| Karaikal-South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| District | Karaikal |
| Constituency | Puducherry |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | A.M.H. Nazeem |
| Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Karaikal South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Karaikal South assembly constituency was part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | S. Savarirajan | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | Independent | |
| 1990 | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | A. V. Subramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | A. V. Subramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | A. V. Subramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | V. K. Ganapathy | Puducherry Munnetra Congress | |
| 2011 | A.M.H.Nazeem | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | K. A. U. Asana | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | A.M.H. Nazeem | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
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