Virudhunagar Assembly constituency

Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar
Constituency No. 206 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Established	1951
Total electors	200,618
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent P. Selvam
Party	TVK
Elected year	2026

Virudhunagar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Elections were not held in year 1957 and 1962. Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj, lost to P. Seenivasan in 1967 from Virudhunagar.^[1] It is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.^[2]^[3]

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StateTamil Nadu

DistrictVirudhunagar

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Year	Winner	Party
1952	V. V. Ramasami		Independent
1967	P. Seenivasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Year	Winner
1971	P. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Sundararajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Sundararajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. S. A. Arumugam	Janata Party
1989	R. Chokkar	Indian National Congress
1991	Sanjay Ramasamy	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1996	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Dhamodharan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	R. Varadarajan	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Pandiarajan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	P. Selvam	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			39.06%
2021			45.32%
2016			42.71%
2011			52.36%
2006			38.85%
2001			42.67%
1996			41.53%
1991			56.07%
1989			32.00%
1984			45.36%
1980			48.86%
1977			44.52%
1971			49.88%
1967			49.90%
1952			46.67%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	P. Selvam	63,653	39.06	*New*
	DMDK	Vijay Prabhakaran	54,110	33.19
	AIADMK	V. G. Ganesan	34,212	20.99
	NOTA	None of the above	954	0.59
Margin of victory			9,391	5.76
Turnout			163,049	82.10
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			198,616
	TVK gain from DMK		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	73,297	45.77%	+3.06
	BJP	G. Pandurangan	51,958	32.44%	+27.87
	AMMK	M. Thangaraj	10,783	6.73%	New
	SMK	N. Manimaran	5,054	3.16%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,570	0.98%	−0.87
	Independent	G. Gunasekaran	1,406	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			21,339	13.32%	11.45%
Turnout			160,147	71.46%	−2.15%
Rejected ballots			60	0.04%
Registered electors			224,099
	DMK hold		Swing	3.06%

