Kulithalai Assembly constituency

Kulithalai is a state assembly constituency in Karur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 137. It consists of portions of the Kulithalai taluks. It is included in Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Kulithalai
Constituency No. 137 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Lok Sabha constituency	Perambalur
Established	1957
Total electors	2,27,068[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Manickam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Demographics

Gender demographic of Kulithalai as of 09.11.2022,^[3] taken post the State General election in 2022.

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2023	110,311	115,918	7	226,236

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	M. Karunanidhi		Independent
1962	V. Ramanathan		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Kandaswamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Kandasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar		Indian National Congress
1980	R. Karuppiah		Communist Party of India
1984	P. Musiri Puppnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Selvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Manickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	E. Ramar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	R. Manickam[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			51.37%
2016			48.85%
2011			54.78%
2006			50.42%
2001			52.78%
1996			49.19%
1991			69.83%
1989			43.02%
1984			64.05%
1980			52.96%
1977			33.59%
1971			53.68%
1967			49.68%
1962			64.04%
1957			47.32%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Manickam	100,829	51.37%	2.52
	AIADMK	N. R. Chandrasekar	77,289	39.38%	3.01
	NTK	Seeni Prakasu	11,511	5.87%	4.97
	NOTA	Nota	1,191	0.61%	0.43
	Independent	R. Saravanan	838	0.43%	New
	AMMK	V. Nirosha	761	0.39%	New
	Independent	R. Chandrasekar	694	0.35%	New
	IJK	S. Manikandan	674	0.34%	New
	Independent	V. Vellaiyan	612	0.31%	New
	BSP	P. Anbalagan	590	0.30%	0.22
	Independent	K. Suresh	494	0.25%	New
Margin of victory			23,540	11.99%	5.53%
Turnout			196,265	86.43%	−1.69%
Rejected ballots			165	0.08%
Registered electors			227,068
	DMK hold		Swing	2.52%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramar	89,923	48.85%	8.15
	AIADMK	R. Chandrasekaran	78,027	42.39%	12.39
	DMDK	Jamuna Thangavel	6,726	3.65%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,906	1.04%	New
	NTK	Seeni Prakasu	1,643	0.89%	New
	BJP	N. K. N. Shathakathulla	1,437	0.78%	0.6
	Independent	T. Chandrasekaran	1,031	0.56%	New
	BSP	V. Maruthaiveeran	950	0.52%	New
	PMK	S. Balasubramani	870	0.47%	New
	Independent	M. Jeganathan	554	0.30%	New
	Independent	R. Selvam	449	0.24%	New
Margin of victory			11,896	6.46%	−7.61%
Turnout			184,076	88.13%	−0.67%
Registered electors			208,870
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.93%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	87,459	54.78%	14.49
	DMK	R. Manickam	64,986	40.70%	9.72
	BJP	A. Dhanasekaran	2,200	1.38%	0.08
	Independent	K. V. Chinnasami	1,670	1.05%	New
	IJK	R. Prakashkanna	1,344	0.84%	New
	PPIS (Tamil Nadu)	M. Selvam	1,164	0.73%	New
	Independent	S. Kandasamy	839	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			22,473	14.08%	3.94%
Turnout			179,805	88.80%	8.31%
Registered electors			159,662
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.36%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Manickam	69,615	50.42%	10.96
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	55,626	40.29%	12.49
	DMDK	M. Viswanathan	4,790	3.47%	New
	BJP	N. C. Raju	2,010	1.46%	New
	Independent	P. Mahendran	1,338	0.97%	New
	Independent	N. Nagarajan	1,026	0.74%	New
	BSP	K. Kadirvelu	1,006	0.73%	New
	Independent	R. Boopathi	900	0.65%	New
	SP	M. Munusamy	700	0.51%	New
	Independent	V. Chinnasami	357	0.26%	New
	Independent	R. Kothai	355	0.26%	New
Margin of victory			13,989	10.13%	−3.19%
Turnout			138,070	80.49%	10.57%
Registered electors			171,539
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.36%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	66,406	52.78%	18.02
	DMK	D. Thirunavukkarasu	49,640	39.46%	9.73
	MDMK	M. R. Pugalendhe	5,492	4.37%	4.86
	Independent	P. Ramasamy	2,292	1.82%	New
	Independent	M. Selvam	1,077	0.86%	New
	Independent	S. Raju	903	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			16,766	13.33%	−1.10%
Turnout			125,810	69.92%	−4.79%
Registered electors			179,980
