10°57′N78°05′E / 10.95°N 78.08°E /10.95; 78.08
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| Constituency No. 135 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Karur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Karur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,45,285[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Karur is a state assembly constituency inKarur district inTamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 135. It comes underKarur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Kongu VellalarGounder,Senguntha Mudaliar and Vettuva Gounder communities are numerically high in this constituency.[3]
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | M. Manickasundaram | Independent | |
| 1957 | T. M. Nallaswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | S. Nallasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | K. Vadivel | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | M. Chinnasamy | ||
| 1984 | K. Vadivel | ||
| 1989 | K. V. Ramasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | M. Chinnasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1996 | Vasuki Murugesan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2001 | T. N. Sivasubramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | V. Senthilbalaji | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | M. R. Vijayabhaskar | ||
| 2021 | V. Senthilbalaji | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | 49.31% | |||
| 2016 | 43.86% | |||
| 2011 | 61.18% | |||
| 2006 | 47.00% | |||
| 2001 | 53.36% | |||
| 1996 | 53.87% | |||
| 1991 | 64.69% | |||
| 1989 | 38.34% | |||
| 1984 | 54.35% | |||
| 1980 | 50.79% | |||
| 1977 | 35.11% | |||
| 1971 | 56.55% | |||
| 1967 | 44.95% | |||
| 1962 | 51.02% | |||
| 1957 | 59.87% | |||
| 1952 | 20.72% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | V Senthilbalaji | ||||
| AIADMK+ | |||||
| NTK | |||||
| TVK | New | ||||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. Senthil Balaji | 101,757 | 49.31 | ||
| AIADMK | M. R. Vijayabhaskar | 89,309 | 43.28 | −0.58 | |
| NTK | R. Karuppaiya | 7,316 | 3.55 | 1.96 | |
| MNM | S. Mohanraj | 4,154 | 2.01 | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 961 | 0.47 | −1.46 | |
| DMDK | N. Thangaraj | 953 | 0.46 | −3.01 | |
| Independent | P. Ravi | 369 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Anbazhagan | 334 | 0.16 | ||
| BSP | P. Aadhikrishnan | 210 | 0.10 | −0.12 | |
| Independent | T. Kannan | 165 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | S. Rajeshkannan | 138 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,448 | 6.03 | 5.80 | ||
| Turnout | 206,349 | 84.13 | 3.63 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 471 | 0.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 245,285 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | 5.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. R. Vijayabhaskar | 81,936 | 43.86 | −17.32 | |
| INC | Bank K. Subramanian | 81,495 | 43.62 | 9.52 | |
| DMDK | A. Ravi | 6,491 | 3.47 | ||
| BJP | K. Sivasaami | 3,995 | 2.14 | 0.66 | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,595 | 1.92 | ||
| NTK | Selva. Nanmaaran | 2,968 | 1.59 | ||
| KMDK | M. Shanmugam | 1,552 | 0.83 | ||
| PMK | M. Murugesan | 1,376 | 0.74 | ||
| Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam | N. Imthiyaz Rizvi | 421 | 0.23 | ||
| BSP | R. Boopathi | 413 | 0.22 | −0.16 | |
| Independent | P. Rajadurai | 360 | 0.19 | ||
| Margin of victory | 441 | 0.24 | −26.84 | ||
| Turnout | 186,813 | 80.50 | −3.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 232,072 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -17.32 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Senthil Balaji | 99,738 | 61.18 | 14.18 | |
| INC | S. Jothimani | 55,593 | 34.10 | ||
| BJP | S. Sivamani | 2,417 | 1.48 | 0.43 | |
| PECP | B. Ashokkumar | 681 | 0.42 | ||
| BSP | P. Aadhikrishnan | 620 | 0.38 | −0.07 | |
| Independent | M. Loganathan | 610 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | P. Senthil Kumar | 522 | 0.32 | ||
| Independent | T. Veeramani | 480 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | T. Venugopal | 433 | 0.27 | ||
| Independent | C. Premkumar | 393 | 0.24 | ||
| IJK | K. M. Periyasamy | 371 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 44,145 | 27.08 | 23.92 | ||
