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Karur
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
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent S. Jothimani
Party	INC
Elected year	2019 Election

Karur Lok Sabha constituency

One of the 39 Parliamentary Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

10.95°N 78.08°E / 10.95; 78.08

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

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GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

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"List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

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"General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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Constituency number	Name	District	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
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

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

Vote share of Winning candidates

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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	INC	S. Jothimani
	AIADMK	K. R. L. Thangavel
	BJP	V.V Sentilnathan
	NTK	Dr. R. Karuppaiya
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory				-
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

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%

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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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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)