Karaikudi is a state assembly constituency in

Sivaganga district Sivaganga District is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in Tamil Nadu state, India. This district was formed on 15 March 1985 by trifurcation of Ramanathapuram district into Ramanathapuram district, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunaga ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. Most successful party: INC (five times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

History

Karaikudi Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area ...

is a part of Karaikudi Assembly constituency and it elects a member to the

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...

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 The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

(DMK, 1980 and 1989), once by Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC, 1996) and three by the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(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 Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 31. Assembly segments From 2009 Before 2009 # Thi ...

. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is

Karti Chidambaram Karti Chidambaram (born 16 November 1971) is an Indian politician, businessman and lawyer. A member of the Indian National Congress, he serves as the Member of Parliament for Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency), Sivaganga in the Lok Sabha. He w ...

from the INC.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

1952

References

{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Sivaganga district Politics of Tamil Nadu Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Madras State