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Assembly Constituency No. 168

Thiruvarur

15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total

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15 Elections
on Record
DMK Dominant Party
9 wins
68366 Biggest Margin
(2016)
852 Smallest Margin
(1977)
★ 2026 — Current MLA
Kalaivanan Poondi K.
DMK
93408 votes · 42.87%
Margin: 18148
Runner-up
Veeramani V.
TVK
🏆 Biggest Victory
68366 votes
Kalaignar M Karunanidhi
DMK
2016 Election
⚡ Closest Contest
852 votes
K. S. Murugesan
DMK
1977 Election
📈 Peak Votes Ever
121473 votes — Kalaignar M Karunanidhi in 2016
Party Win History
DMK
9W
60%
ADMK
3W
20%
INC
2W
13%
CPI(M)
1W
7%
DMK
9 wins
ADMK
3 wins
INC
2 wins
CPI(M)
1 wins
📍 Know About Thiruvarur

Thiruvarur is the revered home constituency of M. Karunanidhi — he won here from 1967 to 2016 without interruption. In 2016, he polled 1,21,473 votes (61.73%). The seat now belongs to DMK's Kalaivanan.

AC No. 168 15 elections DMK 9x
Complete Election History
Thiruvarur — All Years 15 elections
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote %Runner-upPartyMargin
2026 Kalaivanan Poondi K. DMK 93408 42.87% Veeramani V. TVK 18148
2021 K. Poondi Kalaivanan DMK 108906 52.29% A. N. R. Panneerselvam ADMK 51174
2016 Kalaignar M Karunanidhi DMK 121473 61.73% Pannerselvam R ADMK 68366
2011 M. Karunanidhi DMK 109014 62.96% Rajendran M AIADMK 50249
2006 K. N. Sekaran DMK 95687 50.42% Sridhar Vandayar ADMK 24762
2001 K.N. Sekaran DMK 61254 47.30% T.K. Rangarajan CPI(M) 10373
1996 K. Durai DMK 78692 62.60% T. Rathinavel ADMK 46753
1991 T. Rathinavel ADMK 69596 59.76% Pappa Umanath CPI(M) 26522
1989 Pappa Umanath CPI(M) 54814 43.67% V. Swaminathan INC 22209
1984 M. Guruswamy Alias Annadasan AIADMK 47900 47.84% Pappa Umanath CPI(M) 4479
1980 Gurusamy Alias Annadasan. N. AIADMK 51012 56.24% Murugesan. K. S. DMK 11965
1977 K. S. Murugesan DMK 24594 32.06% V. Swaminathan INC 852
1971 M. Sathiamoorthy INC 34680 46.8% Subbaiah Kr. CPI 1287
1967 R. V. Thondaiman INC 45342 62.07% Thiagarajan DMK 20087
1962 V. Arunachala Thevar DMK 35151 44.39% R. Srinivasa Iyer INC 6345
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