Karur Assembly constituency

10.95°N 78.08°E / 10.95; 78.08

Karur
Constituency No. 135 for the Tamil 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 V. Senthil Balaji
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Karur is a state assembly constituency in Karur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 135. It comes under Karur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Demographics

Kongu Vellalar Gounder, Senguntha Mudaliar and Vettuva Gounder communities are numerically high in this constituency.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	M. Manickasundaram		Independent
1957	T. M. Nallaswamy		Indian National Congress
1962
1967

Tamil Nadu

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

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

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%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur

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
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.45

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur

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
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-17.32

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[4]

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
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.18

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[5]

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
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-6.36

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[6]

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
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-0.51

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[7]

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
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.83

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[8]

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
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	26.35

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[9]

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
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.01

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[10]

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
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.57

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[11]

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
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.68

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[12]

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
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-21.44

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[13]

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
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	11.61

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[14]

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
	INC hold		Swing	-6.07

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[15]

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
	INC hold		Swing	-8.85

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[16]

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
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	39.14

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karur^[17]

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
	Independent win (new seat)