Karaikudi Assembly constituency
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10.07°N 78.78°E / 10.07; 78.78
Karaikudi | |
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Constituency No. 184 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Sivaganga |
LS constituency | Sivaganga |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 3,17,041[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent S. Mangudi | |
Party | INC |
Elected year | 2021 |
Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.[2] Most successful party: INC (5 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Karaikudi is a part of the Karaikudi assembly constituency and it elects a member to the Tamil 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 1977, 1984, 1991 and 2009 elections), two times by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK, 1980 and 1989), once by Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC, 1996) and three by Indian National Congress (INC) won during 2006, 2016 and 2019 elections. The current member of the legislative assembly is S. Mangudi from INC party.[4][5]
Karaikudi is a part of the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Karti Chidambaram from the INC.[6]
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | Chockalingam Chettiar | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | M. A. Muthiah Chettiar | ||
1962 | Saw Ganesan | Swatantra Party | |
1967 | S. Meiyappan | ||
Vote share of Winning candidates | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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% |
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -10.64% | |||
2016
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 | ||||
INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -4.62% | |||
2011
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 | ||||
AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 2.31% | |||
2006
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 | ||||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | 0.30% | |||
2001
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 | ||||
BJP gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -14.58% | |||
1996
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 from AIADMK | Swing | -2.70% | |||
1991
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 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 24.44% | |||
1989
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 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.74% | |||
1984
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 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.80% | |||
1980
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 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 19.75% | |||
1977
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 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -27.79% | |||
1971
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 | ||||
DMK gain from SWA | Swing | 1.09% | |||
1967
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 | ||||
SWA hold | Swing | 9.42% | |||
1962
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 | ||||
SWA gain from INC | Swing | 0.96% | |||
1957
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 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -10.47% | |||
1952
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 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |