Kulithalai (state assembly constituency)

Kulithalai is a state assembly constituency in Karur district in Tamil Nadu. Most successful party : DMK (7 times)

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	M. Karunanidhi		Independent
1962	V. Ramanathan		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Kandaswamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Kandasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. E. Srinivasa Reddiar		Indian National Congress
1980	R. Karuppiah		Communist Party of India
1984	P. Musiri Puppnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. Pappa Sundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Selvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Pappasundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Manikam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Pappasundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	E. Ramar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramar	89,923	48.85
	AIADMK	N. R. Chandrasekhar	78,027	42.39
	DMDK	Jamuna Thangavel	6726	3.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1,906	1.06
	NTK	Seeni Prakasu	1,643	0.89
Majority			11,896	6.46
Turnout			1,84,135	88.16
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kulithalai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Pappa Sundaram	87,459	54.78
	DMK	Manickam R	64,986	40.70
	BJP	Dhanasekaran A	2,200	1.38
	IND	Chinnasami K V	1,670	1.05
	IJK	Prakashkanna R	1,344	0.84
Majority			22,473	14.08
Turnout			1,59,718	88.83
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.