death of C. Rajagopalachari in 1972 and did not contest the election. Most of its members joined the newly formed Janata Party.

Coalitions

This election was a four cornered contest. The AIADMK allied itself with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while INC(I) and Communist Party of India (CPI) contested as allies. The DMK and Janata Party (JNP) contested the elections alone. The AIADMK did not field any candidate in the Usilampatti Constituency in support of the Forward Bloc leader P.K. Mookiah Thevar. Similarly the AIADMK also supported the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) candidate M. Abdul Latheef in the Vaniyambadi Constituency. In the parliamentary elections that occurred just three months prior to this elections, there had been two major alliances – the AIADMK led AIADMK-INC-CPI coalition and the DMK led DMK-NCO-JNP-CPM coalition. But in the months that followed the parliamentary election, these coalitions fell apart.

Seat allotments

AIADMK Front

No.		Leader	Seats
1.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. G. Ramachandran	200
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	G. Ramakrishnan	20
3.	All India Forward Bloc	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	1
Unregistered party, whose candidate ran as an independent
4.	Indian Union Muslim League	K. M. Kader Mohideen	1

Note: Forward Bloc contested in 6 different constituencies, but only the Usilampatti constituency contested by P.K.M. Thevar was supported by AIADMK

DMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	230

Congress Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		G. K. Moopanar	198
2.		Communist Party of India		Tha. Pandian	13

Janata Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Janata Party		P. Ramachandran	233

Voting and results

Polling for the election was held on 10 June 1977. Turnout among the eligible voters was 61.58%.

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Summary of the 1977 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results

Alliance/Party	Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %
AIADMK+ alliance	144	+142	5,734,692	33.5%
AIADMK	130	+120	5,194,876	30.4%	35.4%
CPI(M)	12	+12	477,835	2.8%	33.0%
FBL	1	–	35,361	0.2%	62.0%
IND	1	–	26,620	0.2%	42.9%
DMK	48	-136	4,258,771	24.9%
DMK	48	-136	4,258,771	24.9%	25.3%
Congress alliance	32	+24	3,491,490	20.4%
INC	27	+27	2,994,535	17.5%	20.8%
CPI	5	-3	496,955	2.9%	20.4%
Janata	10	+10	2,851,884	16.7%
JNP	10	+10	2,851,884	16.7%	16.8%
Others	1	-7	751,712	4.4%
IND	1	-7	751,712	4.4%	–
Total	234	–	17,108,146	100%	–

‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India

By constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Royapuram	Ponnurangam		DMK	24,217	33.54	M. Raji		AIADMK	22,626	31.34	1,591
2	Harbour	A. Selvarajan		DMK	23,845	36.71	M. M. Peer Mohammad		Independent	17,862	27.5	5,983
3	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	Isari Velan		AIADMK	28,416	35.57	R. D. Seethapathy		DMK	26,928	33.71	1,488
4	Park Town	T.S. Nallathambi		DMK	22,433	32.78	N. G. Bhuvaneshwari		JP	19,207	28.07	3,226
5	Perambur (SC)	S. Baalan		DMK	34,134	42.74	T. Raja		AIADMK	20,666	25.88	13,468
6	Purasawalkam	K. Anbazhagan		DMK	41,073	45.09	T. S. Govindaswamy		JP	22,004	24.16	19,069
7	Egmore (SC)	S.Manimudi		DMK	26,746	38.6	K. Deivasigamoni		AIADMK	19,414	28.02	7,332
8	Anna Nagar	M. Karunanidhi		DMK	43,076	50.1	G. Krishnamurthy		AIADMK	26,638	30.98	16,438
9	T. Nagar	R. E. Chandran Jayapal		DMK	23,346	30.91	K. Krishnamoorthy		AIADMK	22,316	29.55	1,030
10	Thousand lights	S.J. Sadiq Pasha		DMK	26,599	37.13	Syed Khaleefa Thullah		Independent	21,741	30.35	4,858
11	Chepauk	A. Rahman Khan		DMK	24,425	38.4	V. Rajkumar		AIADMK	17,796	27.98	6,629
12	Triplicane	M. Aranganathan		DMK	23,154	35.16	Noorjahan Razack		AIADMK	21,027	31.93	2,127
13	Mylapore	T. K. Kapali		DMK	26,044	33.75	Lakshmi Krishnamurthi		JP	21,138	27.39	4,906
14	Saidapet	D. Purushothaman		DMK	27,160	36.7	N. Kannan		AIADMK	21,882	29.56	5,278
15	Gummidipoondi	S. Munirathinam		AIADMK	32,309	42.26	G. Kamalambujammal		JP	21,042	27.52	11,267
16	Ponneri (SC)	S. M. Dorairaj		AIADMK	31,796	42.64	G. Vetriveeran		DMK	20,524	27.53	11,272
17	Thiruvottiyur	P. Sigamony		AIADMK	26,458	31.29	M. V. Narayanaswamy		DMK	23,995	28.37	2,463
18	Villivakkam	K. Suppu		DMK	37,327	41.07	R. Sarweshwar Rao		AIADMK	29,429	32.38	7,898
19	Alandur	K. M. Abdul Razack		AIADMK	30,961	37.45	M. Abiraham		DMK	27,112	32.8	3,849
20	Tambaram	Munu Adhi		AIADMK	32,394	35.22	Pammal Nallathambi		DMK	31,968	34.75	426
21	Thiruporur (SC)	G. Chokkalingam		DMK	24,932	44.78	T. Radha		AIADMK	22,831	41	2,101
22	Chengalpattu	Anoor Jagadeesan		AIADMK	29,306	43.5	V. Rudrakotti		DMK	25,436	37.75	3,870
23	Maduranthakam	C. Arumugam		DMK	26,977	36.08	S. D. Ugamchand		INC	19,645	26.27	7,332
24	Acharapakkam (SC)	Ethraj		AIADMK	26,756	43.19	N. Muthuvel		DMK	23,959	38.67	2,797
25	Uthiramerur	S. Pakkur Subramanyan		AIADMK	34,877	45.03	K. M. Rajagopal		DMK	22,294	28.78	12,583
26	Kancheepuram	K. Balaji		AIADMK	31,327	35.47	V. Sambandan		DMK	29,380	33.27	1,947
27	Sriperumbudur (SC)	N. Krishnan		AIADMK	29,038	43	T. S. Lakshmanan		DMK	20,901	30.95	8,137
28	Poonamallee	D. Irajarathnam		DMK	26,552	36.49	Era. Kulasekaran		AIADMK	21,659	29.76	4,893
29	Thiruvallur	S. Pattabiraman		AIADMK	30,670	45.38	Munirathinam Naidu		JP	22,368	33.09	8,302
30	Tiruttani	R. Shanmugham		AIADMK	29,070	43.68	A. B. Ramachandran		DMK	18,754	28.18	10,316
31	Pallipattu	Eakambara Reddy		INC	23,480	33.62	K. M. Balaraman		AIADMK	19,194	27.49	4,286
32	Arakkonam (SC)	V. K. Raju		AIADMK	24,630	33.5	A. Kannayiram		DMK	17,041	23.18	7,589
33	Sholingur	S. J. Ramaswamy		AIADMK	25,997	38.23	K. Murthi		DMK	20,348	29.93	5,649
