Karunanidhi : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Karunanidhi contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2019 for Lok Sabha from Thoothukkudi

WON against Tamilisai Soundararajan

with 57% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi	DMK	563,143
Tamilisai Soundararajan	BJP	215,934
Bhuvaneswaran, M.	IND	76,866
Christantine Rajasekar, S.	NTK	49,222
Pon Kumaran, T.P.S.	MNM	25,702
Nota	NOTA	9,234
Subhashini Mallathi, R.C.	IND	8,109
Sivaneswaran, J.	IND	5,252
Sankaralingam, M.	IND	3,029
Siva, V.	BSP	2,927
Maharajan, M.	PSPL	2,922
Gabriel James Fernando	PPIS	2,549
Rajakumar Naidu, E.V.S.	TTNP	2,516
Guru, K.	IND	2,276
Saravanan, G.	IND	2,135
Amalan Rajiv Bonifas	IND	2,005
Rajalingam, M.	IND	1,866
Bala Murugan, P.	IND	1,699
Ramakrishnan, P.	IND	1,671
Ganesan, M.	IND	1,453
Selvin, B.	IND	929
Anto Hillery, M.	IND	924
Jaya Ganesh, D.	NIDP	908
Er.Pradeep Ganesan, M.P.	IND	887
Rajkumar Poliah	UBM	689
Ramesh, A.	IND	669
Sunman, V.	IND	615
Ponraj, S.	IND	560
Germanus, S.	CDF	494
Ravi Sankar, J.	IND	487
Jeyaraj, A.	IND	477
Senai Natarajan, R.	IND	474
Rama Krishnan, M.	IND	473
Lourdes, S.	IND	460
Ponnusamy, M.	IND	436
Jasper Gnana Martin, G.	IND	436
Marakatha Raghava Raj, T.	IND	428
James, G.	IND	407

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Thiruvarur

WON against Pannerselvam R

with 62% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi M	DMK	121,473
Pannerselvam R	ADMK	53,107
Masilamani P S	CPI	13,158
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,177
Sivakumar R	PMK	1,787
Chandrasekar Thendral	NTK	1,427
Rengadass N	BJP	1,254
Padmanaban M	BSP	591
Meenachi Sundaram V	IND	481
Saravanan S	IND	349
Ganasan S	TMMK	281
Rajendran S	IND	200
Pannerselvam Anr	IND	198
Devakumar D	IND	148
Subash Babu M	AUK	92
Selvaraj T	IND	72

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar

LOST against Sivakumar P @ Thayagam Kavi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sivakumar P @ Thayagam Kavi	DMK	61,744
Neelakandan V	ADMK	58,422
Suganthi	CPM	5,702
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,685
Vanithamani D	PMK	2,056
Gowri	NTK	1,831
Pushparaj	SDPI	925
Chandrasekar	IJK	482
Sathish S	BSP	468
Neelakandan G	IND	328
Karunanidhi K	IND	224
Yuvaraj V	SHS	201
Sheela Baskaran	IND	171
Nageshrao R	RPI(A)	165
Prabhakaran K	MKAT	157
Puvinthan S	IND	144
Suresh Babu S	IND	135
Vasanthakumar M	IND	134
Venugopal S	IND	127
Sulochana S	YSP	110
Sundar	IND	96
Kolanji	IND	91
Moorhi G	IND	52

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar

LOST against Neelakandan. V

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Neelakandan. V	ADMK	72,887
Natesan .C. Dr.	INC	43,546
Karunanidhi. E	BJP	3,561
Ajitha	IJK	756
Sakthivel. C	BSP	630
Sheela Baskaran.B	IND	518
Silambarasan. R	IND	407
Sivakumar. P. R	IND	272
Prabhakaran. K	IND	235
Kolanchi .M	IND	231
Selvakumar.G	IND	212
Renukumar .S.E	LJP	151
Kalaivanan .P	IND	124
Sankar .T	IND	106
Gopalakrishnan. A	IND	100
Govindaraju. S	IND	71

2011 for Vidhan Sabha from Thiruvarur

WON against Rajendran. M

with 63% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi. M	DMK	109,014
Rajendran. M	ADMK	58,765
Sriramachandran Pn	IND	1,741
Pingalan R	BJP	1,263
Mutharasan. S	IND	737
Rameshkumar . R	IJK	357
Ramasami @ Traffic	IND	351
Siva Elango	MSK	281
Thoothaiselvam. M	IND	255
Jayaraman. T	BSP	189
Anbazhagan T	IND	111
Anandaraj. S	IND	95

2009 for Lok Sabha from Virudhunagar

LOST against Manicka Tagore

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Manicka Tagore	INC	307,187
Vaiko	MDMK	291,423
Pandiarajan K	DMDK	125,229
Karthik M	BJP	17,336
Kanagaraj V	BSP	8,198
Jawaharlal S.L	IND	3,112
Dhanushkodi M	IND	3,019
Padmanaban N	IND	2,313
Nambusamy P	IND	1,887
Kannan S	IND	1,810
Vijayan S	IND	1,486
Karunanidhi A	IND	1,219
Selvam D	IND	919
Sivakumar M.A	IND	891
Sethuraj J	IND	869
Sivanmani P	IND	755

