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0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:200px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/50px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/75px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/100px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1971_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>10 June 1977</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1980_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1980</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 234 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a><br />118 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">61.58%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #009933;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MGR_portrait,_from_2017_Stamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="MGR portrait, from 2017 Stamp.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg/100px-MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg/150px-MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg/200px-MGR_portrait%2C_from_2017_Stamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="262" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF0D0D;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="M. Karunanidhi .jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/100px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/150px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/M._Karunanidhi_.jpg/200px-M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance">AIADMK+</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/N/A" title="N/A">N/A</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aruppukottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Aruppukottai Assembly constituency">Aruppukottai</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Anna Nagar Assembly constituency">Anna Nagar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>144</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 136 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>5,734,692</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4,258,771 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>33.52%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">24.89% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>new party</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 23.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid turquoise;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="GK Moopanar 2010 stamp of India.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/100px-GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/150px-GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/200px-GK_Moopanar_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="690" data-file-height="932" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #1F75FE;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/G._K._Moopanar" title="G. K. Moopanar">G. K. Moopanar</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/P._Ramachandran" title="P. Ramachandran">P. Ramachandran</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">INC(R)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Congress_alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress alliance">Congress alliance</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">n/a </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">n/a </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 24 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,491,390 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,851,884 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20.40% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16.67% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 19.46% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/200px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/300px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png/400px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1287" data-file-height="1669" /></a></span><div>1977 election map (by constituencies)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">CM</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Nonpartisan_candidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonpartisan candidate">Nonpartisan</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">CM</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>sixth legislative assembly election</b> of Tamil Nadu was held on <b>10 June 1977</b>. <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK) won the election, defeating its rival <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK). <a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (commonly known as M.G.R), the AIADMK founder and a prominent <a href="/wiki/Kollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollywood">Tamil film</a> actor, was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The election was a four-cornered contest among the AIADMK, DMK, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC), and the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>. </p><p>In <b>1972</b>, M.G.R founded the AIADMK after being expelled from the DMK due to differences with DMK leader <a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a>. On <b>31 January 1976</b>, Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the central government under Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, citing non-cooperation under <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">MISA</a>. This led to the imposition of <a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a> in the state. Karunanidhi had opposed the Emergency and allied with the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a>. M.G.R served as Chief Minister until his death in <b>1987</b>, winning re-election in the <a href="/wiki/1980_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1980</a> and <a href="/wiki/1984_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1984</a> elections. </p><p>M.G.R's success set a precedent for actors entering politics, inspiring Telugu superstar <a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N.T.R</a> to follow suit in <b>1982</b> and win the <a href="/wiki/1983_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election">Andhra Pradesh assembly elections</a>, subsequently becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh">Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh</a>. Since then, no other actor has replicated M.G.R's achievements in electoral politics. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Split_in_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam">Split in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Split in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The DMK gradually weakened in the years following the previous election due to several splits resulting from the exit of influential leaders, including <a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M.G.R</a>. The party's popularity was further undermined by widespread corruption allegations, which M.G.R highlighted, given his close relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (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. </p><p><a href="/wiki/K._A._Mathiazhagan" title="K. A. Mathiazhagan">K. A. Mathiazhagan</a> was removed from his position as Minister of Finance, as he was seen as a significant threat to <a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">Karunanidhi</a>'s leadership. In 1972, influential Dalit leader <a href="/wiki/Sathyavani_Muthu" title="Sathyavani Muthu">Sathyavani Muthu</a> left the party, citing a lack of concern for Dalit issues, and subsequently formed the <a href="/wiki/Thazhthapattor_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam">Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam</a>. Treasurer of the party M.G.R was expelled on <b>10 October 1972</b> following disciplinary action for his open criticisms of the party leadership regarding alleged corruption and authoritarian behavior. He then joined and lead the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK), which won the <a href="/wiki/Dindigul_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency">Dindigul</a> by-election in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1977, <a href="/wiki/V._R._Nedunchezhiyan" title="V. R. Nedunchezhiyan">V. R. Nedunchezhiyan</a> and several senior leaders also left the DMK to form the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Makkal_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (page does not exist)">Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency">Emergency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Emergency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Emergency</a>, which was declared in June 1975 had a mixed reception in Tamil Nadu. <a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a>'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. <a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a> did not come in support of Jayaprakash Narayan due to his association with DMK despite the fact he disapproved of <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>'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. <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> continued to support <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>. <a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> even visited <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> to extend his support to Indira Gandhi. It was under these circumstances Karunanidhi's government was dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> on 31 January 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_Kamaraj_and_Rajaji">Death of Kamaraj and Rajaji</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death of Kamaraj and Rajaji"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">Kamaraj</a>, leader of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Organisation)" title="Indian National Congress (Organisation)">Indian National Congress (Organisation)</a>, 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)."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/G._K._Moopanar" title="G. K. Moopanar">G. K. Moopanar</a> merged with Indira Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining chose not to join with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, but rather joined the Janata Party and later remained largely uncommitted.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Swatantra_Party" title="Swatantra Party">Swatantra Party</a> lost much of its power after the death of <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a> in 1972 and did not contest the election. Most of its members joined the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coalitions">Coalitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coalitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This election was a four cornered contest. The AIADMK allied itself with the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC(I)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) contested as allies. The DMK and <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (JNP) contested the elections alone. The AIADMK did not field any candidate in the <a href="/wiki/Usilampatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Usilampatti Assembly constituency">Usilampatti Constituency</a> in support of the <a href="/wiki/Forward_Bloc" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward Bloc">Forward Bloc</a> leader <a href="/wiki/P.K._Mookiah_Thevar" class="mw-redirect" title="P.K. Mookiah Thevar">P.K. Mookiah Thevar</a>. Similarly the AIADMK also supported the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) candidate <a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Abdul_Latheef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Abdul Latheef (page does not exist)">M. Abdul Latheef</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vaniyambadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Vaniyambadi Assembly constituency">Vaniyambadi Constituency</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Indian_general_election_in_Tamil_Nadu,_1977" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977">parliamentary elections</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seat_allotments">Seat allotments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Seat allotments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AIADMK_Front">AIADMK Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: AIADMK Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th scope="col" style="width:40px;">No.<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:180px;">Leader </th> <th scope="col">Seats </th></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">1.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_two_leaves.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="294" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">200 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">2. </td> <td bgcolor="#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png/75px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="477" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Ramakrishnan" title="G. Ramakrishnan">G. Ramakrishnan</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">3.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ac1313;" data-sort-value="All India Forward Bloc"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg/75px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Lion.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="789" data-file-height="558" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P.K._Mookiah_Thevar" class="mw-redirect" title="P.K. Mookiah Thevar">P.K. Mookiah Thevar</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td colspan="5" align="center">Unregistered party, whose candidate ran as an independent </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">4.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="Indian Union Muslim League"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/No_flag.svg/50px-No_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/No_flag.svg/75px-No_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/No_flag.svg/100px-No_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._M._Kader_Mohideen" title="K. M. Kader Mohideen">K. M. Kader Mohideen</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: Forward Bloc contested in 6 different constituencies, but only the Usilampatti constituency contested by P.K.M. Thevar was supported by AIADMK </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DMK_Front">DMK Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: DMK Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th scope="col" style="width:40px;">No.<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:180px;">Leader </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">1.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/50px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/75px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg/100px-Indian_election_symbol_rising_sun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">230 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress_Front">Congress Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Congress Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th scope="col" style="width:40px;">No.<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:180px;">Leader </th> <th scope="col">Seats </th></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">1.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: turquoise;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress (R)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg/50px-Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg/75px-Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg/100px-Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="321" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._K._Moopanar" title="G. K. Moopanar">G. K. Moopanar</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">198 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">2.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CPI_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/50px-CPI_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/75px-CPI_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/CPI_symbol.svg/100px-CPI_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="258" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Pandian" title="D. Pandian">Tha. Pandian</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Janata_Alliance">Janata Alliance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Janata Alliance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="height: 50px;"> <th scope="col" style="width:40px;">No.