34	Ranipet	Durai Murugan		DMK	31,940	43.53	K. A. Wahab		Independent	16,643	22.68	15,297
35	Arcot	K. J. Uyyakondan		AIADMK	27,193	39.29	N. R. Ethirajulu		JP	16,614	24.01	10,579
36	Katpadi	M. A. Jayavelu		AIADMK	26,873	38.18	Sambasivam		DMK	22,183	31.51	4,690
37	Gudiyatham	V. K. Kothandaraman		CPI(M)	20,590	29.54	Soundarajulu Naidu		JP	18,046	25.89	2,544
38	Pernambut (SC)	I. Tamilarasan		AIADMK	24,536	37.21	P. Rajagopal		JP	20,873	31.66	3,663
39	Vaniyambadi	M. Abdul Latheef		Independent	26,620	42.86	R. Sampanghi		DMK	17,886	28.8	8,734
40	Natrampalli	T. Anbazhagan		AIADMK	31,015	44.43	M. Marappan		DMK	14,960	21.43	16,055
41	Tiruppattur	B. Sundaram		DMK	19,855	27.29	K. Jayaraman		AIADMK	18,857	25.92	998
42	Chengam (SC)	T. Swamikannu		AIADMK	22,789	46.36	N. Poosanar		DMK	11,877	24.16	10,912
43	Thandarambattu	D. Venugopal		DMK	28,605	38.01	A. Ramalingam		AIADMK	21,661	28.78	6,944
44	Tiruvannamalai	P. U. Shanmugam		DMK	27,148	32.22	D. Pattusamy		INC	25,786	30.61	1,362
45	Kalasapakkam	P. S. Thiruvengadam		DMK	26,841	35.39	S. Sundaresa Udayar		AIADMK	25,298	33.35	1,543
46	Polur	K. J. Subramanian		AIADMK	24,631	37.82	S. Murugaiyan		DMK	21,902	33.63	2,729
47	Anaicut	R. Margabandhu		AIADMK	32,731	48.78	P. M. Vasudeva Reddiar		JP	14,146	21.08	18,585
48	Vellore	A. K. Ranganathan		AIADMK	26,590	30.47	A. K. Lalalajapathy		JP	25,758	29.52	832
49	Arni	V. Arjunan		AIADMK	33,925	41.47	E. Selvarasu		DMK	24,703	30.2	9,222
50	Cheyyar	Pulavar Govindan		DMK	33,338	43.34	K. Shanmughasundaram		AIADMK	21,419	27.84	11,919
51	Vandavasi (SC)	P. Munuswamy		AIADMK	28,306	41.11	C. Kanniappan		DMK	26,476	38.45	1,830
52	Peranamallur	P. Chandran		AIADMK	27,860	40.47	P. Ettappan		DMK	19,822	28.79	8,038
53	Melmalayanur	P. Thangavelu Gounder		AIADMK	27,673	38.93	S. Vijayaraghavan		DMK	14,110	19.85	13,563
54	Gingee	Gingee N. Ramachandran		DMK	26,971	36.13	G. Krishnaswamy		AIADMK	23,381	31.32	3,590
55	Tindivanam	T. R. Erajaram Reddy		INC	18,990	29.55	R. Radhakrishnan		JP	17,150	26.69	1,840
56	Vanur (SC)	M. Paramasivam		DMK	21,557	34.32	A. Boopalan		AIADMK	19,584	31.18	1,973
57	Kandamangalam (SC)	M. Kannan		AIADMK	25,403	38.71	S. Alagavelu		DMK	23,349	35.58	2,054
58	Villupuram	P. Krishnan		AIADMK	27,882	37.69	K. P. Palaniappan		DMK	25,183	34.04	2,699
59	Mugaiyur	G. Rangothaman		AIADMK	31,531	45.74	M. Shanmugam		DMK	18,248	26.47	13,283
60	Tirunavalur	L. Arumugam		AIADMK	24,087	34.96	V. Subramanaian		DMK	19,132	27.77	4,955
61	Ulundurpet (SC)	V. Thulukkanam		DMK	26,788	37.7	Sathyavani Muthu		AIADMK	19,211	27.04	7,577
62	Nellikkuppam	C. Govindarajan		CPI(M)	23,077	32.75	V. Krishnamoorthy		DMK	18,260	25.91	4,817
63	Cuddalore	K. Abdul Latheef		AIADMK	24,107	31.61	R. Govindarajan		DMK	22,280	29.21	1,827
64	Panruti	S. Ramachandaran		AIADMK	43,330	59.24	K. Nandagopala Krishnan		JP	27,673	37.83	15,657
65	Kurinjipadi	M. Selvaraj		DMK	19,523	28.75	S. Natarajan		CPI(M)	16,997	25.03	2,526
66	Bhuvanagiri	V. Raghuraman		DMK	21,638	28.33	T. M. D. Mahalingam		JP	17,350	22.72	4,288
67	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	E. Ramalingam		DMK	26,038	37.54	R. Rajan		AIADMK	19,991	28.82	6,047
68	Chidambaram	Durai Kaliyamoorthy		DMK	22,917	31.3	Muthu Govindarajan		AIADMK	19,586	26.75	3,331
