1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election explained

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in October 1977, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.^{[1] [2]} The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote and the most seats, and S. Ramassamy was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry for his second term.^[3]

Elected members

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

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Assembly Constituency	Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		data-sort-type=number	Votes	%	Candidate	Party			data-sort-type=number	Votes	%
1		68.46%	G. Palani Raja		4,170	42.69%	M. Velayudham		2,713	27.77%	1,457
2		65.77%	Ansari P. Duraisamy		3,551	47.01%	N. Arumughom		2,661	35.23%	890
3		57.23%	D. Ramajayam		1,411	35.31%	Dana Kanthraj		1,397	34.96%	14
4		62.76%	S. Susairaj		1,289	31.87%	C. M. Achraff		1,162	28.73%	127
5		70.58%	C. N. Parthasarathy		2,551	36.69%	D. Munisamy		2,304	33.14%	247
6		66.31%	N. Manimaram Marimuthu		3,779	44.54%	S. Ramalingam		1,800	21.22%	1,979
7		66.38%	R. Kannan		2,757	38.20%	P. Vengatesan		2,137	29.61%	620
8		75.75%	V. Sababady Kothandraman		3,947	41.68%	A. Radharishanan		2,243	23.69%	1,704
9		78.15%			3,345	34.86%	G. Dharmalingam		2,583	26.92%	762
10		77.37%	K. Sivaloganathan		2,442	36.55%	G. Murugesan		2,200	32.92%	242
11		85.00%	S. Srvaprakasam		3,122	41.73%	R. Subbaraya Goundar		2,915	38.97%	207
12		82.42%	N. Vengadasamy		3,359	39.87%	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		2,939	34.89%	420
13		81.03%	P. Uthiravelu		3,399	45.56%	A. Thulukkanam		2,346	31.44%	1,053
14		74.43%	M. Maniyam		3,226	44.42%	G. Pichaikaran		1,413	19.45%	1,813
15		85.84%	D. Ramachandran		3,824	44.53%	N. Rajaram Reddiar		2,096	24.41%	1,728
16		73.39%	M. Thangavelu		2,902	41.96%	V. Nagarathinam		1,640	23.71%	1,262
17		79.82%	S. Pazhaninathan		2,891	35.00%	P. Varadarassu		2,728	33.03%	163
18		80.95%	G. Perumal Raja		2,477	31.68%	G. Venugopal		2,216	28.34%	261
19		71.30%	V. Pethaperumal		4,669	54.46%	V. Narayanasamy		2,005	23.39%	2,664
20		67.22%	V. Subbiah		2,775	35.35%	R. Vengatachala Gounder		2,688	34.24%	87
21		74.89%	N. Varadhan		4,477	47.73%	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar		2,530	26.97%	1,947
22		79.65%	T. Subbaiya		3,041	37.84%	G. Panjavarnam		1,674	20.83%	1,367
23		63.21%	K. Kandhi		3,995	42.84%	S. Ameerudeen		2,040	21.87%	1,955
24		71.90%			3,424	47.36%	S. Savarirajan		2,698	37.32%	726
25		78.57%	V. M. C. Varada Pillai		3,314	36.71%			3,134	34.71%	180
26		79.58%	N. V. Ramalingam		2,654	34.06%	A. Soundarengan		2,376	30.49%	278
27		77.00%	P. Selvaraj		2,789	39.15%	R. Kuppusamy		2,688	37.73%	101
28		80.46%	K. V. Raghavan		2,847	48.58%	P. K. Raman		2,835	48.38%	12
29		80.73%	T. K. Chandrashekaran		2,853	54.21%			2,297	43.64%	556
30		85.54%			2,047	48.07%	Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed		1,981	46.52%	66

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1977 elections in India

External links

• Web site: Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . . 19 May 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule . . 26 March 2021 . 4th election: 1977 ... Ramaswamy returned as chief minister for a period of 13 months. . 4 September 2022.
2. Web site: Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1977 . 4 September 2022.
3. Web site: Former Puducherry Chief Minister Ramassamy passes away . 15 May 2017 . . PTI . 4 September 2022 . He was also the Chief Minister in the AIADMK government in 1977, which lasted in office for a little over one year..