Karur
Karur has no sitting MLA. M. R. Vijayabhaskar (ADMK), elected here in 2026, vacated the seat on 29 June 2026 after moving to TVK.
No by-election date is recorded yet.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 M. R. Vijayabhaskar won with 33.0% of the vote, 1,821 votes ahead of V. P. Mathiyalagan (TVK).
Karur is also the name of the district and the town: 216 mentions from 20 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Karur
- Area
- about 215 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 84.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aravakurichi · Krishnarayapuram · Musiri · Namakkal · Paramathi Velur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK M. R. Vijayabhaskar | 71,542 · 33.0% | TVK V. P. Mathiyalagan | 69,721 · 32.1% | 1,821 (0.8 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK V. Senthilbalaji | 101,757 · 49.1% | ADMK M. R. Vijayabhaskar | 89,309 · 43.1% | 12,448 (6.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Vijayabhaskar .M.R | 81,936 · 43.9% | INC Subramanian .Bank .K | 81,495 · 43.6% | 441 (0.2 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK V. Senthil Balaji | 99,738 · 61.2% | INC Jothimani | 55,593 · 34.1% | 44,145 (27.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Karur (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 6 July (904 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
1,799 mentions of Karur since 1 June 2026 from 44 outlets, including news about the district and the town.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Karur district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Karur district
Karur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aravakurichi | DMK | 10.7 | 0 |
| Karur | ADMK | 0.8 | 216† |
| Krishnarayapuram | TVK | 1.8 | 1 |
| Kulithalai | DMK | 0.3 | 6 |
† Karur is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Karur (also the district's name)
- அரிசி பாலிஸ் போட்டு விற்பனை; கரூர் பாணியில் ஓட்டம் - உதயநிதி விமர்சனம்!Tamil originalPuthiya Thalaimurai
- விராலிமலை, கரூர், திருச்சி கிழக்கு தொகுதிகளில் தேர்தல் பணிகளை தொடங்கிய த.வெ.க.வினர்Maalaimalar
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.