69	Virudhachalam	C. Ramanathan		AIADMK	30,178	39.59	K. Ramalingam		DMK	18,071	23.71	12,107
70	Mangalur	M. Periyasamy		AIADMK	30,616	40.32	V. Ponnuswamy		DMK	17,361	22.86	13,255
71	Rishivandiyam	M. Sundaram		INC	25,530	38.42	M. Deivigam		AIADMK	21,478	32.32	4,052
72	Chinnasalem	M. Subdramaniam		AIADMK	24,304	35.57	S. P. Pachayappan		DMK	21,081	30.86	3,223
73	Sankarapuram	Durai Muthusamy		INC	21,593	31.45	M. Mohammad Haneed		AIADMK	18,885	27.5	2,708
74	Hosur	N. Ramachandra Reddy		INC	30,818	58.12	K. S. Kothandaramiah		JP	13,653	25.75	17,615
75	Thalli	D. R. Rajaram Naidu		INC	18,559	30.53	B. venkataswamy		JP	13,388	22.02	5,171
76	Kaveripattinam	K. Samarasam		AIADMK	25,770	39.97	E. Pattabi Naidu		JP	19,312	29.95	6,458
77	Krishnagiri	K. R. Chinnarassu		AIADMK	17,178	32.66	T. M. Thiruppathy		JP	12,466	23.7	4,712
78	Bargur	H. G. Arumugam		AIADMK	28,812	48.94	V. C. Thimmarayan		DMK	15,420	26.19	13,392
79	Harur (SC)	M. Annamalai		CPI(M)	20,042	34.69	K. Surattaiyan		JP	12,470	21.59	7,572
80	Morappur	N. Kuppusamy		AIADMK	22,886	34.42	R. P. Murugan		DMK	21,270	31.99	1,616
81	Palacode	B. M. Krishnan		AIADMK	21,959	32.87	K. T. Govindan		JP	17,701	26.5	4,258
82	Dharmapuri	P. K. C. Muthusamy		JP	26,742	42.3	D. S. Shanmugam		AIADMK	21,556	34.1	5,186
83	Pennagaram	K. Appunu Gounder		JP	17,591	32.13	Krishnan		AIADMK	16,932	30.92	659
84	Mettur	K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder		AIADMK	30,762	43.67	P. Natesan		INC	13,976	19.84	16,786
85	Taramangalam	R. Narayanan		INC	23,882	34.59	S. Semmalai		AIADMK	23,863	34.56	19
86	Omalur	M. Sivaperumal		AIADMK	26,342	42.69	M. Govindan		JP	13,824	22.41	12,518
87	Yercaud (ST)	R. Kaliyappan		AIADMK	20,219	42.29	V. Chinnaswamy		DMK	13,444	28.12	6,775
88	Salem – I	S. V. Varadarajan		AIADMK	34,708	38.21	S. S. Mahadeva Mudaliar		JP	26,046	28.67	8,662
89	Salem – II	M. Arumugam		JP	22,636	31.41	K. A. Thangavelu		DMK	20,523	28.48	2,113
90	Veerapandi	P. Venga Gounder		AIADMK	31,920	44.87	M. Muthuswamy		DMK	18,144	25.5	13,776
91	Panamarathupatti	N. Subbarayan		AIADMK	27,676	45.04	S. C. Kanjamalai		DMK	14,478	23.56	13,198
92	Attur	C. Palanimuthu		INC	19,040	29.8	P. Kandasamy		AIADMK	18,693	29.25	347
93	Talavasal (SC)	S. M. Raju		AIADMK	24,681	36.33	K. Kaliyaperumal		INC	19,004	27.97	5,677
94	Rasipuram	P. Duraisamy		AIADMK	33,762	43.61	K. C. Periasamy		DMK	19,374	25.02	14,388
95	Senthamangalam	V. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	28,731	45.1	Vadama Gounder		INC	13,881	21.79	14,850
96	Namakkal (SC)	R. Arunachalam		AIADMK	31,952	40.59	K. Veluchamy		DMK	17,215	21.87	14,737
97	Kapilamalai	K. Sengodan		AIADMK	30,194	36.54	S. Paramasivam		JP	18,798	22.75	11,396
98	Tiruchengode	C. Ponnaiyan		AIADMK	44,501	46.11	V. Kumaraswamy		JP	17,764	18.41	26,737
99	Sankari (SC)	P. Dhanapal		AIADMK	32,780	53.27	M. Paramanandam		DMK	11,751	19.1	21,029
100	Edappadi	I. Ganesan		AIADMK	31,063	38.56	T. Natarajan		INC	24,256	30.11	6,807
101	Mettupalayam	S. Palanisamy		AIADMK	26,029	32.37	T. T. S. Thippaiah		JP	20,717	25.76	5,312
102	Avanashi (SC)	S. N. Palaniswamy		INC	22,550	32.26	R. Annanambi		AIADMK	20,803	29.76	1,747
103	Thondamuthur	K. Maruthachalam		AIADMK	31,690	33.29	R. Manickavachagam		DMK	24,195	25.41	7,495
