I. Karunanithi

I. Karunanithi
I. Karunanithi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 19 May 2016 – 6 May 2026
Preceded by	S. Rajendran
Succeeded by	P. Dhansingh
Constituency	Pallavaram
Personal details
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

ConstituencyPallavaram

I. Karunanithi is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Pallavaram as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.^[1]^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	126,427	47.50%	+2.56
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	88,644	33.30%	−2.82
	NTK	Minishree Kanagaraj	21,522	8.09%	+6.3
	MNM	Senthil Arumugam	20,774	7.80%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,945	0.73%	−1.59
	DMDK	Murugesan	3,719	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			37,783	14.19%	5.37%
Turnout			266,190	61.03%	−0.72%
Rejected ballots			618	0.23%
Registered electors			436,175
	DMK hold		Swing	2.56%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	112,891	44.94%	+0.91
	AIADMK	C. R. Saraswathi	90,726	36.12%	−16.58
	MDMK	C. Veeralakshmi	14,083	5.61%	New
	BJP	Dr. Gopi Ayyaswamy	11,781	4.69%	New
	PMK	R. Venkatesan	9,339	3.72%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	5,823	2.32%	New
	NTK	P. Srinivasa Kumar	4,488	1.79%	New
Margin of victory			22,165	8.82%	0.16%
Turnout			251,204	61.75%	−10.45%
Registered electors			406,839
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.76%

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I. Karunanithi

Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 19 May 2016 – 6 May 2026
Preceded by	S. Rajendran
Succeeded by	P. Dhansingh
Constituency	Pallavaram

Personal details
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam