Karaikudi (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 10°04′N 78°47′E / 10.07°N 78.78°E / 10.07; 78.78

Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Most successful party: INC (5 times)

History[]

Karaikudi is a part of the Karaikudi assembly constituency and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

Karaikudi is a part of the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Karti Chidambaram from the INC.^[5]

Madras State[]

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

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	C. T. Chidambaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. T. Chidambaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991		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	Indian National Congress

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mangudi S	75,954	35.79
	BJP	H. Raja	54,365	25.59
	AMMK	Dherpoki V Pandi	44,864	21.12
	NTK	N. Durai Manickam	23,872	11.24
Majority
Turnout			2,12,456
	INC hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karaikudi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. R. Ramaswamy
	AIADMK

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "List of Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu state government. 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ "MLA of Karaikudi". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ "Key highlights of the general elections 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 94. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] "List of Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu state government. 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[MLA_of_Karaikudi-3] "MLA of Karaikudi". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[4] "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[5] "Key highlights of the general elections 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 94. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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