104	Singanallur	R. Venkedusamy alias Venkedu		CPI(M)	25,820	27.96	R. Senkaliappan		JP	24,024	26.02	1,796
105	Coimbatore (West)	C. Aranganayagam		AIADMK	27,742	36.8	B. S. Mohammad Ali		DMK	20,393	27.05	7,349
106	Coimbatore (East)	K. Ramani		CPI(M)	20,803	30.54	K. Aranganathan		DMK	18,784	27.58	2,019
107	Perur	A. Natarajan		DMK	29,158	33.74	M. Nanjappan		CPI(M)	26,328	30.46	2,830
108	Kinathukadavu	K. V. Kandasamy		AIADMK	25,909	36.32	M. Kannappan		DMK	20,589	28.86	5,320
109	Pollachi	O. P. Somasundaram		AIADMK	34,896	45.11	S. Raju		DMK	17,952	23.2	16,944
110	Valparai (SC)	R. S. Thangavelu		AIADMK	20,926	34.18	A. T. Karuppiah		CPI	16,241	26.53	4,685
111	Udumalaipettai	P. Kolandaivelu		AIADMK	28,737	34.3	U. K. P. Natarajan		JP	24,619	29.39	4,118
112	Dharapuram (SC)	R. Ayyachamy		AIADMK	18,884	31.67	A. K. Shivalingam		INC	16,202	27.17	2,682
113	Vellakoil	D. Ramaswamy		INC	30,996	37.69	M. Palanisamy		DMK	20,676	25.14	10,320
114	Pongalur	K. Nachimuthu		AIADMK	20,324	32.56	S. R. Balasubramaniam		INC	18,769	30.07	1,555
115	Palladam	P. G. Kittu		AIADMK	27,172	33.11	K. N. Kumarasamy		INC	20,175	24.58	6,997
116	Tiruppur	R. Manimaran		AIADMK	38,984	41.13	A. Ganapathy		CPI	24,569	25.92	14,415
117	Kangayam	R. K. S. Dhanapandi		AIADMK	31,665	42.09	M. Sivasabapathy		DMK	18,498	24.59	13,167
118	Modakkurichi	Subbulakshmi		AIADMK	38,072	44.75	A. Ganeshamurthy		DMK	15,200	17.86	22,872
119	Perundurai	A. Ponnusamy		AIADMK	30,574	39.91	N. K. Palanisamy		CPI	24,532	32.02	6,042
120	Erode	S. Muthusamy		AIADMK	37,968	43.09	M. Subramanian		DMK	20,389	23.14	17,579
121	Bhavani	M. R. Soundarrajan		AIADMK	22,989	31.41	G. Gurumoorthy		JP	19,013	25.98	3,976
122	Anthiyur (SC)	P. Guruswamy		AIADMK	23,950	42.46	A. Palani		JP	11,423	20.25	12,527
123	Gobichettipalayam	N. K. K. Ramasamy		AIADMK	25,660	34.99	N. R. Thiruvenkadam		INC	19,248	26.25	6,412
124	Bhavanisagar	V. K. Chinnaswamy		AIADMK	23,078	32.48	Sampoornam Swaminathan		DMK	21,631	30.44	1,447
125	Sathyamangalam	K. A. Sengottaian		AIADMK	21,145	35.81	C. R. Rajappa		INC	19,639	33.26	1,506
126	Coonoor (SC)	K. Rangasamy		DMK	22,649	42.33	C. Periasamy		AIADMK	13,150	24.58	9,499
127	Ootacamund	B. Gopalan		AIADMK	18,134	28.94	K. Karuppasamy		DMK	18,005	28.74	129
128	Gudalur	K. Hutchi Gowder		DMK	15,323	26.29	C. I. Allapitchai		Independent	14,963	25.68	360
129	Palani (SC)	N. Palanivel		CPI(M)	23,810	34.53	S. R. P. Mani		INC	19,966	28.96	3,844
130	Oddanchatram	A. P. Palaniappan		INC	27,000	37.09	K. Kuppuswamy		AIADMK	22,419	30.79	4,581
131	Periyakulam	K. Pannai Sethuram		AIADMK	31,271	45.5	R. Ramaiah		INC	16,948	24.66	14,323
132	Theni	V. R. Jayaraman		AIADMK	35,152	45.71	S. Veluchamy		DMK	18,579	24.16	16,573
133	Bodinayakkanur	P. Ramadass		AIADMK	29,022	41.12	K. S. M. Ramachandran		INC	20,030	28.38	8,992
134	Cumbum	R. Chandrasekharan		AIADMK	34,902	41.5	N. Natarajan		DMK	34,080	40.52	822
135	Andipatti	K. Kandasamy		AIADMK	24,311	34.41	N. V. Gurusamy		JP	16,269	23.03	8,042
136	Sedapatti	R. Muthiah		AIADMK	28,040	43.52	A. R. P. Alagarsamy		INC	17,018	26.41	11,022
137	Thirumangalam	P. T. Saraswathy		AIADMK	29,493	44.3	N. S. V. Chithan		INC	27,720	41.63	1,773
