Karaikal South Assembly constituency

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
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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
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	A. V. Subramanian		Indian National Congress
2001	A. V. Subramanian		Indian National Congress
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

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			71.15%
2016			46.64%
2011			39.37%
2006			55.06%
2001			51.39%
1996			57.48%
1991			61.10%
1990			56.32%
1985			46.73%
1980			64.40%
1977			47.36%
1974			46.80%
1969			50.91%
1964			50.70%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem	17,401	71.15	24.60
	AIADMK	K. A. U. Assana Marecar	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

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South

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

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South

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

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[2]

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

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[3]

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

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[4]

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

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[5]

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

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[6]

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

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[7]

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

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[8]

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

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[9]

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

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[10]

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

Assembly Election 1969

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

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Karaikal South^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar	2,491	50.70
	INC	Ramassamy Pillai	2,422	49.30
Margin of victory			69	1.40
Turnout			4,913	79.16
Registered electors			6,320
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Karaikal district

References

• "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

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