Candidates of AIADMK and DMK are locked in a straight fight in Karur, despite the presence of two other parties in the fray. The Karur Lok Sabha constituency was formed during 1957 elections. Karur Parliamentary constituency is spread across the districts of Tiruchy, Pudukottai and Dindugal.
It comprises six Assembly constituencies including Karur, Aravakurichi, Krishnarayapuram (Reserved) bound to Karur district, and encompasses Vedasandur of Dindugal, Manaparai of Tiruchy and Viralimalai of Pudukottai districts.
With the data available prior to the special voters enrolment campaign, so far, the constituency has 12,78,348 voters including 6,32,187 male men and 6,46,132 women.
According to the records 14 Lok Sabha were elections held in Karur, the representatives of Indian National Congress (INC) had been elected six times for Parliament during 1957, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1980 and 1984, five times, the AIADMK candidates were elected to the Lok Sabha five times in 1989, 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2009, while representatives of Swatantra Party, Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar) and DMK were elected in 1967, 1996 and 2004 respectively.
Karur district is located along the course of river Cauvery and river Amaravathi that gives the district a good prospect of farming activities. Besides, over 500 textile manufacturing and exporting firm are functioning approximately bringing forex of around `5,000 crore annually and the sector provides job opportunities for more than 50,000 families.
Aravakurichi segment has over 150 blue metal industries and quarries that cater to the demands of road laying industry. Vedasandur segment has more than 60 spinning mills employing thousands of unskilled and semi skilled workers. The economy is under the control of Gounder community in Karur and Aravakurichi. Besides, the constituency holds significant strength of various communities like Mutharayar, Dalit and Mudhaliyar.
AIADMK candidate M Thambidurai who has won from the seat in 1989, 1998 and 2009 is contesting for the fourth time. Chinnasami was a brought-up of AIADMK who had quit and attached himself with the DMK during 2010. He was elected to Assembly in 1980 and in 1991 and was elected to Parliament in 1999. DMDK, Congress and AAP are also in the fray.