Krishnarayapuram (state assembly constituency)

Krishnarayapuram is a state assembly constituency in Karur district in Tamil Nadu. It comes under Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) for national elections.^[1] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Most successful party: ADMK (7 times)

Madras State[]

Year	Winner	Party
1967	P. Soundrapandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	P. Soundarapandiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Soundarapandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. M. Thangavelraj	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	P. M. Thangavelraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Arivalagan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. Arivalagan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Nagarathinam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Sasikala	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	P. Kamaraj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. Kamaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	M. Geetha	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnarayapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Geetha	83,977	49.82	-4.99
	PT	V. K. Aiyyar	48,676	28.88	+28.88
	TMC	Sivanantham K	10,043	5.96	+5.96
	BJP	Naveen Kumar P	5,673	3.37	-2.84
	IND	M. Pagalavan	5,153	3.06	+3.06
Majority			35,301	20.94	+6.10
Turnout			1,68,738	83.10	-3.65
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.99

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnarayapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Kamaraj	83,145	54.81	+15.57
	DMK	Kamaraj P	60,636	39.97	-6.36
	IND	Senthil Kumar V	2,300	1.52	+1.52
	IND	Sudhakar K	1,194	0.79	+0.79
	IND	Ganesan P	1,093	0.73	+0.73
Majority			22,509	14.84	+7.75
Turnout			1,51,756	86.75	+8.64
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	+8.48

References[]

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

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

Coordinates: 10°56′40″N 78°16′45″E / 10.94444°N 78.27917°E / 10.94444; 78.27917

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

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