10°04′N78°47′E / 10.07°N 78.78°E /10.07; 78.78
| Karaikudi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 184 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Sivaganga |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sivaganga |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 3,17,041[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency inSivaganga district inTamil Nadu.[2]Most successful party: INC (five times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Karaikudi is a part of Karaikudi Assembly constituency and it elects a member to theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years.[3] From the 1977 elections,All India Anna Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly seat four times (in the 1977, 1984, 1991 and 2009 elections), two times byDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK, 1980 and 1989), once by Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC, 1996) and three by theIndian National Congress (INC) won during the 2006, 2016 and 2019 elections. The current member of the legislative assembly is S. Mangudi from the INC.[4][5]
Karaikudi is a part ofSivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency isKarti Chidambaram from the INC.[6]
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Chockalingam Chettiar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | M. A. Muthiah Chettiar | ||
| 1962 | Saw Ganesan | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | S. Meiyappan | ||
| 2021 | 35.75% | |||
| 2016 | 46.40% | |||
| 2011 | 51.01% | |||
| 2006 | 48.70% | |||
| 2001 | 48.40% | |||
| 1996 | 62.98% | |||
| 1991 | 65.68% | |||
| 1989 | 41.24% | |||
| 1984 | 48.98% | |||
| 1980 | 51.78% | |||
| 1977 | 32.03% | |||
| 1971 | 59.82% | |||
| 1967 | 58.73% | |||
| 1962 | 49.31% | |||
| 1957 | 48.34% | |||
| 1952 | 58.81% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | |||||
| AIADMK+ | |||||
| NTK | Seeman | ||||
| TVK | New | ||||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Mangudi | 75,954 | 35.75 | −10.64 | |
| BJP | H. Raja | 54,365 | 25.59 | +23.12 | |
| AMMK | Dherpoki V. Pandi | 44,864 | 21.12 | ||
| NTK | N. Durai Manickam | 23,872 | 11.24 | 8.58 | |
| MNM | S. Rajkumar | 8,351 | 3.93 | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,349 | 0.63 | −0.70 | |
| PT | B. Vanitha | 702 | 0.33 | ||
| BSP | N. Baluswamy | 652 | 0.31 | −0.49 | |
| Independent | N. Meenal | 548 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | K. Velu | 504 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | M. Naina Mohamed | 416 | 0.20 | ||
| Margin of victory | 21,589 | 10.16 | +1.08 | ||
| Turnout | 212,456 | 67.01 | −3.28 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 304 | 0.14 | |||
| Registered electors | 317,041 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -10.64 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. R. Ramasamy | 93,419 | 46.40 | 6.58 | |
| AIADMK | Karpagam Ilango | 75,136 | 37.32 | −13.70 | |
| MDMK | S. Sevanthiappan | 14,279 | 7.09 | ||
| NTK | S. Parimalam | 5,344 | 2.65 | ||
| BJP | V. Muthulakshmi | 4,969 | 2.47 | −0.02 | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,688 | 1.33 | ||
| BSP | K. Saravanan | 1,601 | 0.80 | −0.55 | |
| PMK | P. R. Duraipandi | 897 | 0.45 | ||
| NMK | R. Rajkumar | 723 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | K. Rabiq Raja | 547 | 0.27 | ||
| Independent | Tamilkarthick | 471 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,283 | 9.08 | −2.12 | ||
| Turnout | 201,355 | 70.30 | −4.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 286,435 | ||||
| INCgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -4.62 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. T. Palanichamy | 86,104 | 51.01 | 14.67 | |
| INC | K. R. Ramasamy | 67,204 | 39.81 | −8.89 | |
| BJP | V. Chidambaram | 4,194 | 2.48 | −0.40 | |
| IJK | S. Asaithambi | 3,895 | 2.31 | ||
| BSP | N. Baluswamy | 2,272 | 1.35 | ||
| Independent | R. Rajkumar | 1,728 | 1.02 | ||
| JMM | S. Anandhakumar | 999 | 0.59 | ||
| Independent | R. Karasingam | 885 | 0.52 | ||
| Independent | K. Rabiq Raja | 772 | 0.46 | ||
| Independent | U. Maheswaran | 744 | 0.44 | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,900 | 11.20 | −1.16 | ||
| Turnout | 226,934 | 74.38 | 11.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 168,797 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromINC | Swing | 2.31 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Sundaram | 64,013 | 48.70 | ||
| AIADMK | O. L. Venkatachalam | 47,767 | 36.34 | ||
| DMDK | D. Baskaran | 13,094 | 9.96 | ||
| BJP | N. K. Raman | 3,787 | 2.88 | −45.52 | |
| Independent | H. Mohamed Hanifa | 1,833 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | P. L. Alagappan | 938 | 0.71 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,246 | 12.36 | 10.88 | ||
| Turnout | 131,432 | 63.01 | 3.88 | ||
| Registered electors | 208,583 | ||||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | 0.30 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | H. Raja | 54,093 | 48.40 | 47.74 | |
| TMC(M) | S. P. Udayappan | 52,442 | 46.93 | ||
| Independent | S. Venkatesan | 2,937 | 2.63 | ||
| Independent | K. Rajendran | 1,280 | 1.15 | ||
| Independent | Ar. Periasamy | 1,001 | 0.90 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,651 | 1.48 | −39.80 | ||
| Turnout | 111,753 | 59.13 | −4.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 189,003 | ||||
| BJPgain fromTMC(M) | Swing | -14.58 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | N. Sundaram | 76,888 | 62.98 | ||
| AIADMK | M. Raju | 26,504 | 21.71 | −43.97 | |
| MDMK | K. R. Asokan | 10,055 | 8.24 | ||