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.60%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Selvam	60,521	49.19%	20.42
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	42,771	34.76%	35.07
	MDMK	R. Pugalendhi	11,356	9.23%	New
	Independent	P. Kaliappan	5,132	4.17%	New
	Independent	E. Dravida Mani	995	0.81%	New
	JP	L. Srirenga Reddiar	578	0.47%	New
	Independent	A. P. Erajalingam	539	0.44%	New
	Independent	N. Karuppaian	293	0.24%	New
	Independent	A. Thangavelu	227	0.18%	New
	Independent	J. Anbumozhi	165	0.13%	New
	Independent	M. J. Selvanathan	143	0.12%	New
Margin of victory			17,750	14.43%	−26.64%
Turnout			123,046	74.72%	3.17%
Registered electors			173,318
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.65%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	80,499	69.83%	26.81
	DMK	S. P. Sethiraman	33,158	28.76%	3.94
	Independent	M. Dharamaraju	341	0.30%	New
	Independent	V. Vellusamy	302	0.26%	New
	PMK	P. Somasundaram	299	0.26%	New
	Independent	M. Vellaisamy	156	0.14%	New
	Independent	M. Mohan	142	0.12%	New
	THMM	S. R. Kannadasan	137	0.12%	New
	Independent	K. R. Ramasamy	108	0.09%	New
	Independent	S. K. Manoharan	67	0.06%	New
	Independent	P. Ponnambalam	66	0.06%	New
Margin of victory			47,341	41.07%	30.75%
Turnout			115,275	71.55%	−7.39%
Registered electors			165,240
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.81%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	49,231	43.02%	21.03
	DMK	A. Sivaraman	37,421	32.70%	New
	Independent	R. Karuppaiah	17,551	15.34%	New
	AIADMK	N. Nallusamy	8,814	7.70%	56.35
	Independent	R. Sekar	630	0.55%	New
	Independent	N. Thiagarajan	397	0.35%	New
	Independent	T. Muthusamy Poojari	206	0.18%	New
	Independent	S. Arockiam	179	0.16%	New
Margin of victory			11,810	10.32%	−20.43%
Turnout			114,429	78.94%	−0.35%
Registered electors			147,731
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-21.03%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Musiri Puppnan	62,165	64.05%	New
	CPI	B. Karuppaiah	32,317	33.30%	19.66
	Independent	P. Dearmaraj	1,748	1.80%	New
	Independent	P. Rajalingam	500	0.52%	New
	Independent	R. Annavi	321	0.33%	New
Margin of victory			29,848	30.75%	21.01%
Turnout			97,051	79.29%	8.63%
Registered electors			130,379
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	11.09%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Karuppaiah	44,525	52.96%	New
	INC	P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar	36,336	43.22%	9.63
	Independent	C. Periasamy	2,737	3.26%	New
	Independent	T. Muthusamy Poosari	474	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			8,189	9.74%	0.24%
Turnout			84,072	70.66%	2.56%
Registered electors			120,320
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	19.37%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar	27,043	33.59%	12.73
	AIADMK	S. Rasu	19,396	24.09%	New
	DMK	K. V. Muthusamy	18,581	23.08%	30.59
	JP	C. John Britto	14,642	18.19%	New
	Independent	M. S> Royappan	843	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			7,647	9.50%	2.15%
Turnout			80,505	68.09%	−10.09%
Registered electors			119,673
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-20.08%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kandaswamy	44,198	53.68%	4
	INC	P. E. Srinivasan Reddiar	38,145	46.32%	1.89
Margin of victory			6,053	7.35%	2.10%
Turnout			82,343	78.18%	−1.67%
Registered electors			107,450
	DMK hold		Swing	4.00%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kandaswamy	36,120	49.68%	13.72
	INC	P. E. S. Reddiar	32,305	44.43%	19.61
	CPI	R. Karuppaiah	3,949	5.43%	New
	Independent	Pillai	336	0.46%	New
Margin of victory			3,815	5.25%	−22.84%
Turnout			72,710	79.85%	4.23%
Registered electors			96,359
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-14.37%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Ramanathan	47,243	64.04%	33.95
	DMK	N. Rathanam	26,525	35.96%	New
Margin of victory			20,718	28.09%	10.86%
Turnout			73,768	75.63%	21.88%
Registered electors			101,216
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	16.72%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Karunanidhi	22,785	47.32%	New
	INC	K. A. Dharmalingam	14,489	30.09%	New
	Independent	R. Venkatarama Naidu	3,784	7.86%	New
	Independent	S. Shanmugham	3,726	7.74%	New
	Independent	R. Govindan	1,866	3.88%	New
	Independent	R. Rajagopala Iyengar	759	1.58%	New
	Independent	K. P. Veerappan	740	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			8,296	17.23%
Turnout			48,149	53.75%
Registered electors			89,574
	Independent win (new seat)