Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Karur #26GEN
Won
Thambithurai, M.
AIADM All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMargin
2,38,751 31.9 pp
votes
over Palanisamy. K.C. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,50,778
Votes polled7,48,242
Turnout71.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.24 L49.8% of electorate
Female electors5.27 L50.2% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,006females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thambithurai, M. | AIADM | 4,84,492 | 64.80% | |
| 2 | Palanisamy. K.C. | DMK | 2,45,741 | 32.80% | |
| 3 | Sakthivel, M | PMK | 3,679 | 0.50% | |
| 4 | Subburathinam, T. | IND | 1,885 | 0.30% | |
| 5 | Mahoharah, M.V. | TMM | 1,510 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | Karthikeyan ,t. | IND | 444 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Ramachandran, M | IND | 441 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Appavoo, M. | IND | 404 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,646, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 738,596 · NOTA n/a · published 748,242 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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- 2026-09-12