Karur Lok Sabha constituency

10.95°N 78.08°E / 10.95; 78.08

Karur
Lok Sabha constituency
Karur constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Vedasandur Aravakurichi Karur Krishnarayapuram Manapparai Viralimalai
Established	1957
Total electors	13,86,636[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent S. Jothimani
Party	INC
Elected year	2019 Election

Karur is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 23 of 39.

Assembly segments

From 2009

Karur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	District	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party
133	Vedasandur	Dindigul	None		DMK
134	Aravakurichi	Karur	None		DMK
135	Karur		None		DMK
136	Krishnarayapuram		SC		DMK
138	Manapparai	Tiruchirappalli	None		MNMK
179	Viralimalai	Pudukkottai	None		AIADMK

Before 2009

1. Aravakurichi
2. Karur
3. Krishnarayapuram (SC)
4. Marungapuri (defunct)
5. Kuliththalai (moved to Perambalur)
6. Thottiyam (defunct)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1957	K. Periyasamy Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962	R. Ramanathan Chettiar
1967	C. Muthuswamy Gounder		Swatantra Party
1971	K. Gopal		Indian National Congress
1977
1980	A. R. Murugaiah
1984
1989	M. Thambidurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	N. Murugesan
1996	K. Natrayan		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	M. Thambidurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	M. Chinnasamy
2004	K. C. Palanisamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	M. Thambidurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014
2019	S. Jothimani[3]		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			47.25%
2019			63.36%
2014			52.36%
2009			46.21%
2004			60.57%
1999			46.46%
1998			50.39%
1996			56.12%
1991			68.89%
1989			65.60%
1984			68.36%
1980			55.48%
1977			62.26%
1971			59.09%
1967			53.00%
1962			48.59%
1957			50.90%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jothimani	534,906	47.25%	16.11
	AIADMK	K. R. L. Thangavel	368,090	32.52%	7.46
	BJP	V.V Sentilnathan	102,482	9.05%	NEW
	NTK	Dr. R. Karuppaiya	87,503	7.73%	4.22
	NOTA	None of the above	8,275	0.73%	0.14
Margin of victory			166,816	14.74%	23.56
Turnout			1,132,045
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jothimani	695,697	63.36%	60.41%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	2,75,151	25.06%	−27.30%
	NTK	R. Karuppaiya	38,543	3.51%
	Independent	P. S. N. Thangavel	31,139	2.84%
	MNM	Dr. R. Hariharan	15,967	1.45%
	NOTA	None of the above	9,603	0.87%	−0.46%
Margin of victory			4,20,546	38.30%	19.40%
Turnout			10,97,947	79.55%	−0.40%
Registered electors			13,87,286		6.85%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.01%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	540,722	52.36%	6.14%
	DMK	M. Chinnasamy	3,45,475	33.45%	−7.02%
	DMDK	N. S. Krishnan	76,560	7.41%	1.20%
	INC	S. Jothimani	30,459	2.95%
	NOTA	None of the above	13,763	1.33%
	BSP	V. Maruthaiveeran	5,694	0.55%	−0.11%
Margin of victory			1,95,247	18.91%	13.17%
Turnout			10,32,771	80.65%	−1.74%
Registered electors			12,98,322		28.18%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.14%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	380,542	46.21%	11.31%
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	3,33,288	40.48%	−20.10%
	DMDK	R. Ramanathan	51,196	6.22%
	KNMK	R. Natarajan	14,269	1.73%
	Independent	K. Shankar	6,519	0.79%
	Independent	T. Karventhan	5,553	0.67%
	BSP	R. Dharmalingam	5,413	0.66%
Margin of victory			47,254	5.74%	−19.93%
Turnout			8,23,421	81.43%	11.76%
Registered electors			10,12,924		−5.28%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.36%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	450,407	60.57%	14.50%
	AIADMK	Raja N. Palanichamy	2,59,531	34.90%	−11.56%
	Independent	N. Jawahar	14,552	1.96%
	JP	H. Nagarajan	5,672	0.76%
	Independent	C. Rathinasamy	5,578	0.75%
Margin of victory			1,90,876	25.67%	25.27%
Turnout			7,43,592	69.70%	6.60%
Registered electors			10,69,359		−8.65%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	14.11%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy	334,407	46.46%	13.39%
