I. Karunanithi

I. Karunanithi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Preceded by	S. Rajendran
Succeeded by	P. Dhansingh
Constituency	Pallavaram
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

I. Karunanithi is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Pallavaram as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.[1][2]

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	126,427	47.50%	+2.56
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	88,644	33.30%	−2.82
	MNM	Senthil Arumugam	20,774	7.80%	New
	NTK	Minishree Kanagaraj	21,522	8.09%	+6.3
	NOTA	NOTA	1,945	0.73%	−1.59
	DMDK	Murugesan	3,719	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			37,783	14.19%	5.37%
Turnout			266,190	61.03%	−0.72%
Rejected ballots			618	0.23%
Registered electors			436,175
	DMK hold		Swing	2.56%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	112,891	44.94%	+0.91
	AIADMK	C. R. Saraswathi	90,726	36.12%	−16.58
	MDMK	C. Veeralakshmi	14,083	5.61%	New
	BJP	Dr. Gopi Ayyaswamy	11,781	4.69%	New
	PMK	R. Venkatesan	9,339	3.72%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	5,823	2.32%	New
	NTK	P. Srinivasa Kumar	4,488	1.79%	New
Margin of victory			22,165	8.82%	0.16%
Turnout			251,204	61.75%	−10.45%
Registered electors			406,839
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.76%

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
2. "Pallavaram Election Result". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
3. "Pallavaram Election Result". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
4. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.