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Chepauk

LOST against Karunanidhi M.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi M.	DMK	34,188
Dawoon Miakhan	IND	25,662
Narayanasamy B.	DMDK	3,681
Sivanesan R.N.	BJP	1,124
Elanthirumaran	LKPT	669
Mohamed Meera A.	IND	349
Mia Khan	IND	272
Subramani N.	IND	238
Karunanidhi M.	IND	223
Dalit Kudimahan T.D.K.	BSP	105
Sai Ganesh	IND	102
Padmarajan Dr. K.	IND	91
Jaffar Ali A	IND	88
Balaji Venkateswaran	IND	69
Balaji B.	RLD	51
Raghuraman	IND	44
Ameedius G.	IND	35
Sathyavelu M.	IND	34
Venugopal D.V.	IND	30
Subbiah J.	IND	27

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Chepauk

WON against Dawoon Miakhan

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi M.	DMK	34,188
Dawoon Miakhan	IND	25,662
Narayanasamy B.	DMDK	3,681
Sivanesan R.N.	BJP	1,124
Elanthirumaran	LKPT	669
Mohamed Meera A.	IND	349
Mia Khan	IND	272
Subramani N.	IND	238
Karunanidhi M.	IND	223
Dalit Kudimahan T.D.K.	BSP	105
Sai Ganesh	IND	102
Padmarajan Dr. K.	IND	91
Jaffar Ali A	IND	88
Balaji Venkateswaran	IND	69
Balaji B.	RLD	51
Raghuraman	IND	44
Ameedius G.	IND	35
Sathyavelu M.	IND	34
Venugopal D.V.	IND	30
Subbiah J.	IND	27

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Chepauk

WON against Damodharan R

with 52% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi M	DMK	29,836
Damodharan R	INC	25,002
Tamilmaravan	MDMK	1,395
Venugopal D	IND	450
Raja S.J.	APMK	247
Selvaraj T.R	IND	164
Syed Rahammedhullah	IND	159
Murthy M	IND	82
Gururajan G	IND	72
Sreenivasan M	IND	70

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Attur

LOST against Murugesan.A.K.

with 36% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Murugesan.A.K.	ADMK	64,936
Karunanidhi .Mu.Ra.	DMK	40,191
Ravikumar.P	IND	1,893
Gopalraj .V	MDMK	1,407
Angamuthu.V.	IND	1,290
Natarajan.K	IND	1,033
Murugesan.K	IND	463
Thangavel.V.	IND	412
Annadurai.N	IND	258
Alaguvel.S	IND	217
Annamalai.A	IND	144

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Andimadam

LOST against Rajendiran @ Deeran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajendiran @ Deeran	PMK	49,853
Sivasubramaniyan	DMK	36,451
Arthur Hellar	INC	13,779
Ramalingam	MDMK	3,526
Arumugham	IND	567
Karunanidhi	IND	257
Marimuthu	IND	179
Gopal	IND	140
Annadurai	IND	125
Rajendiran	IND	118

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Melmalayanur

LOST against Gnanasekar A.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gnanasekar A.	DMK	50,905
Dharmarasan	INC	22,491
Murthi A.	PMK	21,634
Panchatcharan R.	MDMK	10,451
Karunanidhi E.	IND	1,206
Thangavol P.	IND	1,158
Subramania Gounder K.	IND	1,004
Sankar N.	IND	389
Maninaran S.	JP	379
Ravichandran G.	IND	369
Koothan M.A.	IND	353
Subramania Kuppu	IND	242
Rajagopal T.	IND	200
Pachaiyappan R.	SAP	193
Kesavan C.	IND	182
Perumal E.	IND	152
Anthonysamy B.L.	IND	131

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Cuddalore

LOST against E. Pugazhendhi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
E. Pugazhendhi	DMK	74,480
K.V. Rajendiran	INC	25,853
N. Varatharajan	AIIC(T)	9,552
S. Padmanaban	MDMK	6,925
S. Varatharajan	BJP	848
Karunanidhi @ Kalaignar	IND	379
K. Chokkalinga Achari	IND	258
K. Ganapathy Kurukkal	IND	175
A. Manickavasagam	IND	153
K. Munusamy	IND	142
C. Arul	IND	132
S. Ramasamy	IND	113
P. Kaliyaperumal	IND	112
V. Selvaraj	IND	98
Nagoor Tanis @ Nagoor Kani	IND	87
P. Selvam	IND	76
V. Nagappan	IND	70
S.C. Soundararajan	IND	70
M.P. Rajamanickam	IND	43
A. Sridaran	IND	40

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Harbour

WON against Suppu K.

