Karaikudi Assembly constituency

10.07°N 78.78°E / 10.07; 78.78

Karaikudi
Constituency No. 184 for the Tamil 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 S. Mangudi
Party	INC
Elected year	2021

Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Most successful party: INC (five times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

History

Karaikudi is a part of 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 the 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 the Indian 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 of Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Karti Chidambaram from the INC.^[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Chockalingam Chettiar		Indian National Congress
1957	M. A. Muthiah Chettiar
1962	Saw Ganesan		Swatantra Party
1967	S. Meiyappan

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	C. T. Chidambaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Kaliyappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. T. Chidambaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. P. Durairasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. M. Narayanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Karpagam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Sundaram		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	H. Raja		Bharatiya Janata Party
2006	N. Sundaram		Indian National Congress
2011	Cholan C. T. Palanichamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. R. Ramasamy		Indian National Congress
2021	S. Mangudi

Election results

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

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi

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
	INC hold		Swing	-10.64

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi

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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[7]

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

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[8]

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

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[9]

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

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[10]

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

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[11]

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

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[12]

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

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[13]

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

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[14]

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

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[15]

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

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[16]

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

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[17]

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

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[18]

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

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[19]

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

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi^[20]

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)