Karaikal South Assembly constituency

Karaikal-South
Karaikal-South
Constituency No. 27 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,891
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Puducherry Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A.M.H. Nazeem
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Karaikal South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Karaikal South Assembly constituency was part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

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Year	Member
1964	Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar	Indian National Congress
1974	S. Ramassamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Ramassamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Savarirajan	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	S. Ramassamy	Independent
1990	S. Ramassamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. V. Subramanian	Indian National Congress
1996
2001
2006	V. K. Ganapathy	Puducherry Munnetra Congress
2011	A. M. H. Nazeem	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. A. U. Asana	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. M. H. Nazeem	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	A. M. H. Nazeem	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem	12,543	49.15	22.00
	INC	A. V. S. Sakthivel Prabu	6,681	26.18
	TVK	K. A. U. Assana	4,346	17.03
	BJP	M. Arul Murugan	1,354	5.31
	NTK	Mariya Anthuvan	283	1.11	1.75
	NOTA	NOTA	142	0.56	0.34
Margin of victory			5,862	22.97	26.24
Turnout			25,522
Registered electors			29,964
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem	17,401	71.15	24.60
	AIADMK	K. A. U. Asana	5,367	21.95	−24.69
	NTK	S. Marie Anthuvan	699	2.86
	Independent	A. Ramprasad	435	1.78
	NOTA	Nota	221	0.90	−0.56
	AMMK	S. Mohamed Seedique	132	0.54
Margin of victory			12,034	49.21	49.12
Turnout			24,456	76.54	0.44
Registered electors			31,951		2.13
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	24.51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. U. Asana	11,104	46.64
	DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem	11,084	46.56	7.19
	AINRC	A. Suresh	393	1.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	349	1.47
	BJP	G. Manikandan	268	1.13
	SDPI	H. Mohamed Bilal Maricar	258	1.08
	DMDK	Pranadartigareswaran @ Mouttouvel	119	0.50	−27.54
Margin of victory			20	0.08	−7.32
Turnout			23,808	76.10	−3.29
Registered electors			31,286		16.73
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.27

Members of Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem	8,377	39.37
	Independent	V. K. Ganapathy	6,801	31.96
	DMDK	K. A. U. Asana	5,966	28.04	27.38
	BSP	Selvamani	134	0.63
Margin of victory			1,576	7.41	−4.61
Turnout			21,278	79.39	−7.35
Registered electors			26,802		60.61
	DMK gain from PMC		Swing	-15.69

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	V. K. Ganapathy	7,970	55.06
	INC	A. V. Subramanian	6,231	43.05	−8.35
	Independent	S. A. Mugamudu Yusuf	102	0.70
	DMDK	P. Antoinete	95	0.66
Margin of victory			1,739	12.01	4.40
Turnout			14,475	86.74	16.89
Registered electors			16,688		−2.46
	PMC gain from INC		Swing	3.67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Subramanian	6,138	51.39	−6.08
	PMC	V. K. Ganapathy	5,229	43.78
	AIADMK	S. P. Karuppaiya	322	2.70
	Independent	A. Sainathan	103	0.86
	Independent	H. Sulthan Shah	85	0.71
	Independent	Madhana Marimuthu	66	0.55
Margin of victory			909	7.61	−9.25
Turnout			11,943	69.85	4.15
Registered electors			17,109		9.27
	INC hold		Swing	-9.70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Subramanian	6,676	57.48	−3.62
	DMK	S. Savarirajan	4,717	40.61	3.85
	BJP	Kalpakam Ganesan	106	0.91
	JD	A. M. Ismail	103	0.89
Margin of victory			1,959	16.87	−7.47
Turnout			11,615	75.45	9.76
Registered electors			15,658		−0.71
	INC hold		Swing	-3.62

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Subramanian	6,189	61.10
	DMK	S. Savarirajan	3,724	36.76	−2.85
	Independent	S. M. Vappu Maricar	91	0.90
	Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani	M. Mani	79	0.78
Margin of victory			2,465	24.33	7.62
Turnout			10,130	65.69	−3.03
Registered electors			15,770		0.69
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramassamy	6,012	56.32
	DMK	S. Savarirajan	4,228	39.61	16.01
	Independent	M. Murugan	246	2.30
	THMM	Raja Alias S. Gulmohamed Ali	69	0.65
Margin of victory			1,784	16.71	−0.65
Turnout			10,674	68.72	−4.83
Registered electors			15,662		39.89
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	9.59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Ramassamy	3,808	46.73
	INC	A. M. Kassim	2,393	29.37
	DMK	R. Arumaikannu	1,923	23.60
Margin of victory			1,415	17.36	−17.69
Turnout			8,149	73.55	−4.62
Registered electors			11,196		12.53
	Independent gain from INC(I)		Swing	-17.67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	S. Savarirajan	4,867	64.40
	AIADMK	S. Ramassamy	2,218	29.35	−18.01
	INC(U)	K. Kandhi	447	5.92
Margin of victory			2,649	35.05	25.01
Turnout			7,557	78.17	6.27
Registered electors			9,949		−2.07
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	17.05

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramassamy	3,424	47.36	0.56
	JP	S. Savarirajan	2,698	37.32
	DMK	N. Ramasamy	570	7.88
	INC	A. Mariakulandai	335	4.63
	Independent	G. Rethinavel	203	2.81
Margin of victory			726	10.04	−10.39
Turnout			7,230	71.90	−12.96
Registered electors			10,159		19.18
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramassamy	3,296	46.80
	INC(O)	S. Savarirajan	1,857	26.37
	Independent	A. M. Kaliappan	1,814	25.76
	Independent	G. Rethinavel	76	1.08
Margin of victory			1,439	20.43	12.12
Turnout			7,043	84.85	13.14
Registered electors			8,524		25.19
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.11

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Marie Lourdes Silvaradjou	2,439	50.91
	INC	N. M. Mohamed Yussouf	2,041	42.60	−6.70
	Independent	P. M. Ambigasundaramoorthy	311	6.49
Margin of victory			398	8.31	6.90
Turnout			4,791	71.71	−7.45
Registered electors			6,809		7.74
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	0.21