Aruppukottai Assembly constituency

Aruppukottai
Aruppukottai
Constituency No. 207 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Established	1951
Total electors	207,750
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Party	DMK
Elected year	2026

Aruppukottai is a legislative assembly in Virudhunagar district, which includes the city, Aruppukkottai.^[1] It is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. This is the constituency, held by popular actor-turned politician, M. G. Ramachandran, when he first became Chief Minister in the 1977 assembly elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

Lok Sabha constituencyVirudhunagar

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The Chettiyar (all kinds - mostly chettiyar) community is the biggest community in this constituency with around 23% population.

The population of other communities are: 15% Devendrakula Velalar, 8% Naidus,6% kambalthu nayakkar,14% Saliyar, 5% Nadar, 10% Mutharaiyar, Maravar 6%, Agamudaiyar 2%, 5% Reddy, 2% Konar, 2% Pillaimar and muslims 2%.

In the 2021 MLA election, the DMK party's Reddy candidate K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran won, and became the minister of Revenue and Disaster Management.

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Election	Member
1952	Jayarama Reddiar	Indian National Congress
1957	M. D. Ramasami	Independent politician
1962	T. K. Sundaram	Indian National Congress
1967	S. S. Bharathi	Swatantra Party
1971	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi	All India Forward Bloc
1977	M. G. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Pitchai
1984	M. Pitchai
1989	V. Thangapandian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. G. Manimeghalai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	V. Thangapandian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998^	Thangam Thenarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. K. Sivasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Thangam Thenarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Vaigaichelvan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
2026


2026			36.49%
2021			53.18%
2016			49.41%
2011			51.15%
2006			44.88%
2001			46.07%
1996			43.70%
1991			58.91%
1989			45.59%
1984			45.32%
1980			53.67%
1977			56.23%
1971			56.67%
1967			54.68%
1962			54.54%
1957			55.13%
1952			48.27%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	65,104	36.49%	17.10
	TVK	Karthik Kumar. K	60,161	33.72%	New
	AIADMK	Sethupathy. S	37,190	20.84%	New
	PT	Ragupathi. K	2,179	1.22%	0.94
	AIPTMMK	Dharmaraj. P	1,147	0.64%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	692	0.39%	0.39
Margin of victory			4,943	2.77%	20.21
Turnout			178,698	85.84%	9.01
Total valid votes			178,413
Registered electors			208,168		6.99
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	91,040	53.59%	4.18
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	52,006	30.61%	7.85
	MNM	V. Umadevi	7,638	4.50%	New
	DMDK	R. Ramesh	2,532	1.49%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,323	0.78%	0.74
Margin of victory			39,034	22.98%	12.03
Turnout			171,961	76.83%	2.47
Total valid votes			169,878
Rejected ballots			208	0.12%	0.05
Registered electors			223,820		7.45
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	81,485	49.41%	5.36
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	63,431	38.46%	12.69
	CPI	S. Senthil Kumar	9,817	5.95%	New
	BJP	R. Vetrivel	3,223	1.95%	0.64
	NOTA	None of the above	2,509	1.52%	New
Margin of victory			18,054	10.95%	3.84
Turnout			165,182	79.30%	4.17
Total valid votes			164,909
Rejected ballots			273	0.17%	0.03
Registered electors			208,309		16.03
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.74