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	3,31,560	46.07%
	TMC(M)	K. Natrayan	45,539	6.33%
	Independent	K. Sathiyamoorthy	4,970	0.69%
Margin of victory			2,847	0.40%	−6.32%
Turnout			7,19,705	62.94%	−8.27%
Registered electors			11,70,582		3.56%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.65%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	327,480	50.39%
	TMC(M)	K. Natrayan	2,83,807	43.67%
	INC	K. P. Shanmuga Sundram	30,157	4.64%
	PT	S. Kamaraj	5,449	0.84%
Margin of victory			43,673	6.72%	−16.32%
Turnout			6,49,880	59.84%	−11.36%
Registered electors			11,30,361		5.35%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-5.73%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Natrayan	409,830	56.12%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	2,41,556	33.08%	−35.82%
	MDMK	T. P. Moorthy	61,188	8.38%
	BJP	R. K. Madhukumar	5,870	0.80%
	Independent	S. Arokkiam	4,338	0.59%
Margin of victory			1,68,274	23.04%	−16.07%
Turnout			7,30,328	71.20%	3.63%
Registered electors			10,72,924		2.82%
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.78%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Murugesan	475,571	68.89%	3.30%
	DMK	D. Thirunavukkarasu	2,05,602	29.78%	−3.49%
	PMK	R. Pakkian	4,388	0.64%
Margin of victory			2,69,969	39.11%	6.78%
Turnout			6,90,318	67.57%	−3.64%
Registered electors			10,43,464		−0.70%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.30%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	484,492	65.60%
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	2,45,741	33.27%	3.85%
	PMK	M. Sakthivel	3,679	0.50%
Margin of victory			2,38,751	32.32%	−6.62%
Turnout			7,38,596	71.21%	−6.05%
Registered electors			10,50,778		28.46%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.76%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. R. Murugaiah	413,533	68.36%
	DMK	M. Kandaswamy	1,77,970	29.42%
	Independent	R. Krishnan	13,426	2.22%
Margin of victory			2,35,563	38.94%	24.31%
Turnout			6,04,929	77.25%	9.82%
Registered electors			8,17,972		7.21%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	12.88%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	S. A. Dorai Sebastian	281,149	55.48%
	AIADMK	K. Kanagaraj	2,07,015	40.85%
	JP(S)	P. M. Elamaran	11,215	2.21%
	Independent	M. Apparavo	5,250	1.04%
Margin of victory			74,134	14.63%	−14.11%
Turnout			5,06,788	67.44%	−3.23%
Registered electors			7,62,973		4.11%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-6.78%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopal	315,259	62.26%	3.17%
	INC(O)	M. Meenakshisundaram	1,69,739	33.52%
	Independent	M. Sandhanam	19,618	3.87%
Margin of victory			1,45,520	28.74%	10.56%
Turnout			5,06,396	70.67%	−0.51%
Registered electors			7,32,872		23.50%
	INC hold		Swing	3.17%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopal	238,315	59.09%	12.09%
	INC(O)	V. Ramanathan	1,65,022	40.91%
Margin of victory			73,293	18.17%	12.17%
Turnout			4,03,337	71.18%	−2.44%
Registered electors			5,93,409		6.98%
	INC gain from SWA		Swing	6.08%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	C. Muthuswamy Gounder	209,380	53.00%
	INC	R. Chettiar	1,85,662	47.00%	−1.59%
Margin of victory			23,718	6.00%	−7.65%
Turnout			3,95,042	73.62%	9.47%
Registered electors			5,54,715		20.10%
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	4.41%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ramanathan	139,385	48.59%	−2.31%
	SWA	P. Ponnambala Gounder	1,00,229	34.94%
	CPI	R. Karuppiah	47,232	16.47%
Margin of victory			39,156	13.65%	−1.93%
Turnout			2,86,846	64.15%	15.70%
Registered electors			4,61,862		8.06%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.31%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Karur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Periasami Gounder	105,399	50.90%
	Independent	V. R. Seshiyan	73,135	35.32%
	Independent	Raja Chidambaram	14,369	6.94%
	Independent	V. Perumal	14,168	6.84%
Margin of victory			32,264	15.58%
Turnout			2,07,071	48.45%
Registered electors			4,27,431
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Karur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha