I. Karunanithi
# I. Karunanithi

I. Karunanithi is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Pallavaram as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.

## Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pallavaram :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | DMK | I. Karunanithi | 126,427 | 47.50% | +2.56 |
| | AIADMK | S. Rajendran | 88,644 | 33.30% | -2.82 |
| | MNM | Senthil Arumugam | 20,774 | 7.80% | New |
| | NTK | Minishree Kanagaraj | 21,522 | 8.09% | +6.3 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1,945 | 0.73% | -1.59 |
| | DMDK | Murugesan | 3,719 | 1.40% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,783 | 14.19% | 5.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 266,190 | 61.03% | -0.72% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 618 | 0.23% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 436,175 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.56% | |

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pallavaram :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | DMK | I. Karunanithi | 112,891 | 44.94% | +0.91 |
| | AIADMK | C. R. Saraswathi | 90,726 | 36.12% | -16.58 |
| | MDMK | C. Veeralakshmi | 14,083 | 5.61% | New |
| | BJP | Dr. Gopi Ayyaswamy | 11,781 | 4.69% | New |
| | PMK | R. Venkatesan | 9,339 | 3.72% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 5,823 | 2.32% | New |
| | NTK | P. Srinivasa Kumar | 4,488 | 1.79% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,165 | 8.82% | 0.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 251,204 | 61.75% | -10.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 406,839 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.76% | |