138	Usilampatti	P. K. Mookiah Thevar		AIFB	35,361	61.95	N. S. Ponniah		INC	11,422	20.01	23,939
139	Nilakottai (SC)	A. Baluchamy		AIADMK	28,296	51.19	M. Muthuperiasamy		INC	9,799	17.73	18,497
140	Sholavandan	V. Balaguruva Reddiar		AIADMK	29,968	40.02	A. Chandrasekaran		INC	23,455	31.32	6,513
141	Thiruparankundram	K. Kalimuthu		AIADMK	33,850	41.39	V. Palani Andi Ambalam		INC	15,760	19.27	18,090
142	Madurai West	T. P. M. Periyaswamy		AIADMK	32,342	43.06	Pon. Muthuramalingam		DMK	16,211	21.59	16,131
143	Madurai Central	N. Lakshminarayanan		AIADMK	29,399	39.9	A. Rathinam		INC	16,420	22.28	12,979
144	Madurai East	N. Sankaraiah		CPI(M)	24,263	33.45	A. G. Subbraman		INC	22,278	30.71	1,985
145	Samayanallur (SC)	S. Selvaraj		AIADMK	34,019	44.5	C. Karuthanan		INC	19,658	25.71	14,361
146	Melur	A. M. Paramasivan		AIADMK	33,111	36.07	K. V. Veeranambalam		INC	32,955	35.9	156
147	Natham	M. Andi Ambalam		INC	29,055	44.97	R. Murugan		AIADMK	21,093	32.65	7,962
148	Dindigul	N. Varadharajan		CPI(M)	33,614	45.19	V. S. Lakshmanan		DMK	13,732	18.46	19,882
149	Athoor	A. Vellaisamy		AIADMK	31,590	45.4	A. M. T. Nachiappan		DMK	13,938	20.03	17,652
150	Vedasandur	S. M. Vasan		AIADMK	26,995	37.21	S. Nanjunda Rao		INC	25,141	34.66	1,854
151	Aravakurichi	S. Sadasivam		INC	32,581	39.51	P. Ramasamy		DMK	21,547	26.13	11,034
152	Karur	K. Vadivel		AIADMK	33,856	35.11	S. Nallasamy		DMK	22,264	23.09	11,592
153	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	P. Soundarapandian		AIADMK	22,561	32.59	P. N. Thangavelraj		INC	21,967	31.73	594
154	Marungapuri	K. Karunanidhi Muthiah		INC	27,093	38.58	A. P. Raju		DMK	16,894	24.06	10,199
155	Kulithalai	P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar		INC	27,043	33.59	S. Rasu		AIADMK	19,396	24.09	7,647
156	Thottiam	K. P. Kathamuthu		AIADMK	25,638	31.85	K. M. Shanmugasundaram		INC	24,648	30.62	990
157	Uppiliapuram (ST)	R. Periasamy		INC	31,642	37.08	M. Atchayagopal		AIADMK	25,936	30.4	5,706
158	Musiri	P. Kothandaraman alias Musiri Putthan		AIADMK	34,569	39.27	V. S. Periasamy alias VSP		DMK	20,567	23.36	14,002
159	Lalgudi	K. N. Shanmugam		AIADMK	33,322	36.06	R. Gandhirajan		DMK	31,789	34.4	1,533
160	Perambalur (SC)	S. V. Ramasamy		AIADMK	37,400	56.53	K. S. Velusamy		DMK	16,459	24.88	20,941
161	Varahur (SC)	N. Perumal		AIADMK	36,023	52.39	K. Kanagasabai		DMK	23,919	34.79	12,104
162	Ariyalur	T. Arumugam		DMK	31,380	39.73	Karuppiah alias Asokan		AIADMK	30,125	38.14	1,255
163	Andimadam	T. Subramanian		AIADMK	36,885	56.45	S. Sivasubramaniam		DMK	22,056	33.76	14,829
164	Jayankondam	V. Krunamurthy		AIADMK	35,540	44.75	K. C. Ganesan		DMK	23,828	30.01	11,712
165	Srirangam	R. Soundararajan		AIADMK	26,200	31.31	M. Dharmalingam		DMK	21,135	25.26	5,065
166	Tiruchy – I	C. Manickam		AIADMK	21,908	33.29	A. V. Krishnamurthy		DMK	19,597	29.78	2,311
167	Tiruchy – II	K. Soundararajan		AIADMK	25,405	36.37	M. S. Venkatachalam		DMK	17,523	25.09	7,882
168	Thiruverumbur	K. S. Murugesan		DMK	24,594	32.06	V. Swaminathan		INC	23,742	30.95	852
169	Sirkazhi (SC)	K. Subravelu		DMK	34,281	43.38	K. Balasubramaniam		AIADMK	29,405	37.21	4,876
170	Poompuhar	S. Ganesan		DMK	34,105	44.95	G. Bharathi Mohan		CPI(M)	24,508	32.3	9,597
