Viralimalai Assembly constituency
One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India
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Viralimalai is a legislative assembly constituency of Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. It comes under Karur Lok Sabha constituency for Parliamentary elections. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.[1][2]
| Viralimalai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 179 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Pudukottai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Karur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 2,25,159 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Extent
- Illupur Taluk (except Komangalam village)
- Kulathur Taluk (part)
- Kumaramangalam, Mathur, Singathakuruchi, Sengalakkudi,
- Mandaiyur, Latchmanapatti, Mettupatti, Sivakamipuram,
- Thennathirayanpatti, Palandampatti, Kalamavur, Neerpalani,
- Amburapatti, Madayanaipatti, Suriyur, Perambur, Alangudi, Vilappatti,
- Vadugappatti, Melappuduvayal, Kolathur, Odukkur and Vemmani villages.
- Manaparai Taulk (part, Triuchirapalli district) Kavinaripatti, Puthakudi and Kappakudi villages.**
[**Although Kavinaripatti, Puthakudi and Kappakudi villages are in Triuchirapalli revenue district, they are physically and geographically located within the boundaries of 179- Viralimalai AC.][3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dr. C. Vijayabaskar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 105,773 | 51.87 |  1.06 | |
| TVK | Murugesan P. | 43,700 | 21.43 | New | |
| DMK | Chellapandiyan.K.K | 40,397 | 19.81 | 20.90 | |
| NTK | Sathyalakshmi.K | 9,467 | 4.64 |  1.00 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 375 | 0.18 | ||
| Turnout | 2,03,921 | 90.57 | 4.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,25,159 | 30 | |||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.06 |
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2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 102,179 | 52.93 | +3.24 | |
| DMK | Palaniappan | 78,581 | 40.71 | −4.03 | |
| NTK | P. Azhagu Meena | 7,035 | 3.64 | New | |
| AMMK | O. Karthi Prabhakaran | 1,228 | 0.64 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 23,598 | 12.22 | 7.27 | ||
| Turnout | 193,038 | 85.72 | 1.56 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 1168 | 0.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 225,189 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.24 | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 84,701 | 49.69 | −6.3 | |
| DMK | M. Palaniappan | 76,254 | 44.74 | +17.22 | |
| DMDK | R. Karthikeyan | 2,979 | 1.75 | New | |
| ETMK | N. Adaikalam | 1,089 | 0.64 | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 974 | 0.57 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,447 | 4.96 | −23.52 | ||
| Turnout | 170,448 | 84.16 | −1.86 | ||
| Registered electors | 202,517 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -6.30 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 77,285 | 55.99 | New | |
| DMK | S. Regupathy | 37,976 | 27.51 | New | |
| Independent | M. Palaniappan | 15,397 | 11.16 | New | |
| IJK | Y. Savarimuthu | 2,639 | 1.91 | New | |
| Independent | P. Alagu | 1,404 | 1.02 | New | |
| Independent | P. Raja | 1,403 | 1.02 | New | |
| Independent | Palaniappan (A) M. Puratchikavidasan | 1,144 | 0.83 | New | |
| Independent | M. Ramesh | 774 | 0.56 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,309 | 28.48 | |||
| Turnout | 138,022 | 86.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 160,449 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. S. Ilechezhiyan | 41,813 | 57.47 | +7.83 | |
| INC | A. Karuppiah Udayar | 30,274 | 41.61 | −1.58 | |
| Independent | A. Perumal | 670 | 0.92 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,539 | 15.86 | 9.41 | ||
| Turnout | 72,757 | 75.11 | 3.97 | ||
| Registered electors | 100,230 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 7.83 | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. S. Shanmugam | 30,288 | 49.63 | New | |
| INC | P. P. Gounder | 26,354 | 43.19 | New | |
| Independent | A. Perumal | 2,054 | 3.37 | New | |
| Independent | M. C. Gounder | 1,539 | 2.52 | New | |
| Independent | A. M. Ali | 787 | 1.29 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,934 | 6.45 | |||
| Turnout | 61,022 | 71.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 90,479 | ||||
| DMK win (new seat) | |||||