Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Karur (Tamil Nadu) was won by Jothimani S (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 420,546 votes over Thambidurai M. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Karur, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
Gopal
Indian National Congress
238,315
59.1%
V. Ramanathan (Congress (O))
73,293 (18.2 pts)
1977
Gopal K.
Indian National Congress
315,259
62.3%
Meenakshisundaram M. (Congress (O))
145,520 (28.7 pts)
1980
Dorai Sebastian S.A.
Congress (I)
281,149
55.5%
Kanagaraj K. (AIADMK)
74,134 (14.6 pts)
1984
Murugaiah A. R.
Indian National Congress
413,533
68.4%
Kandaswamy, M. (DMK)
235,563 (38.9 pts)
1989
Thambithurai, M.
AIADMK
484,492
65.6%
Palanisamy. K.C. (DMK)
238,751 (32.3 pts)
1991
Murugesan N.
AIADMK
475,571
68.9%
Thirunavukkarasu D. (DMK)
269,969 (39.1 pts)
1996
Natrayan.K
Trinamool Congress
409,830
56.1%
Thambidurai.M (AIADMK)
168,274 (23.0 pts)
1998
Thambi Durai.M
AIADMK
327,480
50.4%
Natrayan. K (Trinamool Congress)
43,673 (6.7 pts)
1999
Chinnasamy, M.
AIADMK
334,407
46.5%
Palanisamy, K.C. (DMK)
2,847 (0.4 pts)
2004
Palanisamy, K. C.
DMK
450,407
60.6%
Palanichamy, Raja. N (AIADMK)
190,876 (25.7 pts)
2009
Thambidurai.M
AIADMK
380,542
46.1%
Pallanishamy. K.C. (DMK)
47,254 (5.7 pts)
2014
Thambidurai,M.
AIADMK
540,722
51.6%
Chinnasamy, M. (DMK)
195,247 (18.6 pts)
2019
Jothimani S
Indian National Congress
695,697
63.6%
Thambidurai M (AIADMK)
420,546 (38.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gopal
Indian National Congress
238,315
59.1%
V. Ramanathan
Congress (O)
165,022
40.9%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gopal K.
Indian National Congress
315,259
62.3%
Meenakshisundaram M.
Congress (O)
169,739
33.5%
Sandhanam M.
Independent
19,618
3.9%
Ramasamy Reddiar O.P.
Independent
1,780
0.4%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dorai Sebastian S.A.
Congress (I)
281,149
55.5%
Kanagaraj K.
AIADMK
207,015
40.8%
Elamaran P.M.
Janata Party (Secular)
11,215
2.2%
Apparavo M.
Independent
5,250
1.0%
Marimuthu V.
Independent
2,159
0.4%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murugaiah A. R.
Indian National Congress
413,533
68.4%
Kandaswamy, M.
DMK
177,970
29.4%
Krishnan, R.
Independent
13,426
2.2%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thambithurai, M.
AIADMK
484,492
65.6%
Palanisamy. K.C.
DMK
245,741
33.3%
Sakthivel, M
Pattali Makkal Katchi
3,679
0.5%
Subburathinam, T.
Independent
1,885
0.3%
Mahoharah, M.V.
TMM
1,510
0.2%
Karthikeyan ,T.
Independent
444
0.1%
Ramachandran, M
Independent
441
0.1%
Appavoo, M.
Independent
404
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Murugesan N.
AIADMK
475,571
68.9%
Thirunavukkarasu D.
DMK
205,602
29.8%
Pakkian R. (W)
Pattali Makkal Katchi
4,388
0.6%
Subramanian C.P.
TMM
1,664
0.2%
Muthusamy Poosari T.
Independent
1,327
0.2%
Maoulan K.B.
Independent
776
0.1%
Arockiam S.
Independent
514
0.1%
Arulvellam R.
