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Assembly Constituency No. 184

Karaikudi

15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total

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15 Elections
on Record
DMK Dominant Party
5 wins
46074 Biggest Margin
(2026)
366 Smallest Margin
(2006)
★ 2026 — Current MLA
Dr. T. K. Prabhu
TVK
101358 votes · 44.21%
Margin: 46074
Runner-up
S. Mangudi
INC
🏆 Biggest Victory
46074 votes
Dr. T. K. Prabhu
TVK
2026 Election
⚡ Closest Contest
366 votes
Durai Chandrasekaran
DMK
2006 Election
📈 Peak Votes Ever
101358 votes — Dr. T. K. Prabhu in 2026
Party Win History
DMK
5W
33%
ADMK
5W
33%
INC
3W
20%
CPI
1W
7%
TVK
1W
7%
DMK
5 wins
ADMK
5 wins
INC
3 wins
CPI
1 wins
TVK
1 wins
📍 Know About Karaikudi

Karaikudi is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 5 wins out of 15 elections.

AC No. 184 15 elections DMK 5x
Complete Election History
Karaikudi — All Years 15 elections
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote %Runner-upPartyMargin
2026 Dr. T. K. Prabhu TVK 101358 44.21% S. Mangudi INC 46074
2021 S. Mangudi INC 75954 35.75% H. Raja BJP 21589
2016 Ramasamy Kr INC 93419 46.40% Karpagam Ilango ADMK 18283
2011 Palanichamy Cholan Ct AIADMK 86104 51.01% Ramasamy Kr INC 18900
2006 Durai Chandrasekaran DMK 52723 46.01% Durai Govindarajan ADMK 366
2001 K. Ayyaru Vandayar AIADMK 55579 54.75% Durai Chandrasekaran DMK 15689
1996 D. Chandrasekaran DMK 57429 56.32% M. Subramanian ADMK 27011
1991 P. Kalaiperumal ADMK 57648 59.68% Durai Chandrasekaran DMK 20399
1989 Durai Chandraseharan DMK 36981 38.28% V. C. Ganesan Alias Svajiganesan IND 10643
1984 Durai Govindarajan AIADMK 46974 55.75% Ramamurthy A. TNC(K) 13089
1980 Subramanian. M. AIADMK 42636 55.14% Elangovan. G. DMK 9669
1977 G. Elangovan DMK 28500 36.96% P. C. Palaniyandi AIADMK 5303
1971 Manali Kandasami C. CPI 40714 62.84% Thayamanavang G. INC 18596
1967 N. Dharumalingam DMK 23728 38.04% K. C. Manali CPI 1502
1962 N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami INC 22158 36.22% R. S. Appasami SWA 4099
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