Kariapatti Assembly constituency

Kariapatti
Kariapatti
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Established	1967
Abolished	1976
Total electors	94,337
Reservation	None

Kariapatti was former state assembly constituency in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. It existed from 1967 to 1971.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. R. Perumal		All India Forward Bloc
1967	A. R. Perumal		Swatantra Party

Vote share of Winning candidates

1971			51.33%
1967			45.09%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kariapatti^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	A. R. Perumal	31,499	51.33%
	INC	Muthuvel Serval M.	22,175	36.14%	−7.18%
	Independent	David Ramasamy S.	7,096	11.56%
	Independent	Meyya Thevar V.	590	0.96%
Margin of victory			9,324	15.20%	13.43%
Turnout			61,360	67.56%	−5.80%
Registered electors			94,337
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	6.24%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kariapatti^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SWA	A. R. Perumal	28,484	45.09%
	INC	P. M. Baskaran	27,366	43.32%
	Independent	K. K. Thevar	7,316	11.58%
Margin of victory			1,118	1.77%
Turnout			63,166	73.37%
Registered electors			89,931
	SWA win (new seat)

^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 Oct 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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