Virudhunagar | |
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Constituency No. 206 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Total electors | 2,24,099 |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
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 the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.[2][3]
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | V. V. Ramasami | Independent | |
1967 | P. Seenivasan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | A. R. R. Seenivasan | 73,297 | 45.77% | +3.06 | |
BJP | G. Pandurangan | 51,958 | 32.44% | +27.87 | |
NTK | V. R. Selvakumar | 14,311 | 8.94% | +7.33 | |
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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |
NTK | D. Akilan | 2,461 | 1.60% | 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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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% | |||
Turnout | 66,974 | 84.25% | |||
Registered electors | 82,606 | ||||
DMK win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 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) |