Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu. Most successful party: INC (five times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
History Karaikudi is a part of Karaikudi Assembly constituency and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years. From the 1977 elections, All India Anna Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly seat four times (in the 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 the Indian National Congress (INC) won during the 2006, 2016 and 2019 elections. The current member of the legislative assembly is S. Mangudi from the INC.
Karaikudi is a part of Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Karti Chidambaram from the INC.
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State
YearWinner Party 1952 Chockalingam Chettiar 1957 M. A. Muthiah Chettiar 1962 Saw Ganesan 1967 S. Meiyappan
Tamil Nadu YearWinner Party 1971 C. T. Chidambaram 1977 P. Kaliyappan 1980 C. T. Chidambaram 1984 S. P. Durairasu 1989 R. M. Narayanan 1991 M. Karpagam 1996 N. Sundaram 2001 H. Raja 2006 N. Sundaram 2011 C. T. Palanichamy 2016 K. R. Ramasamy 2021 S. Mangudi 2026 T. K. Prabhu
Election results
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2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
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1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
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