Karaikudi Assembly constituency

Karaikudi
Karaikudi
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
LS constituency	Sivaganga
Established	1952
Total electors	3,17,041[1]
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. Mangudi
Party	INC
Elected year	2021

Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

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

Madras State

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

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
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	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

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Karaikudi[7]
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[8]
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)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
"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 Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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

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

[MLA_of_Karaikudi-4] "MLA of Karaikudi". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

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

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

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.