Kulithalai
Kulithalai — DMK's Suriyanur Chandran holds Kulithalai by just 579 votes
A. Suriyanur Chandran of DMK has retained Kulithalai by a razor-thin 579 votes against TVK's G. Balasubramani, one of the closest finishes in the state. The seat has flipped between DMK and AIADMK historically: DMK's E. Ramar won by 11,896 votes in 2016, and DMK's R. Manickam took it by 23,540 votes over AIADMK's N.R. Chandrasekar in 2021.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURIYANUR. A. CHANDRAN | DMK | 68,138 | 32.90% |
| 2 | G.BALASUBRAMANI | TVK | 67,559 | 32.62% |
| 3 | S.KARUNAKARAN | AIADMK | 60,317 | 29.13% |
| 4 | SELVA.NANMAARAN | NTK | 7,978 | 3.85% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 612 | 0.30% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURIYANUR. A. CHANDRAN | DMK | 934 | 67,204 | 68,138 |
| 2 | S.KARUNAKARAN | AIADMK | 526 | 59,791 | 60,317 |
| 3 | G.BALASUBRAMANI | TVK | 397 | 67,162 | 67,559 |
| 4 | SELVA.NANMAARAN | NTK | 108 | 7,870 | 7,978 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 10 | 602 | 612 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Manickam (DMK) and Pappa Sundaram (AIADMK) traded the seat 2006 → 2011, then DMK (Ramar 2016, Manickam 2021, Suriyanur Chandran 2026) has held it for three straight cycles.
About Kulithalai
Kulithalai — 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. The town's Kadambavaneswarar temple is a Tevaram padal-petra-sthalam, sung by the Saiva Nayanmars. Twenty km east, the Nerur samadhi of Sadasiva Brahmendra — the 18th-century Advaitin saint and composer of 'Pibare Rama Rasam' — draws Carnatic pilgrims year-round. The Mukkombu / Upper Anicut, the colonial-era weir that splits the Cauvery from the Kollidam, sits at the seat's eastern edge near Trichy. Sugarcane and turmeric on the plain, granite quarries on the Kabilarmalai slope.
Kulithalai & the Cauvery bend
Kulithalai is a quiet stretch of the Cauvery — start at Kadambavaneswarar, a Nayanmar-sung Shiva shrine in the old town, then drive to Nerur for Sadasiva Brahmendra's samadhi and a sit-down with the bhajan singers. Climb a short way up Kabilarmalai for Sangam-era inscriptions, or carry on east to the Mukkombu Upper Anicut for monsoon-season Cauvery views and Trichy-style kola urundai.
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