<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width:80px;">Election Symbol </th> <th scope="col" style="width:180px;">Leader </th> <th scope="col">Seats </th></tr> <tr style="height: 55px;"> <td style="text-align:right;">1.</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Ramachandran" title="P. Ramachandran">P. Ramachandran</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">233 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_and_results">Voting and results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Voting and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polling for the election was held on 10 June 1977. Turnout among the eligible voters was 61.58%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_by_Pre-Poll_Alliance">Results by Pre-Poll Alliance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Results by Pre-Poll Alliance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/220px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/330px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png/440px-1977_tamil_nadu_legislative_election_map_by_parties.png 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1648" /></a><figcaption>Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Summary of the 1977 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/360px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/540px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/720px-India_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance/Party </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>Change </th> <th>Popular Vote </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Adj. %<sup>‡</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#009900; color:white">AIADMK+ alliance </th> <th style="background-color: #009933"> </th> <td><b>144</b> </td> <td><b>+142</b> </td> <td><b>5,734,692</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan="2"><b>33.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #008000"> </th> <td>130 </td> <td>+120 </td> <td>5,194,876 </td> <td>30.4% </td> <td>35.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #000080"> </th> <td>12 </td> <td>+12 </td> <td>477,835 </td> <td>2.8% </td> <td>33.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">FBL</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #800000"> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>– </td> <td>35,361 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>62.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IND</a> </td> <th style="background-color: olive"> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>– </td> <td>26,620 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>42.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white">DMK </th> <th style="background-color: #FF0D0D"> </th> <td><b>48</b> </td> <td><b>-136</b> </td> <td><b>4,258,771</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan="2"><b>24.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FF0000"> </th> <td>48 </td> <td>-136 </td> <td>4,258,771 </td> <td>24.9% </td> <td>25.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#00FFFF; color:black">Congress alliance </th> <th style="background-color: #00FFFF"> </th> <td><b>32</b> </td> <td><b>+24</b> </td> <td><b>3,491,490</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan="2"><b>20.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00FFFF"> </th> <td>27 </td> <td>+27 </td> <td>2,994,535 </td> <td>17.5% </td> <td>20.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #0000FF"> </th> <td>5 </td> <td>-3 </td> <td>496,955 </td> <td>2.9% </td> <td>20.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:yellow; color:black">Janata </th> <th style="background-color:yellow"> </th> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td><b>+10</b> </td> <td><b>2,851,884</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan="2"><b>16.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JNP</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFF00"> </th> <td>10 </td> <td>+10 </td> <td>2,851,884 </td> <td>16.7% </td> <td>16.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gray; color:white">Others </th> <th style="background-color:gray"> </th> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>-7</b> </td> <td><b>751,712</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan="2"><b>4.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #666666"> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>-7 </td> <td>751,712 </td> <td>4.4% </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Total</b> </td> <th style="background-color:"> </th> <td>234 </td> <td>– </td> <td>17,108,146 </td> <td>100% </td> <td style="text-align:center;">– </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p><b>‡</b>: 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. <br />Sources: Election Commission of India<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_constituency">By constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: By constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Assembly Constituency </th> <th colspan="5">Winner </th> <th colspan="5">Runner Up </th> <th rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Margin </th></tr> <tr> <th>#k </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Royapuram Assembly constituency">Royapuram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ponnurangam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ponnurangam (page does not exist)">Ponnurangam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,217 </td> <td>33.54</td> <td>M. Raji</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,626 </td> <td>31.34</td> <td>1,591 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harbour_Assembly_constituency" title="Harbour Assembly constituency">Harbour</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Selvarajan" title="A. Selvarajan">A. Selvarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,845 </td> <td>36.71</td> <td>M. M. Peer Mohammad</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>17,862 </td> <td>27.5</td> <td>5,983 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radhakrishnan_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency">Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isari_Velan" title="Isari Velan">Isari Velan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,416 </td> <td>35.57</td> <td>R. D. Seethapathy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,928 </td> <td>33.71</td> <td>1,488 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_Town_Assembly_constituency" title="Park Town Assembly constituency">Park Town</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T.S._Nallathambi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T.S. Nallathambi (page does not exist)">T.S. Nallathambi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,433 </td> <td>32.78</td> <td>N. G. Bhuvaneshwari</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>19,207 </td> <td>28.07</td> <td>3,226 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perambur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perambur Assembly constituency">Perambur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Baalan" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Baalan">S. Baalan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>34,134 </td> <td>42.74</td> <td>T. Raja</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,666 </td> <td>25.88</td> <td>13,468 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purasawalkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Purasawalkam Assembly constituency">Purasawalkam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Anbazhagan" title="K. Anbazhagan">K. Anbazhagan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>41,073 </td> <td>45.09</td> <td>T. S. Govindaswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,004 </td> <td>24.16</td> <td>19,069 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Egmore_Assembly_constituency" title="Egmore Assembly constituency">Egmore (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S.Manimudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S.Manimudi (page does not exist)">S.Manimudi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,746 </td> <td>38.6</td> <td>K. Deivasigamoni</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,414 </td> <td>28.02</td> <td>7,332 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anna_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Anna Nagar Assembly constituency">Anna Nagar</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a></b></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>43,076 </td> <td>50.1</td> <td>G. Krishnamurthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,638 </td> <td>30.98</td> <td>16,438 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiyagarayanagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiyagarayanagar Assembly constituency">T. Nagar</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._E._Chandran_Jayapal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. E. Chandran Jayapal (page does not exist)">R. E. Chandran Jayapal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,346 </td> <td>30.91</td> <td>K. Krishnamoorthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,316 </td> <td>29.55</td> <td>1,030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thousand_Lights_Assembly_constituency" title="Thousand Lights Assembly constituency">Thousand lights</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S.J._Sadiq_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S.J. Sadiq Pasha (page does not exist)">S.J. Sadiq Pasha</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,599 </td> <td>37.13</td> <td>Syed Khaleefa Thullah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>21,741 </td> <td>30.35</td> <td>4,858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chepauk_Assembly_constituency" title="Chepauk Assembly constituency">Chepauk</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Rahman_Khan" title="A. Rahman Khan">A. Rahman Khan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,425 </td> <td>38.4</td> <td>V. Rajkumar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>17,796 </td> <td>27.98</td> <td>6,629 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Triplicane_Assembly_constituency" title="Triplicane Assembly constituency">Triplicane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Aranganathan" title="M. Aranganathan">M. Aranganathan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,154 </td> <td>35.16</td> <td>Noorjahan Razack</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,027 </td> <td>31.93</td> <td>2,127 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mylapore_Assembly_constituency" title="Mylapore Assembly constituency">Mylapore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._K._Kapali" title="T. K. Kapali">T. K. Kapali</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,044 </td> <td>33.75</td> <td>Lakshmi Krishnamurthi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>21,138 </td> <td>27.39</td> <td>4,906 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saidapet_Assembly_constituency" title="Saidapet Assembly constituency">Saidapet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Purushothaman" title="D. Purushothaman">D. Purushothaman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>27,160 </td> <td>36.7</td> <td>N. Kannan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,882 </td> <td>29.56</td> <td>5,278 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gummidipoondi_Assembly_constituency" title="Gummidipoondi Assembly constituency">Gummidipoondi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Munirathinam" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Munirathinam">S. Munirathinam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,309 </td> <td>42.26</td> <td>G. Kamalambujammal</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>21,042 </td> <td>27.52</td> <td>11,267 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ponneri_Assembly_constituency" title="Ponneri Assembly constituency">Ponneri (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._M._Dorairaj" title="S. M. Dorairaj">S. M. Dorairaj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,796 </td> <td>42.64</td> <td>G. Vetriveeran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,524 </td> <td>27.53</td> <td>11,272 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvottiyur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency">Thiruvottiyur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Sigamony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Sigamony (page does not exist)">P. Sigamony</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,458 </td> <td>31.29</td> <td>M. V. Narayanaswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,995 </td> <td>28.37</td> <td>2,463 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villivakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Villivakkam Assembly constituency">Villivakkam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Suppu" title="K. Suppu">K. Suppu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>37,327 </td> <td>41.07</td> <td>R. Sarweshwar Rao</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,429 </td> <td>32.38</td> <td>7,898 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Alandur Assembly constituency">Alandur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._M._Abdul_Razack" title="K. M. Abdul Razack">K. M. Abdul Razack</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,961 </td> <td>37.45</td> <td>M. Abiraham</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>27,112 </td> <td>32.8</td> <td>3,849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tambaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Tambaram Assembly constituency">Tambaram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munu_Adhi" title="Munu Adhi">Munu Adhi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,394 </td> <td>35.22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pammal_Nallathambi" title="Pammal Nallathambi">Pammal Nallathambi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>31,968 </td> <td>34.75</td> <td>426 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruporur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruporur Assembly constituency">Thiruporur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Chokkalingam" class="mw-redirect" title="G. Chokkalingam">G. Chokkalingam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,932 </td> <td>44.78</td> <td>T. Radha</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,831 </td> <td>41</td> <td>2,101 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengalpattu_Assembly_constituency" title="Chengalpattu Assembly constituency">Chengalpattu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anoor_Jagadeesan" class="mw-redirect" title="Anoor Jagadeesan">Anoor Jagadeesan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,306 </td> <td>43.5</td> <td>V. Rudrakotti</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>25,436 </td> <td>37.75</td> <td>3,870 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maduranthakam_Assembly_constituency" title="Maduranthakam Assembly constituency">Maduranthakam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Arumugam" title="C. Arumugam">C. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,977 </td> <td>36.08</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._D._Ugamchand" title="S. D. Ugamchand">S. D. Ugamchand</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,645 </td> <td>26.27</td> <td>7,332 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acharapakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Acharapakkam Assembly constituency">Acharapakkam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethraj" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethraj">Ethraj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,756 </td> <td>43.19</td> <td>N. Muthuvel</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,959 </td> <td>38.67</td> <td>2,797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uthiramerur_Assembly_constituency" title="Uthiramerur Assembly constituency">Uthiramerur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Pakkur_Subramanyan" title="S. Pakkur Subramanyan">S. Pakkur Subramanyan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,877 </td> <td>45.03</td> <td>K. M. Rajagopal</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,294 </td> <td>28.78</td> <td>12,583 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kancheepuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Kancheepuram Assembly constituency">Kancheepuram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balaji_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Balaji (politician) (page does not exist)">K. Balaji</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,327 </td> <td>35.47</td> <td>V. Sambandan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>29,380 </td> <td>33.27</td> <td>1,947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sriperumbudur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency">Sriperumbudur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Krishnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Krishnan (page does not exist)">N. Krishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,038 </td> <td>43</td> <td>T. S. Lakshmanan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,901 </td> <td>30.95</td> <td>8,137 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poonamallee_Assembly_constituency" title="Poonamallee Assembly constituency">Poonamallee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Irajarathnam" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Irajarathnam">D. Irajarathnam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,552 </td> <td>36.49</td> <td>Era. Kulasekaran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,659 </td> <td>29.76</td> <td>4,893 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvallur Assembly constituency">Thiruvallur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Pattabiraman" title="S. Pattabiraman">S. Pattabiraman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,670 </td> <td>45.38</td> <td>Munirathinam Naidu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,368 </td> <td>33.09</td> <td>8,302 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruttani_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruttani Assembly constituency">Tiruttani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Shanmugham" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Shanmugham">R. Shanmugham</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,070 </td> <td>43.68</td> <td>A. B. Ramachandran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,754 </td> <td>28.18</td> <td>10,316 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pallipattu_Assembly_constituency" title="Pallipattu Assembly constituency">Pallipattu</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eakambara_Reddy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eakambara Reddy (page does not exist)">Eakambara Reddy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,480 </td> <td>33.62</td> <td>K. M. Balaraman</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,194 </td> <td>27.49</td> <td>4,286 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arakkonam_Assembly_constituency" title="Arakkonam Assembly constituency">Arakkonam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._K._Raju" title="V. K. Raju">V. K. Raju</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,630 </td> <td>33.5</td> <td>A. Kannayiram</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,041 </td> <td>23.18</td> <td>7,589 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sholingur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sholingur Assembly constituency">Sholingur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._J._Ramaswamy" class="mw-redirect" title="S. J. Ramaswamy">S. J. Ramaswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,997 </td> <td>38.23</td> <td>K. Murthi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,348 </td> <td>29.93</td> <td>5,649 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranipet_Assembly_constituency" title="Ranipet Assembly constituency">Ranipet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durai_Murugan" title="Durai Murugan">Durai Murugan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>31,940 </td> <td>43.53</td> <td>K. A. Wahab</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>16,643 </td> <td>22.68</td> <td>15,297 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Assembly_constituency" title="Arcot Assembly constituency">Arcot</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._J._Uyyakondan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. J. Uyyakondan (page does not exist)">K. J. Uyyakondan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,193 </td> <td>39.29</td> <td>N. R. Ethirajulu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>16,614 </td> <td>24.01</td> <td>10,579 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katpadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Katpadi Assembly constituency">Katpadi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._A._Jayavelu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. A. Jayavelu (page does not exist)">M. A. Jayavelu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,873 </td> <td>38.18</td> <td>Sambasivam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,183 </td> <td>31.51</td> <td>4,690 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gudiyatham_Assembly_constituency" title="Gudiyatham Assembly constituency">Gudiyatham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._K._Kothandaraman" title="V. K. Kothandaraman">V. K. Kothandaraman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>20,590 </td> <td>29.54</td> <td>Soundarajulu Naidu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>18,046 </td> <td>25.89</td> <td>2,544 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pernambut_Assembly_constituency" title="Pernambut Assembly constituency">Pernambut (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=I._Tamilarasan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I. Tamilarasan (page does not exist)">I. Tamilarasan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,536 </td> <td>37.21</td> <td>P. Rajagopal</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>20,873 </td> <td>31.66</td> <td>3,663 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaniyambadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Vaniyambadi Assembly constituency">Vaniyambadi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Abdul_Latheef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Abdul Latheef (page does not exist)">M. Abdul Latheef</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>26,620 </td> <td>42.86</td> <td>R. Sampanghi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,886 </td> <td>28.8</td> <td>8,734 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Natrampalli_Assembly_constituency" title="Natrampalli Assembly constituency">Natrampalli</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Anbazhagan" title="T. Anbazhagan">T. Anbazhagan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,015 </td> <td>44.43</td> <td>M. Marappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>14,960 </td> <td>21.43</td> <td>16,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur,_Vellore_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency">Tiruppattur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._Sundaram" title="B. Sundaram">B. Sundaram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,855 </td> <td>27.29</td> <td>K. Jayaraman</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,857 </td> <td>25.92</td> <td>998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengam_Assembly_constituency" title="Chengam Assembly constituency">Chengam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Swamikannu" title="T. Swamikannu">T. Swamikannu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,789 </td> <td>46.36</td> <td>N. Poosanar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>11,877 </td> <td>24.16</td> <td>10,912 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thandarambattu_Assembly_constituency" title="Thandarambattu Assembly constituency">Thandarambattu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Venugopal" title="D. Venugopal">D. Venugopal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>28,605 </td> <td>38.01</td> <td>A. Ramalingam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,661 </td> <td>28.78</td> <td>6,944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvannamalai_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency">Tiruvannamalai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._U._Shanmugam" title="P. U. Shanmugam">P. U. Shanmugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>27,148 </td> <td>32.22</td> <td>D. Pattusamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>25,786 </td> <td>30.61</td> <td>1,362 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalasapakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kalasapakkam Assembly constituency">Kalasapakkam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._S._Thiruvengadam" title="P. S. Thiruvengadam">P. S. Thiruvengadam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,841 </td> <td>35.39</td> <td>S. Sundaresa Udayar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,298 </td> <td>33.35</td> <td>1,543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polur_Assembly_constituency" title="Polur Assembly constituency">Polur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._J._Subramanian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. J. Subramanian (page does not exist)">K. J. Subramanian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,631 </td> <td>37.82</td> <td>S. Murugaiyan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,902 </td> <td>33.63</td> <td>2,729 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anaicut_Assembly_constituency" title="Anaicut Assembly constituency">Anaicut</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Margabandhu" title="R. Margabandhu">R. Margabandhu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,731 </td> <td>48.78</td> <td>P. M. Vasudeva Reddiar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>14,146 </td> <td>21.08</td> <td>18,585 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vellore_Assembly_constituency" title="Vellore Assembly constituency">Vellore</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._K._Ranganathan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. K. Ranganathan (page does not exist)">A. K. Ranganathan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,590 </td> <td>30.47</td> <td>A. K. Lalalajapathy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>25,758 </td> <td>29.52</td> <td>832 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arni_Assembly_constituency" title="Arni Assembly constituency">Arni</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Arjunan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Arjunan (page does not exist)">V. Arjunan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,925 </td> <td>41.47</td> <td>E. Selvarasu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,703 </td> <td>30.2</td> <td>9,222 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheyyar_Assembly_constituency" title="Cheyyar Assembly constituency">Cheyyar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pulavar_Govindan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulavar Govindan">Pulavar Govindan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>33,338 </td> <td>43.34</td> <td>K. Shanmughasundaram</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,419 </td> <td>27.84</td> <td>11,919 </td></tr> <tr> <td>51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vandavasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Vandavasi Assembly constituency">Vandavasi (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Munuswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Munuswamy (page does not exist)">P. Munuswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,306 </td> <td>41.11</td> <td>C. Kanniappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,476 </td> <td>38.45</td> <td>1,830 </td></tr> <tr> <td>52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peranamallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Peranamallur Assembly constituency">Peranamallur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Chandran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Chandran (page does not exist)">P. Chandran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,860 </td> <td>40.47</td> <td>P. Ettappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,822 </td> <td>28.79</td> <td>8,038 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melmalayanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Melmalayanur Assembly constituency">Melmalayanur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Thangavelu_Gounder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Thangavelu Gounder (page does not exist)">P. Thangavelu Gounder</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,673 </td> <td>38.93</td> <td>S. Vijayaraghavan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>14,110 </td> <td>19.85</td> <td>13,563 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gingee_Assembly_constituency" title="Gingee Assembly constituency">Gingee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gingee_N._Ramachandran" title="Gingee N. Ramachandran">Gingee N. Ramachandran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,971 </td> <td>36.13</td> <td>G. Krishnaswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,381 </td> <td>31.32</td> <td>3,590 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tindivanam_Assembly_constituency" title="Tindivanam Assembly constituency">Tindivanam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._R._Erajaram_Reddy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. R. Erajaram Reddy (page does not exist)">T. R. Erajaram Reddy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18,990 </td> <td>29.55</td> <td>R. Radhakrishnan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>17,150 </td> <td>26.69</td> <td>1,840 </td></tr> <tr> <td>56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vanur Assembly constituency">Vanur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Paramasivam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Paramasivam (page does not exist)">M. Paramasivam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,557 </td> <td>34.32</td> <td>A. Boopalan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,584 </td> <td>31.18</td> <td>1,973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kandamangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kandamangalam Assembly constituency">Kandamangalam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Kannan" title="M. Kannan">M. Kannan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,403 </td> <td>38.71</td> <td>S. Alagavelu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,349 </td> <td>35.58</td> <td>2,054 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villupuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Villupuram Assembly constituency">Villupuram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Krishnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Krishnan (page does not exist)">P. Krishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,882 </td> <td>37.69</td> <td>K. P. Palaniappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>25,183 </td> <td>34.04</td> <td>2,699 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mugaiyur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mugaiyur Assembly constituency">Mugaiyur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Rangothaman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Rangothaman (page does not exist)">G. Rangothaman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,531 </td> <td>45.74</td> <td>M. Shanmugam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,248 </td> <td>26.47</td> <td>13,283 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirunavalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tirunavalur Assembly constituency">Tirunavalur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=L._Arumugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. Arumugam (page does not exist)">L. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,087 </td> <td>34.96</td> <td>V. Subramanaian</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,132 </td> <td>27.77</td> <td>4,955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulundurpet_Assembly_constituency" title="Ulundurpet Assembly constituency">Ulundurpet (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Thulukkanam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Thulukkanam (page does not exist)">V. Thulukkanam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,788 </td> <td>37.7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sathyavani_Muthu" title="Sathyavani Muthu">Sathyavani Muthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,211 </td> <td>27.04</td> <td>7,577 </td></tr> <tr> <td>62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nellikkuppam_Assembly_constituency" title="Nellikkuppam Assembly constituency">Nellikkuppam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Govindarajan" title="C. Govindarajan">C. Govindarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>23,077 </td> <td>32.75</td> <td>V. Krishnamoorthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,260 </td> <td>25.91</td> <td>4,817 </td></tr> <tr> <td>63</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuddalore_Assembly_constituency" title="Cuddalore Assembly constituency">Cuddalore</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Abdul_Latheef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Abdul Latheef (page does not exist)">K. Abdul Latheef</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,107 </td> <td>31.61</td> <td>R. Govindarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,280 </td> <td>29.21</td> <td>1,827 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Ramachandaran" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Ramachandaran">S. Ramachandaran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>43,330 </td> <td>59.24</td> <td>K. Nandagopala Krishnan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>27,673 </td> <td>37.83</td> <td>15,657 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurinjipadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Kurinjipadi Assembly constituency">Kurinjipadi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Selvaraj" title="M. Selvaraj">M. Selvaraj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,523 </td> <td>28.75</td> <td>S. Natarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>16,997 </td> <td>25.03</td> <td>2,526 </td></tr> <tr> <td>66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhuvanagiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency">Bhuvanagiri</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Raghuraman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Raghuraman (page does not exist)">V. Raghuraman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,638 </td> <td>28.33</td> <td>T. M. D. Mahalingam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>17,350 </td> <td>22.72</td> <td>4,288 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kattumannarkoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Kattumannarkoil Assembly constituency">Kattumannarkoil (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._Ramalingam" title="E. Ramalingam">E. Ramalingam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,038 </td> <td>37.54</td> <td>R. Rajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,991 </td> <td>28.82</td> <td>6,047 </td></tr> <tr> <td>68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chidambaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Chidambaram Assembly constituency">Chidambaram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durai_Kaliyamoorthy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Durai Kaliyamoorthy (page does not exist)">Durai Kaliyamoorthy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,917 </td> <td>31.3</td> <td>Muthu Govindarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,586 </td> <td>26.75</td> <td>3,331 </td></tr> <tr> <td>69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virudhachalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Virudhachalam Assembly constituency">Virudhachalam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Ramanathan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Ramanathan (page does not exist)">C. Ramanathan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,178 </td> <td>39.59</td> <td>K. Ramalingam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,071 </td> <td>23.71</td> <td>12,107 </td></tr> <tr> <td>70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangalore,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Mangalore, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Mangalur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Periyasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Periyasamy (page does not exist)">M. Periyasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,616 </td> <td>40.32</td> <td>V. Ponnuswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,361 </td> <td>22.86</td> <td>13,255 </td></tr> <tr> <td>71</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rishivandiyam_Assembly_constituency" title="Rishivandiyam Assembly constituency">Rishivandiyam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Sundaram" title="M. Sundaram">M. Sundaram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>25,530 </td> <td>38.42</td> <td>M. Deivigam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,478 </td> <td>32.32</td> <td>4,052 </td></tr> <tr> <td>72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinnasalem_Assembly_constituency" title="Chinnasalem Assembly constituency">Chinnasalem</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Subdramaniam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Subdramaniam (page does not exist)">M. Subdramaniam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,304 </td> <td>35.57</td> <td>S. P. Pachayappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,081 </td> <td>30.86</td> <td>3,223 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankarapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Sankarapuram Assembly constituency">Sankarapuram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durai_Muthusamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Durai Muthusamy (page does not exist)">Durai Muthusamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>21,593 </td> <td>31.45</td> <td>M. Mohammad Haneed</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,885 </td> <td>27.5</td> <td>2,708 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hosur_Assembly_constituency" title="Hosur Assembly constituency">Hosur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Ramachandra_Reddy" title="N. Ramachandra Reddy">N. Ramachandra Reddy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>30,818 </td> <td>58.12</td> <td>K. S. Kothandaramiah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>13,653 </td> <td>25.75</td> <td>17,615 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thalli_Assembly_constituency" title="Thalli Assembly constituency">Thalli</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._R._Rajaram_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="D. R. Rajaram Naidu">D. R. Rajaram Naidu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18,559 </td> <td>30.53</td> <td>B. venkataswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>13,388 </td> <td>22.02</td> <td>5,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td>76</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaveripattinam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kaveripattinam Assembly constituency">Kaveripattinam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Samarasam" title="K. Samarasam">K. Samarasam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,770 </td> <td>39.97</td> <td>E. Pattabi Naidu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>19,312 </td> <td>29.95</td> <td>6,458 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishnagiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Krishnagiri Assembly constituency">Krishnagiri</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._R._Chinnarassu" class="mw-redirect" title="K. R. Chinnarassu">K. R. Chinnarassu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>17,178 </td> <td>32.66</td> <td>T. M. Thiruppathy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>12,466 </td> <td>23.7</td> <td>4,712 </td></tr> <tr> <td>78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bargur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bargur Assembly constituency">Bargur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._G._Arumugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. G. Arumugam (page does not exist)">H. G. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,812 </td> <td>48.94</td> <td>V. C. Thimmarayan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>15,420 </td> <td>26.19</td> <td>13,392 </td></tr> <tr> <td>79</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harur_Assembly_constituency" title="Harur Assembly constituency">Harur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Annamalai_(politician)" title="M. Annamalai (politician)">M. Annamalai</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>20,042 </td> <td>34.69</td> <td>K. Surattaiyan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>12,470 </td> <td>21.59</td> <td>7,572 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morappur_Assembly_constituency" title="Morappur Assembly constituency">Morappur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Kuppusamy" title="N. Kuppusamy">N. Kuppusamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,886 </td> <td>34.42</td> <td>R. P. Murugan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,270 </td> <td>31.99</td> <td>1,616 </td></tr> <tr> <td>81</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palacode_Assembly_constituency" title="Palacode Assembly constituency">Palacode</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._M._Krishnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B. M. Krishnan (page does not exist)">B. M. Krishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,959 </td> <td>32.87</td> <td>K. T. Govindan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>17,701 </td> <td>26.5</td> <td>4,258 </td></tr> <tr> <td>82</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharmapuri,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Dharmapuri</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._K._C._Muthusamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. K. C. Muthusamy (page does not exist)">P. K. C. Muthusamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>26,742 </td> <td>42.3</td> <td>D. S. Shanmugam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,556 </td> <td>34.1</td> <td>5,186 </td></tr> <tr> <td>83</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennagaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Pennagaram Assembly constituency">Pennagaram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Appunu_Gounder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Appunu Gounder (page does not exist)">K. Appunu Gounder</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>17,591 </td> <td>32.13</td> <td>Krishnan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>16,932 </td> <td>30.92</td> <td>659 </td></tr> <tr> <td>84</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mettur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mettur Assembly constituency">Mettur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._P._Nachimuthu_Gounder" title="K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder">K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,762 </td> <td>43.67</td> <td>P. Natesan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>13,976 </td> <td>19.84</td> <td>16,786 </td></tr> <tr> <td>85</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taramangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Taramangalam Assembly constituency">Taramangalam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Narayanan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Narayanan (page does not exist)">R. Narayanan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,882 </td> <td>34.59</td> <td>S. Semmalai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,863 </td> <td>34.56</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>86</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Omalur Assembly constituency">Omalur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Sivaperumal" title="M. Sivaperumal">M. Sivaperumal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,342 </td> <td>42.69</td> <td>M. Govindan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>13,824 </td> <td>22.41</td> <td>12,518 </td></tr> <tr> <td>87</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yercaud_Assembly_constituency" title="Yercaud Assembly constituency">Yercaud (ST)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Kaliyappan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Kaliyappan (page does not exist)">R. Kaliyappan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,219 </td> <td>42.29</td> <td>V. Chinnaswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>13,444 </td> <td>28.12</td> <td>6,775 </td></tr> <tr> <td>88</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem_-_I_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem - I Assembly constituency">Salem – I</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Varadarajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. V. Varadarajan (page does not exist)">S. V. Varadarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,708 </td> <td>38.21</td> <td>S. S. Mahadeva Mudaliar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>26,046 </td> <td>28.67</td> <td>8,662 </td></tr> <tr> <td>89</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem_-_II_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem - II Assembly constituency">Salem – II</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Arumugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Arumugam (page does not exist)">M. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,636 </td> <td>31.41</td> <td>K. A. Thangavelu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,523 </td> <td>28.48</td> <td>2,113 </td></tr> <tr> <td>90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Veerapandi_Assembly_constituency" title="Veerapandi Assembly constituency">Veerapandi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Venga_Gounder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Venga Gounder (page does not exist)">P. Venga Gounder</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,920 </td> <td>44.87</td> <td>M. Muthuswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,144 </td> <td>25.5</td> <td>13,776 </td></tr> <tr> <td>91</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panamarathupatti_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Panamarathupatti Assembly constituency">Panamarathupatti</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Subbarayan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Subbarayan (page does not exist)">N. Subbarayan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,676 </td> <td>45.04</td> <td>S. C. Kanjamalai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>14,478 </td> <td>23.56</td> <td>13,198 </td></tr> <tr> <td>92</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Attur_Assembly_constituency" title="Attur Assembly constituency">Attur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Palanimuthu" title="C. Palanimuthu">C. Palanimuthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,040 </td> <td>29.8</td> <td>P. Kandasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,693 </td> <td>29.25</td> <td>347 </td></tr> <tr> <td>93</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talavasal_Assembly_constituency" title="Talavasal Assembly constituency">Talavasal (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._M._Raju" title="S. M. Raju">S. M. Raju</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,681 </td> <td>36.33</td> <td>K. Kaliyaperumal</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,004 </td> <td>27.97</td> <td>5,677 </td></tr> <tr> <td>94</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasipuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Rasipuram Assembly constituency">Rasipuram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Duraisamy" title="P. Duraisamy">P. Duraisamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,762 </td> <td>43.61</td> <td>K. C. Periasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,374 </td> <td>25.02</td> <td>14,388 </td></tr> <tr> <td>95</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senthamangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Senthamangalam Assembly constituency">Senthamangalam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Chinnasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Chinnasamy (page does not exist)">V. Chinnasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,731 </td> <td>45.1</td> <td>Vadama Gounder</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>13,881 </td> <td>21.79</td> <td>14,850 </td></tr> <tr> <td>96</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namakkal_Assembly_constituency" title="Namakkal Assembly constituency">Namakkal (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Arunachalam" title="R. Arunachalam">R. Arunachalam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,952 </td> <td>40.59</td> <td>K. Veluchamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,215 </td> <td>21.87</td> <td>14,737 </td></tr> <tr> <td>97</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapilamalai_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Kapilamalai Assembly constituency">Kapilamalai</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Sengodan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Sengodan (page does not exist)">K. Sengodan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,194 </td> <td>36.54</td> <td>S. Paramasivam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>18,798 </td> <td>22.75</td> <td>11,396 </td></tr> <tr> <td>98</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruchengode Assembly