171	Mayiladuthurai	N. Kittappa		DMK	29,829	39.34	M. M. S. Abdul Hassan		INC	21,237	28.01	8,592
172	Kuttalam	R. Rajamaniam		DMK	30,819	39.92	G. Veeraiyan		CPI(M)	22,556	29.22	8,263
173	Nannilam (SC)	M. Manimaran		DMK	33,636	41.75	P. Jayaraj		INC	24,527	30.44	9,109
174	Tiruvarur (SC)	M. Karunanidhi Thazhai		DMK	38,528	44.27	P. S. Dhanuskody		CPI(M)	24,274	27.89	14,254
175	Nagapattinam	R. Umanath		CPI(M)	31,519	39.65	A. Ambalavanan		DMK	30,809	38.76	710
176	Vedaranyam	M. Meenakshisundaram		DMK	29,601	35.4	S. Devarajan		INC	28,009	33.5	1,592
177	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)	P. Uthirapathy		CPI	43,208	45.93	N. Kuppusamy		DMK	24,934	26.5	18,274
178	Mannargudi	M. Ambigapathy		CPI	34,298	37.89	K. Balakrishnan		DMK	26,881	29.7	7,417
179	Pattukkottai	A. R. Marimuthu		INC	25,993	30.13	V. R. K. Palaniappan		AIADMK	25,082	29.08	911
180	Peravurani	M. R. Govindan		AIADMK	32,625	38.8	M. Masilamani		CPI	24,675	29.34	7,950
181	Orathanad	T. M. Thailappan		DMK	31,866	35.5	N. Sivagnanam		INC	26,156	29.14	5,710
182	Thiruvonam	Durai Govindarajan		AIADMK	23,779	29.06	Pulavar. T. Tholappan		DMK	21,566	26.36	2,213
183	Thanjavur	S. Natarajan		DMK	33,418	41.72	R. Saminathan		AIADMK	23,662	29.54	9,756
184	Tiruvaiyaru	G. Elangovan		DMK	28,500	36.96	P. C. Palaniyandi		AIADMK	23,197	30.08	5,303
185	Papanasam	R. V. Soundararajan		INC	24,904	33.4	S. Sachidanandam		DMK	23,268	31.21	1,636
186	Valangiman (SC)	A. Chellappa		DMK	24,270	36.01	P. Srinivasan		AIADMK	20,897	31	3,373
187	Kumbakonam	S. R. Eradha		AIADMK	26,432	32.52	O. Vadivelu Mazhavarayar		INC	23,450	28.85	2,982
188	Thiruvidaimarudur	S. Ramalingam		DMK	26,304	32.59	K. Govindarajulu		INC	24,489	30.34	1,815
189	Tirumayam	N. Sundararaj		INC	20,694	25.92	P. Ponnambalam		AIADMK	20,637	25.85	57
190	Kolathur (SC)	V. Chinniah		INC	27,071	36.55	T. Marimuthu		AIADMK	22,853	30.86	4,218
191	Pudukkottai	Rajkumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman		INC	36,406	42.74	C. Anbarasan		AIADMK	19,352	22.72	17,054
192	Alangudi	T. Pushparaju		INC	37,634	38.94	P. Thirumaran		AIADMK	27,059	28	10,575
193	Arantangi	S. Thirunavukkarasu		AIADMK	35,468	37.45	P. Appukutty		CPI	24,528	25.9	10,940
194	Tiruppattur	S. Shanmugham Koothagudi		CPI	21,579	27.45	C. T. Raja Chidambaram		AIADMK	21,238	27.02	341
195	Karaikudi	P. Kaliyappan		AIADMK	27,403	32.03	P. Chidambaram		INC	27,163	31.75	240
196	Tiruvadanai	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam		INC	32,386	36.75	S. Anguchamy		AIADMK	28,650	32.51	3,736
197	Ilaiyangudi	R. Sivasamy		CPI	17,677	24.22	V. Malaikannan		DMK	16,887	23.14	790
198	Sivaganga	O. Subramanian		INC	23,495	30.59	K. R. Muruganandam		AIADMK	21,066	27.43	2,429
199	Manamadurai (SC)	V. M. Subramanian		AIADMK	28,849	40.23	K. Paramalai		INC	26,794	37.36	2,055
200	Paramakudi (SC)	K. Ugrapandian		AIADMK	27,303	36.31	K. Krishnan		INC	23,357	31.06	3,946
201	Ramanathapuram	T. Ramasamy		AIADMK	33,048	46.86	S. K. Ganesan		JP	15,520	22.01	17,528
202	Kadaladi	R. C. Subramanian		AIADMK	25,690	36.56	A. Piravanathan		DMK	12,299	17.5	13,391
203	Mudukulathur	S. Balakrishnan		INC	17,709	24.13	V. Munisamy		Independent	14,844	20.23	2,865
