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Karur district · 4 seats · April 2026 election

Karur MLAs and 2026 election results

April 2026 Assembly election: DMK won 2 of Karur's 4 seats; AIADMK 1, TVK 1. By votes: DMK 33.1%, TVK 31.5%, AIADMK 30.1%. The same seats went DMK 4 in 2021.

DMK 2 AIADMK 1 TVK 1

Votes counted
7,96,355
Turnout
93.5%
Seats that changed party since 2021
2 of 4

Karur's 4 MLAs, elected April 2026

ACSeatMLA electedMarginRunner-upTurnout
134AravakurichiR. Elango DMK19,382TVK92.6%Booths
135KarurM. R. Vijayabhaskar AIADMKresigned 29 June 20261,821TVK94.3%Booths
136Krishnarayapuram (SC)M. Sathya TVK3,503AIADMK93.3%Booths
137KulithalaiSuriyanur A. Chandran DMK579TVK93.7%Booths

Karur's MLA resigned 29 June 2026.

Karur in numbers

Rank among the 38 districts, 1 is the highest; = means tied. Median is the median district. Turnout is the Election Commission's count of votes (postal votes included) as a share of electors.
MeasureKarurRankMedian
Seats4=25th6
Electors8,51,69033rd13,16,624
Turnout93.5%1st86.5%
Women among electors52.0%2nd51.1%
Median winning margin, votes2,66238th9,838
Seats that changed party since 20212 of 4=26th71%
NOTA share of votes0.29%32nd0.38%
Closest seatKulithalai, won by 579 votes
Biggest marginAravakurichi, won by 19,382

Vote share in Karur, 2026 against 2021

  • DMK33.1% 202651.5% 2021
  • TVK31.5% 2026— 2021
  • AIADMK30.1% 202630.4% 2021
  • NTK3.1% 20264.7% 2021
  • IND1.4% 20261.8% 2021

Share of the 7,96,355 votes counted in the district's seats in 2026 (ECI, postal votes and NOTA included) and of 7,62,782 in 2021 (ECI 2021 Detailed Results; allies who fought on a big party's symbol are counted with it). TVK did not contest in 2021.

Seats that changed party since 2021 (2 of 4)

What each seat is

  • AravakurichiAravakurichi (AC 134) is a rural taluk seat in southern Karur district on the dry plain between the Cauvery and the Amaravati.
  • KarurKarur is the headquarters town of Karur district (carved from Tiruchirappalli in 1995) and one of India's most globally connected textile-export hubs — bedsheets, table linens and home textiles from Karur's mills ship to half the world.
  • KrishnarayapuramKrishnarayapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved assembly seat in Karur district, covering the Cauvery-fed villages around Krishnarayapuram, Aravakurichi fringes and the western talukas of Karur.
  • KulithalaiKulithalai (AC 137) runs along the south bank of the Cauvery in eastern Karur district, a paddy-and-banana belt where the river bends past the Kadambar tributary and the Kabilarmalai hill.

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Page updated 2 October 2026

Sources: Election Commission of India, candidate-wise results declared 4 May 2026 (results.eci.gov.in); electors from the Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu; 2021: ECI statistical report, Detailed Results.

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