constituency">Tiruchengode</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Ponnaiyan" title="C. Ponnaiyan">C. Ponnaiyan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>44,501 </td> <td>46.11</td> <td>V. Kumaraswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>17,764 </td> <td>18.41</td> <td>26,737 </td></tr> <tr> <td>99</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankari_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankari Assembly constituency">Sankari (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Dhanapal" title="P. Dhanapal">P. Dhanapal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,780 </td> <td>53.27</td> <td>M. Paramanandam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>11,751 </td> <td>19.1</td> <td>21,029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>100</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edappadi_Assembly_constituency" title="Edappadi Assembly constituency">Edappadi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/I._Ganesan" title="I. Ganesan">I. Ganesan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,063 </td> <td>38.56</td> <td>T. Natarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,256 </td> <td>30.11</td> <td>6,807 </td></tr> <tr> <td>101</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mettupalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Mettupalayam Assembly constituency">Mettupalayam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Palanisamy" title="S. Palanisamy">S. Palanisamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,029 </td> <td>32.37</td> <td>T. T. S. Thippaiah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>20,717 </td> <td>25.76</td> <td>5,312 </td></tr> <tr> <td>102</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avanashi_Assembly_constituency" title="Avanashi Assembly constituency">Avanashi (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._N._Palaniswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. N. Palaniswamy (page does not exist)">S. N. Palaniswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,550 </td> <td>32.26</td> <td>R. Annanambi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,803 </td> <td>29.76</td> <td>1,747 </td></tr> <tr> <td>103</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thondamuthur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thondamuthur Assembly constituency">Thondamuthur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Maruthachalam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Maruthachalam (page does not exist)">K. Maruthachalam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,690 </td> <td>33.29</td> <td>R. Manickavachagam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,195 </td> <td>25.41</td> <td>7,495 </td></tr> <tr> <td>104</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Singanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Singanallur Assembly constituency">Singanallur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Venkedusamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Venkedusamy (page does not exist)">R. Venkedusamy</a> alias Venkedu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>25,820 </td> <td>27.96</td> <td>R. Senkaliappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>24,024 </td> <td>26.02</td> <td>1,796 </td></tr> <tr> <td>105</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_West_Assembly_constituency" title="Coimbatore West Assembly constituency">Coimbatore (West)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Aranganayagam" title="C. Aranganayagam">C. Aranganayagam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,742 </td> <td>36.8</td> <td>B. S. Mohammad Ali</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,393 </td> <td>27.05</td> <td>7,349 </td></tr> <tr> <td>106</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_East_Assembly_constituency" title="Coimbatore East Assembly constituency">Coimbatore (East)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ramani" title="K. Ramani">K. Ramani</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>20,803 </td> <td>30.54</td> <td>K. Aranganathan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,784 </td> <td>27.58</td> <td>2,019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>107</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perur Assembly constituency">Perur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Natarajan" title="A. Natarajan">A. Natarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>29,158 </td> <td>33.74</td> <td>M. Nanjappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>26,328 </td> <td>30.46</td> <td>2,830 </td></tr> <tr> <td>108</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinathukadavu_Assembly_constituency" title="Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency">Kinathukadavu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._V._Kandasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="K. V. Kandasamy">K. V. Kandasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,909 </td> <td>36.32</td> <td>M. Kannappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,589 </td> <td>28.86</td> <td>5,320 </td></tr> <tr> <td>109</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pollachi_Assembly_constituency" title="Pollachi Assembly constituency">Pollachi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._P._Somasundaram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O. P. Somasundaram (page does not exist)">O. P. Somasundaram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,896 </td> <td>45.11</td> <td>S. Raju</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,952 </td> <td>23.2</td> <td>16,944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>110</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparai_Assembly_constituency" title="Valparai Assembly constituency">Valparai (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._S._Thangavelu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. S. Thangavelu (page does not exist)">R. S. Thangavelu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,926 </td> <td>34.18</td> <td>A. T. Karuppiah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>16,241 </td> <td>26.53</td> <td>4,685 </td></tr> <tr> <td>111</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udumalaipettai_Assembly_constituency" title="Udumalaipettai Assembly constituency">Udumalaipettai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Kolandaivelu" title="P. Kolandaivelu">P. Kolandaivelu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,737 </td> <td>34.3</td> <td>U. K. P. Natarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>24,619 </td> <td>29.39</td> <td>4,118 </td></tr> <tr> <td>112</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Dharapuram Assembly constituency">Dharapuram (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Ayyachamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Ayyachamy (page does not exist)">R. Ayyachamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,884 </td> <td>31.67</td> <td>A. K. Shivalingam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>16,202 </td> <td>27.17</td> <td>2,682 </td></tr> <tr> <td>113</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vellakoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Vellakoil Assembly constituency">Vellakoil</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Ramaswamy" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Ramaswamy">D. Ramaswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>30,996 </td> <td>37.69</td> <td>M. Palanisamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,676 </td> <td>25.14</td> <td>10,320 </td></tr> <tr> <td>114</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pongalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Pongalur Assembly constituency">Pongalur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Nachimuthu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Nachimuthu (page does not exist)">K. Nachimuthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,324 </td> <td>32.56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._R._Balasubramaniam" title="S. R. Balasubramaniam">S. R. Balasubramaniam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18,769 </td> <td>30.07</td> <td>1,555 </td></tr> <tr> <td>115</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palladam_Assembly_constituency" title="Palladam Assembly constituency">Palladam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._G._Kittu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. G. Kittu (page does not exist)">P. G. Kittu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,172 </td> <td>33.11</td> <td>K. N. Kumarasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>20,175 </td> <td>24.58</td> <td>6,997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>116</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppur Assembly constituency">Tiruppur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Manimaran" title="R. Manimaran">R. Manimaran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>38,984 </td> <td>41.13</td> <td>A. Ganapathy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>24,569 </td> <td>25.92</td> <td>14,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td>117</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kangayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kangayam Assembly constituency">Kangayam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._K._S._Dhanapandi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. K. S. Dhanapandi (page does not exist)">R. K. S. Dhanapandi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,665 </td> <td>42.09</td> <td>M. Sivasabapathy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,498 </td> <td>24.59</td> <td>13,167 </td></tr> <tr> <td>118</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Modakkurichi_Assembly_constituency" title="Modakkurichi Assembly constituency">Modakkurichi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subbulaksmi_(Modakurichi_MLA)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subbulaksmi (Modakurichi MLA) (page does not exist)">Subbulakshmi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>38,072 </td> <td>44.75</td> <td>A. Ganeshamurthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>15,200 </td> <td>17.86</td> <td>22,872 </td></tr> <tr> <td>119</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perundurai_Assembly_constituency" title="Perundurai Assembly constituency">Perundurai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Ponnusamy" title="A. Ponnusamy">A. Ponnusamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,574 </td> <td>39.91</td> <td>N. K. Palanisamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>24,532 </td> <td>32.02</td> <td>6,042 </td></tr> <tr> <td>120</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erode_Assembly_constituency" title="Erode Assembly constituency">Erode</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Muthusamy" title="S. Muthusamy">S. Muthusamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>37,968 </td> <td>43.09</td> <td>M. Subramanian</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,389 </td> <td>23.14</td> <td>17,579 </td></tr> <tr> <td>121</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhavani_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhavani Assembly constituency">Bhavani</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._R._Soundarrajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. R. Soundarrajan (page does not exist)">M. R. Soundarrajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,989 </td> <td>31.41</td> <td>G. Gurumoorthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>19,013 </td> <td>25.98</td> <td>3,976 </td></tr> <tr> <td>122</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthiyur_Assembly_constituency" title="Anthiyur Assembly constituency">Anthiyur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Guruswamy" title="P. Guruswamy">P. Guruswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,950 </td> <td>42.46</td> <td>A. Palani</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>11,423 </td> <td>20.25</td> <td>12,527 </td></tr> <tr> <td>123</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Gobichettipalayam Assembly constituency">Gobichettipalayam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._K._K._Ramasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. K. K. Ramasamy (page does not exist)">N. K. K. Ramasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,660 </td> <td>34.99</td> <td>N. R. Thiruvenkadam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,248 </td> <td>26.25</td> <td>6,412 </td></tr> <tr> <td>124</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhavanisagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency">Bhavanisagar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._K._Chinnaswamy" class="mw-redirect" title="V. K. Chinnaswamy">V. K. Chinnaswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,078 </td> <td>32.48</td> <td>Sampoornam Swaminathan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,631 </td> <td>30.44</td> <td>1,447 </td></tr> <tr> <td>125</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sathyamangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Sathyamangalam Assembly constituency">Sathyamangalam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._A._Sengottaian" class="mw-redirect" title="K. A. Sengottaian">K. A. Sengottaian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,145 </td> <td>35.81</td> <td>C. R. Rajappa</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,639 </td> <td>33.26</td> <td>1,506 </td></tr> <tr> <td>126</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coonoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Coonoor Assembly constituency">Coonoor (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Rangasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Rangasamy (page does not exist)">K. Rangasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,649 </td> <td>42.33</td> <td>C. Periasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>13,150 </td> <td>24.58</td> <td>9,499 </td></tr> <tr> <td>127</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udagamandalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Udagamandalam Assembly constituency">Ootacamund</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._Gopalan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B. Gopalan (page does not exist)">B. Gopalan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,134 </td> <td>28.94</td> <td>K. Karuppasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,005 </td> <td>28.74</td> <td>129 </td></tr> <tr> <td>128</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gudalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Gudalur Assembly constituency">Gudalur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Hutchi_Gowder" title="K. Hutchi Gowder">K. Hutchi Gowder</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>15,323 </td> <td>26.29</td> <td>C. I. Allapitchai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>14,963 </td> <td>25.68</td> <td>360 </td></tr> <tr> <td>129</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palani_Assembly_constituency" title="Palani Assembly constituency">Palani (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Palanivel" title="N. Palanivel">N. Palanivel</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>23,810 </td> <td>34.53</td> <td>S. R. P. Mani</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,966 </td> <td>28.96</td> <td>3,844 </td></tr> <tr> <td>130</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram_Assembly_constituency" title="Oddanchatram Assembly constituency">Oddanchatram</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._P._Palaniappan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. P. Palaniappan (page does not exist)">A. P. Palaniappan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,000 </td> <td>37.09</td> <td>K. Kuppuswamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,419 </td> <td>30.79</td> <td>4,581 </td></tr> <tr> <td>131</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Periyakulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Periyakulam Assembly constituency">Periyakulam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pannai_Sethuram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Pannai Sethuram (page does not exist)">K. Pannai Sethuram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,271 </td> <td>45.5</td> <td>R. Ramaiah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>16,948 </td> <td>24.66</td> <td>14,323 </td></tr> <tr> <td>132</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theni_Assembly_constituency" title="Theni Assembly constituency">Theni</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._R._Jayaraman" title="V. R. Jayaraman">V. R. Jayaraman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>35,152 </td> <td>45.71</td> <td>S. Veluchamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,579 </td> <td>24.16</td> <td>16,573 </td></tr> <tr> <td>133</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bodinayakkanur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency">Bodinayakkanur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Ramadass&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Ramadass (page does not exist)">P. Ramadass</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,022 </td> <td>41.12</td> <td>K. S. M. Ramachandran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>20,030 </td> <td>28.38</td> <td>8,992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>134</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumbum_Assembly_constituency" title="Cumbum Assembly constituency">Cumbum</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Chandrasekharan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Chandrasekharan (page does not exist)">R. Chandrasekharan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,902 </td> <td>41.5</td> <td>N. Natarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>34,080 </td> <td>40.52</td> <td>822 </td></tr> <tr> <td>135</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Andipatti Assembly constituency">Andipatti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Kandasamy" title="K. Kandasamy">K. Kandasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,311 </td> <td>34.41</td> <td>N. V. Gurusamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>16,269 </td> <td>23.03</td> <td>8,042 </td></tr> <tr> <td>136</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sedapatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Sedapatti Assembly constituency">Sedapatti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Muthiah" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Muthiah">R. Muthiah</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,040 </td> <td>43.52</td> <td>A. R. P. Alagarsamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>17,018 </td> <td>26.41</td> <td>11,022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>137</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirumangalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thirumangalam Assembly constituency">Thirumangalam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._T._Saraswathy" title="P. T. Saraswathy">P. T. Saraswathy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,493 </td> <td>44.3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._S._V._Chithan" class="mw-redirect" title="N. S. V. Chithan">N. S. V. Chithan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,720 </td> <td>41.63</td> <td>1,773 </td></tr> <tr> <td>138</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Usilampatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Usilampatti Assembly constituency">Usilampatti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._K._Mookiah_Thevar" title="P. K. Mookiah Thevar">P. K. Mookiah Thevar</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ac1313;" data-sort-value="All India Forward Bloc"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">AIFB</a> </td> <td>35,361 </td> <td>61.95</td> <td>N. S. Ponniah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>11,422 </td> <td>20.01</td> <td>23,939 </td></tr> <tr> <td>139</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilakottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Nilakottai Assembly constituency">Nilakottai (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Baluchamy" title="A. Baluchamy">A. Baluchamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,296 </td> <td>51.19</td> <td>M. Muthuperiasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>9,799 </td> <td>17.73</td> <td>18,497 </td></tr> <tr> <td>140</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sholavandan_Assembly_constituency" title="Sholavandan Assembly constituency">Sholavandan</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Balaguruva_Reddiar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Balaguruva Reddiar (page does not exist)">V. Balaguruva Reddiar</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,968 </td> <td>40.02</td> <td>A. Chandrasekaran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,455 </td> <td>31.32</td> <td>6,513 </td></tr> <tr> <td>141</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruparankundram_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency">Thiruparankundram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Kalimuthu" title="K. Kalimuthu">K. Kalimuthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,850 </td> <td>41.39</td> <td>V. Palani Andi Ambalam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>15,760 </td> <td>19.27</td> <td>18,090 </td></tr> <tr> <td>142</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_West_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai West Assembly constituency">Madurai West</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._P._M._Periyaswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. P. M. Periyaswamy (page does not exist)">T. P. M. Periyaswamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,342 </td> <td>43.06</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pon._Muthuramalingam" title="Pon. Muthuramalingam">Pon. Muthuramalingam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,211 </td> <td>21.59</td> <td>16,131 </td></tr> <tr> <td>143</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_Central_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai Central Assembly constituency">Madurai Central</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Lakshminarayanan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Lakshminarayanan (page does not exist)">N. Lakshminarayanan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,399 </td> <td>39.9</td> <td>A. Rathinam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>16,420 </td> <td>22.28</td> <td>12,979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>144</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai_East_Assembly_constituency" title="Madurai East Assembly constituency">Madurai East</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Sankaraiah" title="N. Sankaraiah">N. Sankaraiah</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>24,263 </td> <td>33.45</td> <td>A. G. Subbraman</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,278 </td> <td>30.71</td> <td>1,985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>145</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samayanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Samayanallur Assembly constituency">Samayanallur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Selvaraj" title="S. Selvaraj">S. Selvaraj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,019 </td> <td>44.5</td> <td>C. Karuthanan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,658 </td> <td>25.71</td> <td>14,361 </td></tr> <tr> <td>146</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melur_Assembly_constituency" title="Melur Assembly constituency">Melur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._M._Paramasivan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. M. Paramasivan (page does not exist)">A. M. Paramasivan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,111 </td> <td>36.07</td> <td>K. V. Veeranambalam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>32,955 </td> <td>35.9</td> <td>156 </td></tr> <tr> <td>147</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Natham_Assembly_constituency" title="Natham Assembly constituency">Natham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Andi_Ambalam" title="M. Andi Ambalam">M. Andi Ambalam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>29,055 </td> <td>44.97</td> <td>R. Murugan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,093 </td> <td>32.65</td> <td>7,962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>148</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dindigul_Assembly_constituency" title="Dindigul Assembly constituency">Dindigul</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Varadharajan" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Varadharajan">N. Varadharajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>33,614 </td> <td>45.19</td> <td>V. S. Lakshmanan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>13,732 </td> <td>18.46</td> <td>19,882 </td></tr> <tr> <td>149</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Athoor Assembly constituency">Athoor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Vellaisamy" title="A. Vellaisamy">A. Vellaisamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>31,590 </td> <td>45.4</td> <td>A. M. T. Nachiappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>13,938 </td> <td>20.03</td> <td>17,652 </td></tr> <tr> <td>150</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vedasandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vedasandur Assembly constituency">Vedasandur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._M._Vasan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. M. Vasan (page does not exist)">S. M. Vasan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,995 </td> <td>37.21</td> <td>S. Nanjunda Rao</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>25,141 </td> <td>34.66</td> <td>1,854 </td></tr> <tr> <td>151</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aravakurichi_Assembly_constituency" title="Aravakurichi Assembly constituency">Aravakurichi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Sadasivam" title="S. Sadasivam">S. Sadasivam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>32,581 </td> <td>39.51</td> <td>P. Ramasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,547 </td> <td>26.13</td> <td>11,034 </td></tr> <tr> <td>152</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karur_Assembly_constituency" title="Karur Assembly constituency">Karur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Vadivel" title="K. Vadivel">K. Vadivel</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,856 </td> <td>35.11</td> <td>S. Nallasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,264 </td> <td>23.09</td> <td>11,592 </td></tr> <tr> <td>153</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishnarayapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Krishnarayapuram Assembly constituency">Krishnarayapuram (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Soundarapandian" title="P. Soundarapandian">P. Soundarapandian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,561 </td> <td>32.59</td> <td>P. N. Thangavelraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>21,967 </td> <td>31.73</td> <td>594 </td></tr> <tr> <td>154</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marungapuri_Assembly_constituency" title="Marungapuri Assembly constituency">Marungapuri</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Karunanidhi_Muthiah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Karunanidhi Muthiah (page does not exist)">K. Karunanidhi Muthiah</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,093 </td> <td>38.58</td> <td>A. P. Raju</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,894 </td> <td>24.06</td> <td>10,199 </td></tr> <tr> <td>155</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kulithalai_Assembly_constituency" title="Kulithalai Assembly constituency">Kulithalai</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._E._Srinivasa_Reddiar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar (page does not exist)">P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,043 </td> <td>33.59</td> <td>S. Rasu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,396 </td> <td>24.09</td> <td>7,647 </td></tr> <tr> <td>156</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thottiam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thottiam Assembly constituency">Thottiam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._P._Kathamuthu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. P. Kathamuthu (page does not exist)">K. P. Kathamuthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,638 </td> <td>31.85</td> <td>K. M. Shanmugasundaram</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,648 </td> <td>30.62</td> <td>990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>157</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uppiliapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Uppiliapuram Assembly constituency">Uppiliapuram (ST)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Periasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Periasamy (page does not exist)">R. Periasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>31,642 </td> <td>37.08</td> <td>M. Atchayagopal</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,936 </td> <td>30.4</td> <td>5,706 </td></tr> <tr> <td>158</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Musiri_Assembly_constituency" title="Musiri Assembly constituency">Musiri</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Kothandaraman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Kothandaraman (page does not exist)">P. Kothandaraman</a> alias Musiri Putthan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>34,569 </td> <td>39.27</td> <td>V. S. Periasamy alias VSP</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>20,567 </td> <td>23.36</td> <td>14,002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>159</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Lalgudi Assembly constituency">Lalgudi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._N._Shanmugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. N. Shanmugam (page does not exist)">K. N. Shanmugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,322 </td> <td>36.06</td> <td>R. Gandhirajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>31,789 </td> <td>34.4</td> <td>1,533 </td></tr> <tr> <td>160</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perambalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Perambalur Assembly constituency">Perambalur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Ramasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. V. Ramasamy (page does not exist)">S. V. Ramasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>37,400 </td> <td>56.53</td> <td>K. S. Velusamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,459 </td> <td>24.88</td> <td>20,941 </td></tr> <tr> <td>161</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Varahur_Assembly_constituency" title="Varahur Assembly constituency">Varahur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Perumal" title="N. Perumal">N. Perumal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>36,023 </td> <td>52.39</td> <td>K. Kanagasabai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,919 </td> <td>34.79</td> <td>12,104 </td></tr> <tr> <td>162</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ariyalur_Assembly_constituency" title="Ariyalur Assembly constituency">Ariyalur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Arumugam" title="T. Arumugam">T. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>31,380 </td> <td>39.73</td> <td>Karuppiah alias Asokan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>30,125 </td> <td>38.14</td> <td>1,255 </td></tr> <tr> <td>163</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andimadam_Assembly_constituency" title="Andimadam Assembly constituency">Andimadam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Subramanian" title="T. Subramanian">T. Subramanian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>36,885 </td> <td>56.45</td> <td>S. Sivasubramaniam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>22,056 </td> <td>33.76</td> <td>14,829 </td></tr> <tr> <td>164</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jayankondam_Assembly_constituency" title="Jayankondam Assembly constituency">Jayankondam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Krunamurthy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Krunamurthy (page does not exist)">V. Krunamurthy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>35,540 </td> <td>44.75</td> <td>K. C. Ganesan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,828 </td> <td>30.01</td> <td>11,712 </td></tr> <tr> <td>165</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srirangam_Assembly_constituency" title="Srirangam Assembly constituency">Srirangam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Soundararajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Soundararajan (page does not exist)">R. Soundararajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,200 </td> <td>31.31</td> <td>M. Dharmalingam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,135 </td> <td>25.26</td> <td>5,065 </td></tr> <tr> <td>166</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_-_I_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchirappalli - I Assembly constituency">Tiruchy – I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Manickam" title="C. Manickam">C. Manickam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,908 </td> <td>33.29</td> <td>A. V. Krishnamurthy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,597 </td> <td>29.78</td> <td>2,311 </td></tr> <tr> <td>167</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_-_II_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchirappalli - II Assembly constituency">Tiruchy – II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Soundararajan" title="K. Soundararajan">K. Soundararajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,405 </td> <td>36.37</td> <td>M. S. Venkatachalam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>17,523 </td> <td>25.09</td> <td>7,882 </td></tr> <tr> <td>168</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruverumbur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruverumbur Assembly constituency">Thiruverumbur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._S._Murugesan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. S. Murugesan (page does not exist)">K. S. Murugesan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,594 </td> <td>32.06</td> <td>V. Swaminathan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,742 </td> <td>30.95</td> <td>852 </td></tr> <tr> <td>169</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Sirkazhi Assembly constituency">Sirkazhi (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Subravelu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Subravelu (page does not exist)">K. Subravelu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>34,281 </td> <td>43.38</td> <td>K. Balasubramaniam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,405 </td> <td>37.21</td> <td>4,876 </td></tr> <tr> <td>170</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poompuhar_Assembly_constituency" title="Poompuhar Assembly constituency">Poompuhar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Ganesan" title="S. Ganesan">S. Ganesan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>34,105 </td> <td>44.95</td> <td>G. Bharathi Mohan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>24,508 </td> <td>32.3</td> <td>9,597 </td></tr> <tr> <td>171</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayiladuturai_Assembly_constituency" title="Mayiladuturai Assembly constituency">Mayiladuthurai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Kittappa" title="N. Kittappa">N. Kittappa</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>29,829 </td> <td>39.34</td> <td>M. M. S. Abdul Hassan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>21,237 </td> <td>28.01</td> <td>8,592 </td></tr> <tr> <td>172</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuttalam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kuttalam Assembly constituency">Kuttalam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Rajamaniam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Rajamaniam (page does not exist)">R. Rajamaniam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>30,819 </td> <td>39.92</td> <td>G. Veeraiyan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>22,556 </td> <td>29.22</td> <td>8,263 </td></tr> <tr> <td>173</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nannilam_Assembly_constituency" title="Nannilam Assembly constituency">Nannilam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Manimaran" title="M. Manimaran">M. Manimaran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>33,636 </td> <td>41.75</td> <td>P. Jayaraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,527 </td> <td>30.44</td> <td>9,109 </td></tr> <tr> <td>174</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvarur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvarur Assembly constituency">Tiruvarur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Karunanidhi_Thazhai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Karunanidhi Thazhai (page does not exist)">M. Karunanidhi Thazhai</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>38,528 </td> <td>44.27</td> <td>P. S. Dhanuskody</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>24,274 </td> <td>27.89</td> <td>14,254 </td></tr> <tr> <td>175</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam_Assembly_constituency" title="Nagapattinam Assembly constituency">Nagapattinam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Umanath" title="R. Umanath">R. Umanath</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>31,519 </td> <td>39.65</td> <td>A. Ambalavanan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>30,809 </td> <td>38.76</td> <td>710 </td></tr> <tr> <td>176</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vedaranyam_Assembly_constituency" title="Vedaranyam Assembly constituency">Vedaranyam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Meenakshisundaram" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Meenakshisundaram">M. Meenakshisundaram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>29,601 </td> <td>35.4</td> <td>S. Devarajan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>28,009 </td> <td>33.5</td> <td>1,592 </td></tr> <tr> <td>177</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruthuraipoondi_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruthuraipoondi Assembly constituency">Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Uthirapathy" title="P. Uthirapathy">P. Uthirapathy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>43,208 </td> <td>45.93</td> <td>N. Kuppusamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,934 </td> <td>26.5</td> <td>18,274 </td></tr> <tr> <td>178</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannargudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Mannargudi Assembly constituency">Mannargudi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Ambigapathy" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Ambigapathy">M. Ambigapathy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>34,298 </td> <td>37.89</td> <td>K. Balakrishnan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,881 </td> <td>29.7</td> <td>7,417 </td></tr> <tr> <td>179</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattukkottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Pattukkottai Assembly constituency">Pattukkottai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._R._Marimuthu" title="A. R. Marimuthu">A. R. Marimuthu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>25,993 </td> <td>30.13</td> <td>V. R. K. Palaniappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,082 </td> <td>29.08</td> <td>911 </td></tr> <tr> <td>180</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peravurani_Assembly_constituency" title="Peravurani Assembly constituency">Peravurani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._R._Govindan" title="M. R. Govindan">M. R. Govindan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>32,625 </td> <td>38.8</td> <td>M. Masilamani</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>24,675 </td> <td>29.34</td> <td>7,950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>181</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orathanad_Assembly_constituency" title="Orathanad Assembly constituency">Orathanad</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._M._Thailappan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. M. Thailappan (page does not exist)">T. M. Thailappan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>31,866 </td> <td>35.5</td> <td>N. Sivagnanam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>26,156 </td> <td>29.14</td> <td>5,710 </td></tr> <tr> <td>182</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvonam_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvonam Assembly constituency">Thiruvonam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durai_Govindarajan" title="Durai Govindarajan">Durai Govindarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,779 </td> <td>29.06</td> <td>Pulavar. T. Tholappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>21,566 </td> <td>26.36</td> <td>2,213 </td></tr> <tr> <td>183</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thanjavur Assembly constituency">Thanjavur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Natarajan" title="S. Natarajan">S. Natarajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>33,418 </td> <td>41.72</td> <td>R. Saminathan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,662 </td> <td>29.54</td> <td>9,756 </td></tr> <tr> <td>184</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvaiyaru_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvaiyaru Assembly constituency">Tiruvaiyaru</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Elangovan" title="G. Elangovan">G. Elangovan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>28,500 </td> <td>36.96</td> <td>P. C. Palaniyandi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,197 </td> <td>30.08</td> <td>5,303 </td></tr> <tr> <td>185</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Papanasam_Assembly_constituency" title="Papanasam Assembly constituency">Papanasam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._V._Soundararajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. V. Soundararajan (page does not exist)">R. V. Soundararajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,904 </td> <td>33.4</td> <td>S. Sachidanandam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>23,268 </td> <td>31.21</td> <td>1,636 </td></tr> <tr> <td>186</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valangiman_Assembly_constituency" title="Valangiman Assembly constituency">Valangiman (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Chellappa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Chellappa (page does not exist)">A. Chellappa</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>24,270 </td> <td>36.01</td> <td>P. Srinivasan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,897 </td> <td>31</td> <td>3,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td>187</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kumbakonam Assembly constituency">Kumbakonam</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._R._Eradha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. R. Eradha (page does not exist)">S. R. Eradha</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,432 </td> <td>32.52</td> <td>O. Vadivelu Mazhavarayar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,450 </td> <td>28.85</td> <td>2,982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>188</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvidamarudur_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvidamarudur Assembly constituency">Thiruvidaimarudur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Ramalingam" title="S. Ramalingam">S. Ramalingam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>26,304 </td> <td>32.59</td> <td>K. Govindarajulu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,489 </td> <td>30.34</td> <td>1,815 </td></tr> <tr> <td>189</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirumayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Tirumayam Assembly constituency">Tirumayam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Sundararaj" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Sundararaj">N. Sundararaj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>20,694 </td> <td>25.92</td> <td>P. Ponnambalam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,637 </td> <td>25.85</td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>190</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kolathur_Assembly_constituency" title="Kolathur Assembly constituency">Kolathur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Chinniah" title="V. Chinniah">V. Chinniah</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,071 </td> <td>36.55</td> <td>T. Marimuthu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>22,853 </td> <td>30.86</td> <td>4,218 </td></tr> <tr> <td>191</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Pudukkottai Assembly constituency">Pudukkottai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Vijaya_Raghunatha_Thondaiman" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajkumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman">Rajkumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>36,406 </td> <td>42.74</td> <td>C. Anbarasan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>19,352 </td> <td>22.72</td> <td>17,054 </td></tr> <tr> <td>192</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alangudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Alangudi Assembly constituency">Alangudi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Pushparaju" title="T. Pushparaju">T. Pushparaju</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>37,634 </td> <td>38.94</td> <td>P. Thirumaran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,059 </td> <td>28</td> <td>10,575 </td></tr> <tr> <td>193</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arantangi_Assembly_constituency" title="Arantangi Assembly constituency">Arantangi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Thirunavukkarasu" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Thirunavukkarasu">S. Thirunavukkarasu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>35,468 </td> <td>37.45</td> <td>P. Appukutty</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>24,528 </td> <td>25.9</td> <td>10,940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>194</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur,_Sivaganga_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruppattur, Sivaganga Assembly constituency">Tiruppattur</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Shanmugham_Koothagudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Shanmugham Koothagudi (page does not exist)">S. Shanmugham Koothagudi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>21,579 </td> <td>27.45</td> <td>C. T. Raja Chidambaram</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,238 </td> <td>27.02</td> <td>341 </td></tr> <tr> <td>195</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karaikudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Karaikudi Assembly constituency">Karaikudi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Kaliyappan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Kaliyappan (page does not exist)">P. Kaliyappan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,403 </td> <td>32.03</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Chidambaram" title="P. Chidambaram">P. Chidambaram</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>27,163 </td> <td>31.75</td> <td>240 </td></tr> <tr> <td>196</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruvadanai_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruvadanai Assembly constituency">Tiruvadanai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/KR._RM._Kariya_Manickam_Ambalam" title="KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam">KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>32,386 </td> <td>36.75</td> <td>S. Anguchamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,650 </td> <td>32.51</td> <td>3,736 </td></tr> <tr> <td>197</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyangudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Ilaiyangudi Assembly constituency">Ilaiyangudi</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._Sivasamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. Sivasamy (page does not exist)">R. Sivasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>17,677 </td> <td>24.22</td> <td>V. Malaikannan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,887 </td> <td>23.14</td> <td>790 </td></tr> <tr> <td>198</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sivaganga_Assembly_constituency" title="Sivaganga Assembly constituency">Sivaganga</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._Subramanian" title="O. Subramanian">O. Subramanian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,495 </td> <td>30.59</td> <td>K. R. Muruganandam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,066 </td> <td>27.43</td> <td>2,429 </td></tr> <tr> <td>199</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manamadurai_Assembly_constituency" title="Manamadurai Assembly constituency">Manamadurai (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._M._Subramanian" title="V. M. Subramanian">V. M. Subramanian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,849 </td> <td>40.23</td> <td>K. Paramalai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>26,794 </td> <td>37.36</td> <td>2,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td>200</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramakudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Paramakudi Assembly constituency">Paramakudi (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ugrapandian" title="K. Ugrapandian">K. Ugrapandian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>27,303 </td> <td>36.31</td> <td>K. Krishnan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,357 </td> <td>31.06</td> <td>3,946 </td></tr> <tr> <td>201</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency">Ramanathapuram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Ramasamy" title="T. Ramasamy">T. Ramasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,048 </td> <td>46.86</td> <td>S. K. Ganesan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>15,520 </td> <td>22.01</td> <td>17,528 </td></tr> <tr> <td>202</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadaladi_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadaladi Assembly constituency">Kadaladi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._C._Subramanian" title="R. C. Subramanian">R. C. Subramanian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,690 </td> <td>36.56</td> <td>A. Piravanathan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>12,299 </td> <td>17.5</td> <td>13,391 </td></tr> <tr> <td>203</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mudukulathur_Assembly_constituency" title="Mudukulathur Assembly constituency">Mudukulathur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Balakrishnan_(Mudukulathur_MLA)" title="S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA)">S. Balakrishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>17,709 </td> <td>24.13</td> <td>V. Munisamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>14,844 </td> <td>20.23</td> <td>2,865 </td></tr> <tr> <td>204</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aruppukottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Aruppukottai Assembly constituency">Aruppukottai</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a></b></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>43,065 </td> <td>56.23</td> <td>M. Muthuvel Servai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>13,687 </td> <td>17.87</td> <td>29,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td>205</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sattur_Assembly_constituency" title="Sattur Assembly constituency">Sattur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._K._S._S._R._Ramachandran" class="mw-redirect" title="K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran">K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>38,772 </td> <td>43.24</td> <td>M. Veerasamy</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>21,830 </td> <td>24.35</td> <td>16,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td>206</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virudhunagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Virudhunagar Assembly constituency">Virudhunagar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Sundararajan" title="M. Sundararajan">M. Sundararajan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>33,077 </td> <td>44.52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._S._A._Arumugam" title="A. S. A. Arumugam">A. S. A. Arumugam</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,820 </td> <td>30.71</td> <td>10,257 </td></tr> <tr> <td>207</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Sivakasi Assembly constituency">Sivakasi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Ramasamy_(politician)" title="K. Ramasamy (politician)">K. Ramasamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>24,518 </td> <td>31.11</td> <td>Dharmar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,746 </td> <td>28.87</td> <td>1,772 </td></tr> <tr> <td>208</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency">Srivilliputhur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Tamaraikani" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Tamaraikani">R. Tamaraikani</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,990 </td> <td>31.91</td> <td>V. Vaikundam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>18,974 </td> <td>23.3</td> <td>7,016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>209</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajapalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Rajapalayam Assembly constituency">Rajapalayam (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Dhanuskodi" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Dhanuskodi">K. Dhanuskodi</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>28,028 </td> <td>37.55</td> <td>K. Pottu Poattan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>24,181 </td> <td>32.39</td> <td>3,847 </td></tr> <tr> <td>210</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vilathikulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Vilathikulam Assembly constituency">Vilathikulam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._K._Perumal" title="R. K. Perumal">R. K. Perumal</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>25,384 </td> <td>38.39</td> <td>K. Subba Reddiar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,001 </td> <td>33.27</td> <td>3,383 </td></tr> <tr> <td>211</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._S._Veluchami" title="O. S. Veluchami">O. S. Veluchami</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,629 </td> <td>41.51</td> <td>O. Thangaraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>16,801 </td> <td>30.82</td> <td>5,828 </td></tr> <tr> <td>212</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kovilpatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Kovilpatti Assembly constituency">Kovilpatti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Alagarsamy" title="S. Alagarsamy">S. Alagarsamy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>21,985 </td> <td>32.75</td> <td>P. Seeniraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,588 </td> <td>32.15</td> <td>397 </td></tr> <tr> <td>213</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sankarankoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Sankarankoil Assembly constituency">Sankarankoil (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Subbiah" title="S. Subbiah">S. Subbiah</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>13,778 </td> <td>20.52</td> <td>C. Ayyadorai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>21,232 </td> <td>33.72</td> <td>337 </td></tr> <tr> <td>214</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasudevanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency">Vasudevanallur (SC)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Krishnan_(Vasudevanallur_MLA)" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Krishnan (Vasudevanallur MLA)">R. Krishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>20,092 </td> <td>33.25</td> <td>I. muthuraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>16,048 </td> <td>26.56</td> <td>4,044 </td></tr> <tr> <td>215</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadayanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadayanallur Assembly constituency">Kadayanallur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._M._A._Razak" title="M. M. A. Razak">M. M. A. Razak</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,347 </td> <td>38.78</td> <td>S. K. T. Ramachandran</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23,686 </td> <td>31.3</td> <td>5,661 </td></tr> <tr> <td>216</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Tenkasi Assembly constituency">Tenkasi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Muthusamy_Karayalar" title="S. Muthusamy Karayalar">S. Muthusamy Karayalar</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>30,273 </td> <td>41.36</td> <td>J. Abdul Jabbar</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>18,489 </td> <td>25.26</td> <td>11,784 </td></tr> <tr> <td>217</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alangulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Alangulam Assembly constituency">Alangulam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Karuppasamy_Pandian" class="mw-redirect" title="V. Karuppasamy Pandian">V. Karuppasamy Pandian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,183 </td> <td>28.43</td> <td>R. Navaneethakrishnapandian</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>18,342 </td> <td>25.84</td> <td>1,841 </td></tr> <tr> <td>218</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Assembly_constituency" title="Tirunelveli Assembly constituency">Tirunelveli</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._R._Edmund" title="G. R. Edmund">G. R. Edmund</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,419 </td> <td>38.5</td> <td>Krishnan alias Nellai Kannan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>19,125 </td> <td>27.87</td> <td>7,294 </td></tr> <tr> <td>219</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palayamkottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Palayamkottai Assembly constituency">Palayamkottai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Manoharan" title="K. Manoharan">K. Manoharan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>29,146 </td> <td>44.1</td> <td>N. Shanmugan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>15,192 </td> <td>22.99</td> <td>13,954 </td></tr> <tr> <td>220</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheranmadevi_Assembly_constituency" title="Cheranmadevi Assembly constituency">Cheranmadevi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._H._Pandian" title="P. H. Pandian">P. H. Pandian</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>24,256 </td> <td>35.34</td> <td>V. Ratnasabapathi</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>21,964 </td> <td>32</td> <td>2,292 </td></tr> <tr> <td>221</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambasamudram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ambasamudram Assembly constituency">Ambasamudram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Easwaramurthy_(Ambasamudram_MLA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Easwaramurthy (Ambasamudram MLA)">Easwaramurthy</a> alias Sornam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>23,356 </td> <td>35.33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Nallakannu" title="R. Nallakannu">R. Nallakannu</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>21,569 </td> <td>32.63</td> <td>1,787 </td></tr> <tr> <td>222</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanguneri_Assembly_constituency" title="Nanguneri Assembly constituency">Nanguneri</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._John_Vincent" title="M. John Vincent">M. John Vincent</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>18,668 </td> <td>27.71</td> <td>D. Veliah</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>18,464 </td> <td>27.41</td> <td>204 </td></tr> <tr> <td>223</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radhapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Radhapuram Assembly constituency">Radhapuram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Y._S._M._Yusuf" title="Y. S. M. Yusuf">Y. S. M. Yusuf</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,404 </td> <td>38.68</td> <td>P. Paul Pandian</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,810 </td> <td>33.41</td> <td>3,594 </td></tr> <tr> <td>224</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sathankulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Sathankulam Assembly constituency">Sathankulam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Jebamani" title="R. Jebamani">R. Jebamani</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>18,362 </td> <td>27.36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._P._Adithanar" title="S. P. Adithanar">S. P. Adithanar</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td>17,507 </td> <td>26.09</td> <td>855 </td></tr> <tr> <td>225</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchendur_Assembly_constituency" title="Tiruchendur Assembly constituency">Tiruchendur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Amirtharaj" title="R. Amirtharaj">R. Amirtharaj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,871 </td> <td>29.13</td> <td>Subramanya Adithan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>19,736 </td> <td>27.55</td> <td>1,135 </td></tr> <tr> <td>226</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srivaikuntam_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivaikuntam Assembly constituency">Srivaikuntam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Sathu_Selvaraj" title="K. Sathu Selvaraj">K. Sathu Selvaraj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>20,459 </td> <td>31.29</td> <td>S. Muthu</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,919 </td> <td>25.87</td> <td>3,540 </td></tr> <tr> <td>227</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thoothukkudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Thoothukkudi Assembly constituency">Thoothukudi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Dhanasekaran" title="N. Dhanasekaran">N. Dhanasekaran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,598 </td> <td>29.29</td> <td>R. Naoroji</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22,379 </td> <td>27.78</td> <td>1,219 </td></tr> <tr> <td>228</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanyakumari Assembly constituency">Kanyakumari</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Krishnan_(Kanyakumari_MLA)" title="C. Krishnan (Kanyakumari MLA)">C. Krishnan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>23,222 </td> <td>33.32</td> <td>T. C. Subramaniya Pillai</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>16,010 </td> <td>22.97</td> <td>7,212 </td></tr> <tr> <td>229</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagercoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Nagercoil Assembly constituency">Nagercoil</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Vincent" title="M. Vincent">M. Vincent</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>26,973 </td> <td>36.45</td> <td>P. Mohammad Ismail</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>26,780 </td> <td>36.19</td> <td>193 </td></tr> <tr> <td>230</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colachel_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Colachel Assembly constituency">Colachel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Athiswami" title="R. Athiswami">R. Athiswami</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>21,131 </td> <td>30.4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Retnaraj" title="S. Retnaraj">S. Retnaraj</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>19,949 </td> <td>28.7</td> <td>1,182 </td></tr> <tr> <td>231</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency">Padmanabhapuram</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Swamidhas" title="A. Swamidhas">A. Swamidhas</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>22,910 </td> <td>47.81</td> <td>N. V. Kanniyappan</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>14,757 </td> <td>30.8</td> <td>8,153 </td></tr> <tr> <td>232</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvattar_Assembly_constituency" title="Thiruvattar Assembly constituency">Thiruvattar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._James_(Thiruvattar_MLA)" class="mw-redirect" title="J. James (Thiruvattar MLA)">J. James</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>27,812 </td> <td>48.82</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Hemachandran" title="J. Hemachandran">J. Hemachandran</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>26,192 </td> <td>45.98</td> <td>1,620 </td></tr> <tr> <td>233</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vilavancode_Assembly_constituency" title="Vilavancode Assembly constituency">Vilavancode</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Gnanasigamony" title="D. Gnanasigamony">D. Gnanasigamony</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>32,628 </td> <td>48.85</td> <td>S. Sathiadas</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>30,695 </td> <td>45.96</td> <td>1,933 </td></tr> <tr> <td>234</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Killiyoor_Assembly_constituency" title="Killiyoor Assembly constituency">Killiyur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pon._Vijayaraghavan" title="Pon. Vijayaraghavan">Pon. Vijayaraghavan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>34,237 </td> <td>79.2</td> <td>K. Thankaraj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>8,309 </td> <td>19.22</td> <td>25,928 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Key:</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#add8e6;">Blue: </td> <td>Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td>(SC) </td> <td>Seat is reserved for <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled caste">scheduled caste</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>(ST) </td> <td>Seat is reserved for <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled tribe">scheduled tribe</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Elections in Tamil Nadu">Elections in Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislature of Tamil Nadu">Legislature of Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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