Independent
476
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Natrayan.K
Trinamool Congress
409,830
56.1%
Thambidurai.M
AIADMK
241,556
33.1%
Moorthy.T.P
MDMK
61,188
8.4%
Madhukumar.R.K
Bharatiya Janata Party
5,870
0.8%
Arokkiam.S
Independent
4,338
0.6%
Saravanan.B
Independent
1,344
0.2%
Moulana.K.B
Independent
1,011
0.1%
Manokaram.R
Independent
996
0.1%
Pitchaimuthu.S
Independent
920
0.1%
Ramasamy.S
Independent
833
0.1%
Pitchaimuthu.K
Independent
789
0.1%
Eramachandran.M
Independent
605
0.1%
Lokanathan.K
Independent
561
0.1%
Shanmugam.P
Independent
487
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thambi Durai.M
AIADMK
327,480
50.4%
Natrayan. K
Trinamool Congress
283,807
43.7%
Shanmuga Sundram .K.P
Indian National Congress
30,157
4.6%
Kamaraj .S
PT
5,449
0.8%
Ramaswamy,R.M
Independent
522
0.1%
Kannan.P
Independent
484
0.1%
Sundarraj.P
Independent
474
0.1%
Marimuthu.V
Rashtriya Janata Dal
411
0.1%
Murugesan.P.
Independent
403
0.1%
Manohar.V.
Independent
320
0.0%
Selvaraju.S
Independent
206
0.0%
Asokan.K
Independent
167
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chinnasamy, M.
AIADMK
334,407
46.5%
Palanisamy, K.C.
DMK
331,560
46.1%
Natrayan, K.
Trinamool Congress
45,539
6.3%
Sathiyamoorthy,K.
Independent
4,970
0.7%
Senthil Raja, S.
Independent
943
0.1%
Balakrishnan, S.
Independent
865
0.1%
Mathivanan, T.
Independent
375
0.1%
Chinnasamy, M.
Independent
278
0.0%
Srinivasan,C.
Independent
271
0.0%
Dayalan, R.M.
Independent
259
0.0%
Murugesan, P.
Independent
238
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Palanisamy, K. C.
DMK
450,407
60.6%
Palanichamy, Raja. N
AIADMK
259,531
34.9%
Jawahar. N
Independent
14,552
2.0%
Nagarajan. H
Janata Party
5,672
0.8%
Rathinasamy. C
Independent
5,578
0.8%
Murugesan. R
Independent
1,243
0.2%
Arumugam. P
Independent
1,162
0.2%
Palanisamy. K
Independent
946
0.1%
Manivasagam. R
Independent
876
0.1%
Selvakumar. L K
Independent
776
0.1%
Sakthivel. A. K
Independent
756
0.1%
Chandramohan. R
Independent
728
0.1%
Senthilkumar. K
Independent
689
0.1%
Sakthevel. P
Independent
676
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thambidurai.M
AIADMK
380,542
46.1%
Pallanishamy. K.C.
DMK
333,288
40.4%
Ramanathan.R
DMDK
51,196
6.2%
Natarajan.R
KNMK
14,269
1.7%
Shankar. K
Independent
6,519
0.8%
Karventhan. T
Independent
5,553
0.7%
Dharmalingam.R
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,413
0.7%
Shanmugam,M
Independent
2,592
0.3%
Muthukumar.G
Independent
2,443
0.3%
Maruthaiveeran.V
Independent
2,132
0.3%
Manavan. P.K.
Independent
1,598
0.2%
Sivasamy. P
Independent
1,566
0.2%
Krishnan.R.
Independent
1,502
0.2%
Yogendran.M
Independent
1,431
0.2%
Ramamoorthy.R
Independent
1,235
0.1%
Prabaharan. P
LJP
1,100
0.1%
Daniya. P.
Independent
1,025
0.1%
Manivannan. S
Independent
937
0.1%
Venugopal. T.
Independent
872
0.1%
Kanagaraj. T
Independent
831
0.1%
Sharfudeen. M
Independent
718
0.1%
Veeramani.T
Independent
666
0.1%
Loganathan. S
SAP
662
0.1%
Manikandan.M
Independent
617
0.1%
Nachimuthu. V
Independent
612
0.1%
Arun. G
Independent
581
0.1%
Innasi. A
Independent
507
0.1%
Palanisamy. M
Independent
479
0.1%
Pandian. A
Independent
479
0.1%
Srinivasan. L
Independent
472
0.1%
Arulrajkumar. R
Independent
465
0.1%
Selvaraj. K
Independent
413
0.1%
Venkatachalam. Siva. Azha.
Independent
411
0.0%
Selvakumar. L.K.
Independent
406
0.0%
Amalraj.M
Independent
398
0.0%
Annadurai. V.M
Independent
355
0.0%
Senthilkumar. N.
