Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) Assembly Election Update

Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) Assembly By-Poll Election 2019

Ac No.	AC Name	Male	Female	Total	Accepted	Rejected	Withdrawal	Candidates
168	Thiruvarur	36	3	39	20	19	5	15

About Thiruvarur Assembly Constituency

Thiruvarur is constituency No. 168 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. This unreserved constituency is situated in the district that goes by the same name. It is part of Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency. The Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for scheduled castes.

According to the Election Commission of India, Thiruvarur has 2,09,530 registered voters. It comprises 1,04,961 male and 1,04,565 female registered voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the DMK got a resounding victory in this constituency. With a winning margin of 50,249 votes, it managed to retain the Thiruvarur seat for the fourth consecutive term. DMK patron M. Karunanidhi was the winning candidate bagging 1,09,014 votes. His nearest opponent, Rajendran M. of DMK, got 58,765 votes. The voter turnout was an impressive 82.69 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Thiruvarur Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Thiruvarur assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	142	Thiruvarur	GEN	Karunanidhi. M	M	DMK	109014	Rajendran. M	M	AIADMK	58765
1971	181	Thiruvarur	(SC)	Karunanithi M.	M	DMK	30828	Vedaiyan V.	M	NCO	18686
1967	181	Thiruvarur	(SC)	Dhanushkodi	M	CPM	30510	Vedaiyan	M	INC	27956