| Turnout | 194,257 | 83.93 | 6.83 | ||
| Registered electors | 163,031 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 14.18 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Senthil Balaji | 80,214 | 47.00 | ||
| DMK | Vasuki Murugesan | 74,830 | 43.84 | 5.73 | |
| DMDK | A. Ravi | 9,734 | 5.70 | ||
| BJP | P. K. Mohan | 1,789 | 1.05 | ||
| Independent | M. Venkataraman | 1,396 | 0.82 | ||
| BSP | A. S. Jeganathan | 763 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Murugesan Rama | 511 | 0.30 | ||
| SP | K. Kanagaraj | 354 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | M. Murugesan | 349 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | K. Baskaran | 248 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Balusamy | 120 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,384 | 3.15 | −12.09 | ||
| Turnout | 170,676 | 77.09 | 12.92 | ||
| Registered electors | 221,389 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromINC | Swing | -6.36 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. N. Sivasubramanian | 82,012 | 53.36 | ||
| DMK | Vasuki Murugesan | 58,574 | 38.11 | −15.76 | |
| MDMK | R. Natarajan | 6,769 | 4.40 | −5.70 | |
| Independent | Kamaraj | 2,735 | 1.78 | ||
| Independent | S. Yakup | 1,695 | 1.10 | ||
| JD(S) | N. Natarajan | 738 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | N. Suresh | 544 | 0.35 | ||
| Independent | K. Palanisamy | 366 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | K. Subramani | 264 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 23,438 | 15.25 | −6.49 | ||
| Turnout | 153,697 | 64.17 | −5.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 239,674 | ||||
| INCgain fromDMK | Swing | -0.51 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Vasuki Murugesan | 79,302 | 53.87 | 21.10 | |
| AIADMK | M. Chinnasamy | 47,294 | 32.13 | −32.57 | |
| MDMK | R. Palanisamy | 14,869 | 10.10 | ||
| Independent | S. John Pandian | 1,346 | 0.91 | ||
| BJP | M. Dhavanathan | 944 | 0.64 | ||
| Independent | A. Chandra Mohan @ Babu | 604 | 0.41 | ||
| Independent | A. Ramalingam | 274 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | R. N. Rajendran | 188 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | M. Raju | 180 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | A. Mohammed Hasib Khan | 164 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | M. Mayyazhagan | 147 | 0.10 | ||
| Margin of victory | 32,008 | 21.74 | −10.18 | ||
| Turnout | 147,217 | 69.92 | 4.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 218,072 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -10.83 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Chinnasamy | 89,351 | 64.69 | 29.54 | |
| DMK | Vasuki Murugesan | 45,259 | 32.77 | −5.58 | |
| PMK | P. N. Gopalakrishnan | 1,674 | 1.21 | ||
| THMM | K. Mathialagan | 258 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | C. Narasimhan | 245 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | S. Singaravel | 215 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | K. R. Kandasamy | 157 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | R. Sekar | 146 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | T. Subbrathinam | 125 | 0.09 | ||
| Independent | V. M. Rajagopal | 116 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | K. Kandasamy | 115 | 0.08 | ||
| Margin of victory | 44,092 | 31.92 | 28.74 | ||
| Turnout | 138,114 | 65.46 | −10.92 | ||
| Registered electors | 216,246 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 26.35 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. V. Ramasamy | 54,163 | 38.34 | −5.86 | |
| AIADMK | M. Chinnasamy | 49,661 | 35.16 | −19.19 | |
| INC | S. Murugaiyan | 24,309 | 17.21 | ||
| AIADMK | K. Vadivel | 9,489 | 6.72 | −47.63 | |
| BJP | S. Gopalan | 1,048 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | S. Ravi | 782 | 0.55 | ||
| Independent | V. Sivasamy | 520 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | R. Raju | 308 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | P. Murugaiyan | 221 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | G. Mani | 112 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | M. Appovoo | 77 | 0.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,502 | 3.19 | −6.96 | ||