Virudhunagar Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	65,499	42.71%	*New*
	AIADMK	K. Kalanithi	62,629	40.84%	New
	DMDK	M. Syed Kaja Shareef	10,127	6.60%	−45.75
	BJP	S. Kamatchi	7,013	4.57%	+2.24
	NOTA	NOTA	2,835	1.85%	New
Margin of victory			2,870	1.87%	−14.06%
Turnout			153,347	73.62%	−5.40%
Registered electors			208,304
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-9.65%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	K. Pandiarajan	70,441	52.36%	+40.41
	INC	T. Armstrong Naveen	49,003	36.42%	+0.73
	Independent	S. Karkuvel Mariselvam	5,652	4.20%	New
	BJP	S. Kamatchi	3,139	2.33%	−0.16
	Independent	K. V. Murugesan	1,571	1.17%	New
	Independent	S. Veera Perumal	1,093	0.81%	New
	BSP	M. Perumalsamy	715	0.53%	−4.26
Margin of victory			21,438	15.93%	12.78%
Turnout			134,537	79.01%	7.59%
Registered electors			170,268
	DMDK gain from MDMK		Swing	13.51%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	R. Varadarajan	50,629	38.85%	+26.16
	INC	S. Dhamodharan	46,522	35.69%	New
	DMDK	A. Subburaj	15,575	11.95%	New
	BSP	A. Selva Kumaresan	6,241	4.79%	New
	AIFB	A. Selvam	5,475	4.20%	New
	BJP	M. Eswaran	3,255	2.50%	New
	Independent	P. Ramar	1,294	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			4,107	3.15%	−0.32%
Turnout			130,333	71.43%	11.25%
Registered electors			182,473
	MDMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-3.82%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Dhamodharan	49,413	42.67%	*New*
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	45,396	39.20%	−2.33
	MDMK	R. Varatharajan	14,695	12.69%	−4.54
	Independent	M. Rajailango	2,595	2.24%	New
	JD(S)	A. S. A. Arumugam	1,090	0.94%	New
	Independent	P. S. A Umar Farook	1,040	0.90%	New
	Independent	M. G. Raja	620	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,017	3.47%	−17.18%
Turnout			115,815	60.18%	−6.86%
Registered electors			192,478
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	1.14%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	47,247	41.53%	*New*
	INC	G. Karikolraj	23,760	20.88%	New
	MDMK	B. Boopathirajaram	19,600	17.23%	New
	PMK	S. Velayutham	9,001	7.91%	New
	BJP	S. Manoharan	5,195	4.57%	New
	Independent	S. Bose Perumal	2,548	2.24%	New
	Independent	S. Baluchamy	1,989	1.75%	New
Margin of victory			23,487	20.64%	0.20%
Turnout			113,773	67.04%	6.05%
Registered electors			179,060
	DMK gain from INS(SCS)		Swing	-14.54%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	Sanjay Ramasamy	53,217	56.07%	*New*
	JD	G. Veerasamy	33,816	35.63%	*New*
	PMK	S. Mookiah	3,192	3.36%	New
	Independent	N. D. Murugah	657	0.69%	New
	Independent	S. V. P. R. Pandiarajan	571	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			19,401	20.44%	15.23%
Turnout			94,911	60.99%	−11.26%
Registered electors			164,459
	INS(SCS) gain from INC		Swing	24.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Chokkar	34,106	32.00%	*New*
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	28,548	26.78%	New
	AIADMK	N. Srinivasan	26,488	24.85%	−13.02
	Independent	G. Ganesan	10,599	9.94%	New
	Independent	P. Karuppasmay	1,317	1.24%	New
	Independent	V. Pugazhendhi	599	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			5,558	5.21%	−2.28%
Turnout			106,584	72.25%	−2.88%
Registered electors			150,275
	INC gain from JP		Swing	-13.36%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	42,852	45.36%	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	35,776	37.87%	−10.99
	Independent	K. Selvam	14,876	15.75%	New
	Independent	P. Panneerselvam	518	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			7,076	7.49%	−5.39%
Turnout			94,472	75.13%	7.06%
Registered electors			131,781
	JP gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.50%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	40,285	48.86%	+4.34
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	29,665	35.98%	+24.76
	JP	S. Balasubramanian	12,504	15.16%	New
Margin of victory			10,620	12.88%	−0.93%
Turnout			82,454	68.07%	7.64%
Registered electors			122,637
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.34%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	33,077	44.52%	*New*
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	22,820	30.71%	New
	DMK	K. S. Kandaswamy	8,331	11.21%	−38.67
	INC	S. Narvaneetha Krishnan	7,520	10.12%	New
	Independent	V. Chinniah	1,747	2.35%	New
	AIFB	A. Velu	803	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			10,257	13.81%	11.30%
Turnout			74,298	60.43%	−15.29%
Registered electors			124,439
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-5.36%

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Virudhunagar^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. V. Ramasami	22,811	46.67%	*New*
	INC	Sankarapandia Nadar	22,307	45.64%	New
	Independent	Doraswami Nadar	2,076	4.25%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Rangaswami Reddiar	1,684	3.45%	New
Margin of victory			504	1.03%
Turnout			48,878	75.97%
Registered electors			64,339
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	31,455	49.88%	−0.02
	SWA	V. Seenivasaga Naidu	29,878	47.38%	New
	Independent	K. M. Arunachalam	727	1.15%	New
	Independent	A. Seenivasan	712	1.13%	New
Margin of victory			1,577	2.50%	0.58%
Turnout			63,060	75.73%	−8.52%
Registered electors			87,783
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.02%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	33,421	49.90%	*New*
	INC	K. Kamaraj	32,136	47.98%	New
	Independent	R. Periakaruppan	838	1.25%	New
	Independent	K. P. Nadar	579	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			1,285	1.92%	New
Turnout			66,974	84.25%
Registered electors			82,606
	DMK win (new seat)