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karunanidhi M.	DMK	30,932
Suppu K.	INC	30,042
Sukumar M.T.	BJP	1,763
Balasubramaniam M.S.	JP	148
Hameem	IND	122
Seeni Mohamed K.	IND	98
Babu S.	IND	69
Kuppusamy P.	IND	54
Jalaludeen M.	IND	52
Pandian M.	IND	47
Veerappa Gounder V.T.R.	IND	40
Rajamannar P.V.	IND	35
Purushothaman R.	IND	33
Kuppan P.	IND	31
Syed Ibrahim	IND	29
Lakshimpathy C.	IND	25
Koteeswaran P.V.	IND	18
Annamalai S.	IND	16
Panneerselvam M.	IND	10

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Pennagaram

LOST against Nanjappan N.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nanjappan N.	IND	15,498
Srinivasan P.	ADK(JL)	14,555
Rajarathanam M.	ADK(JR)	9,808
Kumaran S.	JNP	9,209
Rajamanikkam R.	IND	8,877
Lakshmanan M.	IND	7,364
Chandiran V.	IND	2,571
Gunalan. S.K.G.	IND	2,431
Kannan A.	IND	660
Karunanidhi C.	IND	628
Samraj P.	IND	550
Anbalakan T.C.	IND	431
Gnanakannan T.G.	IND	290
Sreenivasan V.K.	IND	270
Muniappan K.M.	IND	189
Sozhaventhan V.	IND	137

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Saidapet

LOST against R.S. Sridhar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R.S. Sridhar	DMK	57,767
Saidai S. Durasmay	ADK(JR)	25,178
S.M. Krishnan	INC	18,551
V.J.M. Charles	ADK(JL)	16,912
K. Panchatcharam	IND	947
Sadai V. Muthu	IND	919
K. Ramachandran (Madhavai)	IND	577
C. Umapathi	IND	233
V. Pachaiappa Naiker	IND	231
M.S. Arumani	IND	148
Ekkai A. Munusamy	IND	136
B Madhavan	IND	128
P. Arumugham	IND	114
R.S. Pandian (Sendur Pandian)	IND	88
G.S. Baskaran	IND	80
Mahaveerchand Bora	IND	78
E. Munusamy	IND	75
Saidai E. Manickam	IND	75
K. Veeramani	IND	69
S. Jagadeesan	IND	68
K. Damodaran (Mambalam)	IND	63
N.P. Sadagopan	IND	56
A.V. Gopal	IND	53
Vimala Krishnamoorthy	IND	51
J. Boominathan	IND	47
E. Karunanidhi	IND	45
R. Muthu Krishnan	IND	34
V.P.R. Ramesh	IND	32
M. Gnanapandithan	IND	29

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Harbour

WON against K.A. Wahab

with 60% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Karunanidhi	DMK	41,632
K.A. Wahab	MUL	9,641
C.P. Pattabira-Man	ADK(JL)	8,086
Thuraimugam Khaja Mohideen	ADK(JR)	7,055
J. Madanagopal Rao	BJP	1,752
M.S. Balasubramaniam	IND	401
A. Sayed Mohamed Gani	IND	225
Kader Ali	IND	120
Srinivasan	IND	104
Ramachandran	IND	65
Ranganathan	IND	64
A. Sarbuddin	IND	61
P.K. Sudersanam	IND	53
B. Rajendran	IND	47
A. Sait Mohamed	IND	45
Lingam	IND	41
A. Sadullah	IND	35
V.T.R. Veerappagunder	IND	34
M. Suseela	IND	31
B.M. Nagarathinam	IND	31
A. Jayaraman	IND	31
B.G. Lakshimipathy	IND	30
J. Jayanathan	IND	30
G.R. Balasudaram	IND	28
A. Vasudevan	IND	15
T.R. Venkatesan	IND	12

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Thousand Lights

LOST against Krishnasamy K. A.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Krishnasamy K. A.	ADMK	46,246
Stalin M. K.	DMK	43,954
Seppan A.	IND	854
Parathasarthy N.D.	IND	199
Karunanidhi E.	IND	198
Syed Yaseen	IND	152
Alagarsamy A. T. S.	IND	146
Muddu Rangan V.	IND	82

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Omalur

LOST against M. Sivaperumal

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Sivaperumal	ADMK	26,342
M. Govindan	JNP	13,824
C. Marimuthu	DMK	11,139
S. Kuppuswami	CPI	8,263
O. K. Karunanidhi	IND	1,796
S. Andiyappan	IND	335

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Anna Nagar

WON against G. Krishnamurthy

with 50% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Karunanidhi	DMK	43,076
G. Krishnamurthy	ADMK	26,638
T. Andiappan	JNP	10,419
R. Jayachandran	INC	5,258
K. George Mathew	IND	262
V.N. Bajpai	HMS	162
Abdul Azeez	IND	86
K. Jayaraman	IND	73

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Saidapet

WON against N Kamalingam

with 54% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M Karunanidhi	DMK	63,334
N Kamalingam	NCO	50,823
R M Annamlai R M	IND	1,034
S Krishnamurthy	IND	943
M K Parasuram Prabhu	IND	156

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Saidapet

WON against S. G. Vinayagamurthi

with 61% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Karunanidhi	DMK	53,401
S. G. Vinayagamurthi	INC	32,919
D. Saradambal	IND	665
M. Parasuram	IND	327
M. Venugopal	IND	290