| Independent | Karuppiah Pazha | 5,378 | 4.41 | ||
| Independent | C. Muthiah | 1,904 | 1.56 | ||
| BJP | R. M. Alagappan | 810 | 0.66 | −1.25 | |
| Independent | M. Abdul Latif | 178 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | S. J. Simon Paul Jayasingh | 155 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | S. P. Perumal | 151 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | K. A. V. Samlappan | 53 | 0.04 | ||
| Margin of victory | 50,384 | 41.27 | 6.28 | ||
| Turnout | 122,076 | 63.21 | 3.02 | ||
| Registered electors | 200,521 | ||||
| TMC(M)gain fromAIADMK | Swing | -2.70 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Karpagam | 71,912 | 65.68 | 46.49 | |
| DMK | C. T. Chidambaram | 33,601 | 30.69 | −10.55 | |
| BJP | N. G. Karunakaran | 2,090 | 1.91 | 0.63 | |
| Independent | S. Abdul Rahman | 651 | 0.59 | ||
| Independent | O. M. Ganesan | 335 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | V. Arunachalam | 248 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | S. Rajendran | 216 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | K. Nagalingam | 200 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | M. Karpagam | 167 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | P. Vairamuthu | 63 | 0.06 | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,311 | 34.99 | 12.94 | ||
| Turnout | 109,483 | 60.19 | −7.71 | ||
| Registered electors | 188,714 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 24.44 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. M. Narayanan | 45,790 | 41.24 | 2.17 | |
| AIADMK | S. P. Durairasu | 21,305 | 19.19 | −29.79 | |
| Independent | S. Shanmugam | 19,856 | 17.88 | ||
| AIADMK | K. Geeva Ram Anandh | 18,573 | 16.73 | −32.25 | |
| Independent | V. Arujothi | 1,672 | 1.51 | ||
| TNC(K) | V. Gopal | 1,658 | 1.49 | ||
| BJP | A. Rasa | 1,416 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | C. Sekar | 366 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Rasendran | 205 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Nachiappan Kr | 188 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,485 | 22.05 | 12.15 | ||
| Turnout | 111,029 | 67.90 | −5.16 | ||
| Registered electors | 166,611 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -7.74 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. P. Durairasu | 47,760 | 48.98 | 1.54 | |
| DMK | C. T. Chidambaram | 38,101 | 39.08 | −12.70 | |
| Independent | K. R. Boominathan | 11,324 | 11.61 | ||
| Independent | M. Gunasekaran | 319 | 0.33 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,659 | 9.91 | 5.58 | ||
| Turnout | 97,504 | 73.05 | 5.10 | ||
| Registered electors | 141,404 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -2.80 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | C. T. Chidambaram | 46,541 | 51.78 | 30.47 | |
| AIADMK | P. Kaliappan | 42,648 | 47.45 | 15.42 | |
| Independent | R. M. Alagappan | 697 | 0.78 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,893 | 4.33 | 4.05 | ||
| Turnout | 89,886 | 67.96 | 1.39 | ||
| Registered electors | 133,753 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | 19.75 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Kaliyappan | 27,403 | 32.03 | ||
| INC | P. Chidambaram | 27,163 | 31.75 | ||
| DMK | C. T. Chidambaram | 18,228 | 21.31 | −38.51 | |
| JP | P. L. Karuppia | 12,763 | 14.92 | ||
| Margin of victory | 240 | 0.28 | −19.36 | ||
| Turnout | 85,557 | 66.57 | −4.91 | ||
| Registered electors | 130,184 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -27.79 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | C. T. Chidambaram | 39,986 | 59.82 | ||
| SWA | S. P. R. Ramaswamy | 26,858 | 40.18 | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,128 | 19.64 | −5.38 | ||
| Turnout | 66,844 | 71.47 | −4.81 | ||
| Registered electors | 98,287 | ||||
| DMKgain fromSWA | Swing | 1.09 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | S. Meiyappan | 38,310 | 58.73 | ||
| INC | C. V. C. V. V. Chettiar | 21,992 | 33.71 | −7.45 | |
| CPI | R. H. Nathan | 4,928 | 7.55 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,318 | 25.02 | 16.87 | ||
| Turnout | 65,230 | 76.28 | 7.54 | ||
| Registered electors | 89,938 | ||||
| SWAhold | Swing | 9.42 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | Saw Ganesan | 27,890 | 49.31 | ||
| INC | A. I. Subbiah Ambalam | 23,282 | 41.16 | −7.18 | |
| CPI | Halyasanathan | 5,393 | 9.53 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,608 | 8.15 | 4.44 | ||
| Turnout | 56,565 | 68.74 | 11.12 | ||
| Registered electors | 84,983 | ||||
| SWAgain fromINC | Swing | 0.96 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. A. Muthiah Chettiar | 24,223 | 48.34 | −10.47 | |
| Independent | Ganesan Saw | 22,365 | 44.63 | ||
| Independent | R. M. Subbiah Chettiar | 2,348 | 4.69 | ||
| Independent | U. P. L. Venkatachalam Chettiar | 1,171 | 2.34 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,858 | 3.71 | −25.70 | ||
| Turnout | 50,107 | 57.61 | 2.22 | ||
| Registered electors | 86,971 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -10.47 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chockalingam Chettiar | 23,868 | 58.81 | 58.81 | |
| Independent | Mahalingam Chettiar | 11,932 | 29.40 | ||
| Socialist | Lakshmanan | 4,782 | 11.78 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,936 | 29.41 | |||
| Turnout | 40,582 | 55.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 73,261 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||
"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived fromthe original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved8 July 2010.