Independent
295
0.0%
Vetrivel. R
Independent
222
0.0%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thambidurai,M.
AIADMK
540,722
51.6%
Chinnasamy, M.
DMK
345,475
33.0%
Krishnan, N.S.
DMDK
76,560
7.3%
Jothimani, S.
Indian National Congress
30,459
2.9%
None Of The Above
Independent
13,763
1.3%
Maruthaiveeran, V.
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,694
0.5%
Balasubramanian, G.
Independent
4,486
0.4%
Prakash, N.
Independent
4,280
0.4%
Chinnasamy, M.
Independent
3,719
0.4%
Selvaraj, S.
Independent
3,552
0.3%
Valaiyapathi, R.
Aam Aadmi Party
2,440
0.2%
Chinnasamy, V.
Independent
2,108
0.2%
Kannan, P.
Independent
1,436
0.1%
Gowrimani, S.
Independent
1,433
0.1%
Thamilalagan, A.
Independent
1,387
0.1%
Maneeshankar, M.G.
Revolutionary Socialist Party
1,276
0.1%
Maneeshankar, M.G.
Revolutionary Socialist Party
1,276
0.1%
Mahendran, T.
Independent
1,024
0.1%
Vigneshwaran, M.
Independent
981
0.1%
Murugesan, M.
Samajwadi Party
848
0.1%
Vijay, J.
Independent
847
0.1%
Manickavasagam, A.
Independent
831
0.1%
Saraswathy, K.
CPI(ML)RS
813
0.1%
Ravi, S.P.
Independent
732
0.1%
Kannan, S.
Independent
668
0.1%
Ravichandran, V.
UMK
563
0.1%
Murugaan, N.
Independent
437
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jothimani S
Indian National Congress
695,697
63.6%
Thambidurai M
AIADMK
275,151
25.2%
Karuppaiya R
NTK
38,543
3.5%
Thangavel P S N
Independent
31,139
2.8%
Hariharan Dr R
MNM
15,967
1.5%
Aadhikrishnan P
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,059
0.3%
Mahamuni A
Independent
2,867
0.3%
Karthikeyan B K
Independent
2,296
0.2%
Karthi P
Independent
2,175
0.2%
Ebeneezer S
Independent
1,950
0.2%
Karthikeyan M
Independent
1,585
0.1%
Sathishkumar S
Independent
1,526
0.1%
Ramachandran M
Independent
1,466
0.1%
Kanagaraj R T
Independent
1,300
0.1%
Noyyal Ramasamy M
TNIK
1,264
0.1%
Anbukani S
Independent
1,145
0.1%
Prabakaran T
Independent
1,129
0.1%
Muthukumar G
Independent
1,045
0.1%
Jothikumar J
DUUK
969
0.1%
Muthu K R P
Independent
920
0.1%
Pushpahenryraj S
Independent
887
0.1%
Saraswathi K
INCP
860
0.1%
Ulaganathan T
Independent
824
0.1%
Dasaprakash K
Independent
813
0.1%
Magudeeswaran K
Independent
720
0.1%
Ramamoorthy R
UMK
717
0.1%
Vigneshwaran P
Independent
700
0.1%
Selvaraj K
Independent
697
0.1%
Anbazhagan T
Independent
666
0.1%
Varadan M
Independent
639
0.1%
Palanivel P
Independent
549
0.1%
Ravi S P
Independent
512
0.0%
Prakash N
Independent
506
0.0%
Vinothkumar N
Independent
416
0.0%
Manoharan M
AMPK
414
0.0%
Joseph M A
DMSK
398
0.0%
Rajalingam M
Independent
397
0.0%
Nagajothi M
Independent
397
0.0%
Sivakumar V
Independent
378
0.0%
Babu G
Independent
313
0.0%
Pitchaimuthu T
Independent
296
0.0%
Rajesh Kannan K
Independent
270
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Karur has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), AIADMK, Trinamool Congress, DMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Karur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Jothimani S (Indian National Congress) won Karur, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 695,697 votes (63.6%), a margin of 420,546 votes over Thambidurai M.
Which parties have won Karur since 1971?
Since 1971, Karur has been won by: AIADMK, Congress (I), DMK, Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Karur?
The closest result on record for Karur was 1999, when AIADMK beat DMK by just 2,847 votes (0.4 percentage points).