Karur Assembly constituency

{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency | image = Constitution-Karur.svg | parl_name = State Assembly | established = 1952 | district = Karur | constituency = Karur | state = Tamil Nadu | party = DMK | mla = V. Senthil Balaji | year = 2021 | name = Karur | electors = 2,45,285[1] | reservation = General | most_successful_party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} (7 times) }}

Karur is a state assembly constituency in Karur district in Tamil Nadu.[2]

Demographics

Kongu Vellalar Gounder, Senguntha Mudaliar, Vettuva Gounder and Adi Dravida communities are numerically high in this constituency.[3]

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	T. V. Sannasi and M. Manickasundaram	Indian National Congress and Independent
1957	T. M. Nallaswamy	Indian National Congress
1963	T. M. Nallaswamy	Indian National Congress
1967	T. M. Nallaswamy	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	Nallasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Vadivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Chinnasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Vadivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. V. Ramasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Chinnasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Vasuki Murugesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	T. N. Sivasubramanian	Indian National Congress
2006	V. Senthilbalaji	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	V. Senthilbalaji	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	M. R. Vijayabhaskar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. Senthilbalaji	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Senthil Balaji	1,01,757
	AIADMK	M. R. Vijayabhaskar	89,309

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	M. R. Vijayabhaskar	81,936	43.86
	INC	Bank K. Subramanian	81,495	43.62
	DMDK	A. Ravi	6,491	3.47
	BJP	K. Sivasaami	3,995	2.14
	NOTA	None of the above	3,595	1.92
Margin of victory			441	0.24
Turnout			1,86,923	80.55
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Karur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. Senthil Balaji	99,738	61.18
	INC	S. Jothi Mani	55,593	34.10
	BJP	S. Sivamani	2,417	1.48
	PPI (S)	B. Ashok Kumar	681	0.42
	BSP	P. Aadhikrishnan	620	0.38
Margin of victory			44,145	27.08
Turnout			1,63,324	84.08
	AIADMK hold		Swing

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Karur[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. M. Nallaswamy	31,611	59.87%	40.26%
	CPI	K. S. Ramasami	10,576	20.03%
	Independent	M. Kulandaivel	8,915	16.88%
	Independent	M. G. Perumal	1,701	3.22%
Margin of victory			21,035	39.84%	38.72%
Turnout			52,803	63.22%	-26.08%
Registered electors			83,526
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	39.14%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Karur[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Manickasundaram	29,429	20.72%
	INC	S. Muthuswamy Gounder	27,840	19.61%	19.61%
	INC	T. V. Sannasi	21,113	14.87%	14.87%
	Independent	Vadivel Moopan	15,015	10.57%
	Socialist	M. P. Kumaraswami	7,265	5.12%
	Independent	Annathurai Iyengar	7,019	4.94%
	Independent	M. Ganesan	6,661	4.69%
	Independent	V. Ramaswamy	5,585	3.93%
	Independent	T. S. Krishnaswami	5,504	3.88%
	Independent	G. Swaminathan	5,203	3.66%
	Socialist	K. G. Sivaswami	4,861	3.42%
Margin of victory			1,589	1.12%
Turnout			1,42,004	89.30%
Registered electors			1,59,025
	Independent win (new seat)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
"Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
Dhinamani (2021). "Who will wins Karur constituency".
"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 10 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] Dhinamani (2021). "Who will wins Karur constituency".

[4] "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.

[5] "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.