204	Aruppukottai	M. G. Ramachandran		AIADMK	43,065	56.23	M. Muthuvel Servai		JP	13,687	17.87	29,378
205	Sattur	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		AIADMK	38,772	43.24	M. Veerasamy		INC	21,830	24.35	16,942
206	Virudhunagar	M. Sundararajan		AIADMK	33,077	44.52	A. S. A. Arumugam		JP	22,820	30.71	10,257
207	Sivakasi	K. Ramasamy		JP	24,518	31.11	Dharmar		INC	22,746	28.87	1,772
208	Srivilliputhur	R. Tamaraikani		AIADMK	25,990	31.91	V. Vaikundam		DMK	18,974	23.3	7,016
209	Rajapalayam (SC)	K. Dhanuskodi		AIADMK	28,028	37.55	K. Pottu Poattan		INC	24,181	32.39	3,847
210	Vilathikulam	R. K. Perumal		AIADMK	25,384	38.39	K. Subba Reddiar		INC	22,001	33.27	3,383
211	Ottapidaram (SC)	O. S. Veluchami		INC	22,629	41.51	O. Thangaraj		AIADMK	16,801	30.82	5,828
212	Kovilpatti	S. Alagarsamy		CPI	21,985	32.75	P. Seeniraj		AIADMK	21,588	32.15	397
213	Sankarankoil (SC)	S. Subbiah		DMK	13,778	20.52	C. Ayyadorai		AIADMK	21,232	33.72	337
214	Vasudevanallur (SC)	R. Krishnan		CPI(M)	20,092	33.25	I. muthuraj		CPI	16,048	26.56	4,044
215	Kadayanallur	M. M. A. Razak		AIADMK	29,347	38.78	S. K. T. Ramachandran		INC	23,686	31.3	5,661
216	Tenkasi	S. Muthusamy Karayalar		INC	30,273	41.36	J. Abdul Jabbar		Independent	18,489	25.26	11,784
217	Alangulam	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		AIADMK	20,183	28.43	R. Navaneethakrishnapandian		JP	18,342	25.84	1,841
218	Tirunelveli	G. R. Edmund		AIADMK	26,419	38.5	Krishnan alias Nellai Kannan		INC	19,125	27.87	7,294
219	Palayamkottai	K. Manoharan		AIADMK	29,146	44.1	N. Shanmugan		Independent	15,192	22.99	13,954
220	Cheranmadevi	P. H. Pandian		AIADMK	24,256	35.34	V. Ratnasabapathi		INC	21,964	32	2,292
221	Ambasamudram	Easwaramurthy alias Sornam		CPI(M)	23,356	35.33	R. Nallakannu		CPI	21,569	32.63	1,787
222	Nanguneri	M. John Vincent		JP	18,668	27.71	D. Veliah		AIADMK	18,464	27.41	204
223	Radhapuram	Y. S. M. Yusuf		AIADMK	26,404	38.68	P. Paul Pandian		JP	22,810	33.41	3,594
224	Sathankulam	R. Jebamani		JP	18,362	27.36	S. P. Adithanar		Independent	17,507	26.09	855
225	Tiruchendur	R. Amirtharaj		AIADMK	20,871	29.13	Subramanya Adithan		JP	19,736	27.55	1,135
226	Srivaikuntam	K. Sathu Selvaraj		AIADMK	20,459	31.29	S. Muthu		DMK	16,919	25.87	3,540
227	Thoothukudi	N. Dhanasekaran		AIADMK	23,598	29.29	R. Naoroji		INC	22,379	27.78	1,219
228	Kanyakumari	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	23,222	33.32	T. C. Subramaniya Pillai		INC	16,010	22.97	7,212
229	Nagercoil	M. Vincent		AIADMK	26,973	36.45	P. Mohammad Ismail		JP	26,780	36.19	193
230	Colachel	R. Athiswami		JP	21,131	30.4	S. Retnaraj		DMK	19,949	28.7	1,182
231	Padmanabhapuram	A. Swamidhas		JP	22,910	47.81	N. V. Kanniyappan		AIADMK	14,757	30.8	8,153
232	Thiruvattar	J. James		JP	27,812	48.82	J. Hemachandran		CPI(M)	26,192	45.98	1,620
233	Vilavancode	D. Gnanasigamony		CPI(M)	32,628	48.85	S. Sathiadas		JP	30,695	45.96	1,933
234	Killiyur	Pon. Vijayaraghavan		JP	34,237	79.2	K. Thankaraj		INC	8,309	19.22	25,928

Key:

Blue:	Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
(SC)	Seat is reserved for scheduled caste.
(ST)	Seat is reserved for scheduled tribe.

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