Aruppukottai Assembly constituency

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly election 2026

Assembly election 2021

Assembly election 2016

Assembly election 2011

Assembly election 2006

Assembly election 2001

Assembly by-election 1998

Assembly election 1996

Assembly election 1991

Assembly election 1989

Assembly election 1984

Assembly election 1980

Assembly election 1977

Assembly election 1971

Assembly election 1967

Assembly election 1962

Assembly election 1957

Assembly election 1952

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	76,546	51.15%	13.38
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	65,908	44.05%	0.83
	BJP	R. Vetrivel	1,966	1.31%	0.28
	Independent	Jegan	1,009	0.67%
Margin of victory			10,638	7.11%
Turnout			149,852	83.47%	11.76
Total valid votes			149,637
Rejected ballots			215	0.14%	0.14
Registered electors			179,531		11.02
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	52,002	44.88%	4.56
	AIADMK	K. Murugan	43,768	37.77%	New
	DMDK	A. Bharathi Thasan	13,836	11.94%	New
	AIFB	P. Krishna Ghandhi	2,234	1.93%	New
	BJP	E. Chella Durai Pandian	1,193	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			8,234	7.11%	1.36
Turnout			115,968	71.71%	9.38
Total valid votes			115,875
Registered electors			161,711		5.83
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. Sivasamy	49,307	46.07%	8.88
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	43,155	40.32%	1.24
	MDMK	R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram	10,558	9.86%	New
	Independent	Venkatesan. A	960	0.90%
	Independent	Rajagopalan. R	822	0.77%
	Independent	Regunathan. C	775	0.72%
Margin of victory			6,152	5.75%	3.85
Turnout			107,040	62.33%	3.54
Total valid votes			107,026
Rejected ballots			14	0.01%	6.59
Registered electors			171,719		2.66
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	40,223	39.08%	4.62
	AIADMK	V. S. Panchavarnam	38,272	37.19%	9.35
	PT	Manickam. P. T	12,484	12.13%	New
	Independent	Palaniswamy. K	9,525	9.26%
	INC	Chandran. K	1,329	1.29%	New
Margin of victory			1,951	1.90%	13.96
Turnout			110,183	65.87%	2.44
Total valid votes			102,914
Rejected ballots			7,269	6.60%	1.50
Registered electors			167,272		5.13
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	45,081	43.70%	5.38
	AIADMK	K. Sundarapandian	28,716	27.84%	New
	MDMK	R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram	16,987	16.47%	New
	Independent	K. Chinnakaruppan	9,565	9.27%
	AIIC(T)	V. Perumal	1,077	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			16,365	15.86%	4.73
Turnout			108,687	68.31%	4.94
Total valid votes			103,165
Rejected ballots			5,544	5.10%	1.71
Registered electors			159,117		0.71
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. G. Manimeghalai	56,985	58.91%	*New*
	DMK	R. M. Shanmuga Sundaram	37,066	38.32%	7.27
	PMK	C. Karuppiah	1,350	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			19,919	20.59%	4.86
Turnout			100,120	63.37%	7.39
Total valid votes			96,730
Rejected ballots			3,390	3.39%	1.62
Registered electors			157,995		11.28
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	44,990	45.59%	4.17
	AIADMK	V. S. Panchavarnam	29,467	29.86%	New
	INC	R. Chelliah	18,466	18.71%	New
	AIFB	A. R. Perumal	3,521	3.57%	New
Margin of victory			15,523	15.73%	11.82
Turnout			100,465	70.76%	3.40
Total valid votes			98,688
Rejected ballots			1,777	1.77%	2.56
Registered electors			141,982		14.59
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pitchai	39,839	45.32%	8.35
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	36,405	41.42%	2.47
	Independent	E. Pandiperumal	10,809	12.30%
Margin of victory			3,434	3.91%	10.82
Turnout			91,882	74.16%	5.44
Total valid votes			87,900
Rejected ballots			3,982	4.33%	3.04
Registered electors			123,905		5.92
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pitchai	42,589	53.67%	*New*
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	30,904	38.95%	31.88
	Independent	K. Karuppiah	4,742	5.98%
	Independent	K. Palani Kudumban	507	0.64%
Margin of victory			11,685	14.73%	23.63
Turnout			80,387	68.72%	0.19
Total valid votes			79,347
Rejected ballots			1,040	1.29%	0.15
Registered electors			116,985		3.74
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Ramachandran	43,065	56.23%	*New*
	JP	M. Muthuvel Servai	13,687	17.87%	New
	INC	A. Sivasamy	12,075	15.77%	New
	DMK	S. M. Bose	5,415	7.07%	New
	Independent	N. Seenivasan	645	0.84%
	Independent	G. Fitchai	550	0.72%
Margin of victory			29,378	38.36%	24.41
Turnout			77,701	68.91%	8.04
Total valid votes			76,582
Rejected ballots			1,119	1.44%	1.44
Registered electors			112,763		27.12
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	0.44

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Aruppukottai^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi	37,021	56.67%	*New*
	SWA	M. Veerasamy	27,908	42.72%	11.96
	Independent	S. Senthooranathan	403	0.62%
Margin of victory			9,113	13.95%	0.68
Turnout			68,259	76.95%	3.82
Total valid votes			65,332
Registered electors			88,706		9.70
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	1.99

1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Aruppukottai^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. S. Bharathi	34,153	54.68%	*New*
	INC	T. K. Sundarm	25,012	40.04%	14.50
	Independent	A. A. Naicker	984	1.58%
	Independent	S. Ramadoss	851	1.36%
	Independent	A. Sundararajan	633	1.01%
	Independent	T. Subramaniam	480	0.77%
Margin of victory			9,141	14.63%	3.88
Turnout			65,316	80.77%	0.55
Total valid votes			62,465
Registered electors			80,866		4.05
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	0.14

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Aruppukottai^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jayarama Reddiar	25,521	48.27%	*New*
	Independent	M. D. Ramasami	22,427	42.42%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Ethiraju	1,594	3.01%	New
	Independent	Kadambiah Chettiar	1,569	2.97%	New
	Independent	S. E. S. Somasundaram Chattiar	1,313	2.48%	New
	Independent	Swami Gounder	446	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			3,094	5.85%
Turnout			52,870	70.11%
Total valid votes			52,870
Registered electors			75,411
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Kadambavana Sundaram	35,597	54.54%	9.67
	AIFB	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi	28,583	43.80%	New
	Independent	N. C. Arumugam	1,084	1.66%
Margin of victory			7,014	10.75%	0.48
Turnout			67,613	80.22%	8.02
Total valid votes			65,264
Registered electors			84,282		5.62
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. D. Ramasami	31,765	55.13%
	INC	A. V. Thiruppathi	25,849	44.87%	3.40
Margin of victory			5,916	10.27%	4.42
Turnout			57,614	72.20%	2.09
Total valid votes			57,614
Registered electors			79,794		5.81
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	6.86