| Turnout | 141,253 | 76.38 | −3.19 | ||
| Registered electors | 187,737 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -16.01 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Vadivel | 65,363 | 54.35 | 3.57 | |
| DMK | K. V. Ramasamy | 53,160 | 44.20 | 1.18 | |
| Independent | K. R. Krishnan | 597 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | P. Nallasamy | 292 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | P. Duraisamy | 283 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | R. Natesan | 226 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | S. Karthikeyan | 182 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | M. Santhanam | 155 | 0.13 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,203 | 10.15 | 2.38 | ||
| Turnout | 120,258 | 79.57 | 8.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 156,620 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 3.57 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Chinnasamy | 54,331 | 50.79 | 15.68 | |
| DMK | S. Nallasamy | 46,025 | 43.02 | 19.93 | |
| JP | P. Sivasamy | 5,465 | 5.11 | ||
| Independent | N. Natesan | 828 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | M. Appavoo | 332 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,306 | 7.76 | −4.26 | ||
| Turnout | 106,981 | 71.20 | 4.38 | ||
| Registered electors | 151,461 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 15.68 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Vadivel | 33,856 | 35.11 | ||
| DMK | S. Nallasamy | 22,264 | 23.09 | −33.47 | |
| CPI | K. S. Ramasamy | 20,252 | 21.00 | ||
| JP | G. Balan | 18,499 | 19.18 | ||
| Independent | R. Poonnusamy | 938 | 0.97 | ||
| Independent | V. Vembarayan | 386 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | M. S. Santhanam | 233 | 0.24 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,592 | 12.02 | −1.09 | ||
| Turnout | 96,428 | 66.82 | −11.44 | ||
| Registered electors | 145,681 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -21.44 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Nallasamy | 45,977 | 56.55 | ||
| INC | T. M. Nallaswamy | 35,320 | 43.45 | −1.50 | |
| Margin of victory | 10,657 | 13.11 | 6.58 | ||
| Turnout | 81,297 | 78.26 | −3.72 | ||
| Registered electors | 106,789 | ||||
| DMKgain fromINC | Swing | 11.61 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. M. Nallaswamy | 33,552 | 44.95 | −6.07 | |
| CPI(M) | S. Nallaswamy | 28,677 | 38.42 | ||
| CPI | K. S. Ramasamy | 11,846 | 15.87 | ||
| Independent | V. K. Velsamy | 573 | 0.77 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,875 | 6.53 | −15.89 | ||
| Turnout | 74,648 | 81.97 | 0.62 | ||
| Registered electors | 94,273 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -6.07 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. M. Nallasamy | 35,969 | 51.02 | −8.85 | |
| CPI | K. S. Ramasamy | 20,160 | 28.59 | ||
| DMK | R. N. Ramasamy | 14,373 | 20.39 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,809 | 22.42 | −17.41 | ||
| Turnout | 70,502 | 81.35 | 18.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 89,018 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -8.85 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. M. Nallaswamy | 31,611 | 59.87 | 40.26 | |
| CPI | K. S. Ramasami | 10,576 | 20.03 | ||
| Independent | M. Kulandaivel | 8,915 | 16.88 | ||
| Independent | M. G. Perumal | 1,701 | 3.22 | ||
| Margin of victory | 21,035 | 39.84 | 38.72 | ||
| Turnout | 52,803 | 63.22 | −26.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 83,526 | ||||
| INCgain fromIndependent | Swing | 39.14 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Manickasundaram | 29,429 | 20.72 | ||
| INC | S. Muthuswamy Gounder | 27,840 | 19.61 | 19.61 | |
| Independent | Vadivel Moopan | 15,015 | 10.57 | ||
| Socialist | M. P. Kumaraswami | 7,265 | 5.12 | ||
| Independent | Annathurai Iyengar | 7,019 | 4.94 | ||
| Independent | M. Ganesan | 6,661 | 4.69 | ||
| Independent | V. Ramaswamy | 5,585 | 3.93 | ||
| Independent | T. S. Krishnaswami | 5,504 | 3.88 | ||
| Independent | G. Swaminathan | 5,203 | 3.66 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,589 | 1.12 | |||
| Turnout | 142,004 | 89.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 159,025 | ||||
| Independentwin (new seat) | |||||