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]
Virudhunagar | |
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Constituency No. 206 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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 |
Madras State assembly
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | V. V. Ramasami | Independent | |
1967 | P. Seenivasan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu assembly
Election Results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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% |
2016
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 | |
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% |
2011
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% |
2006
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% |
2001
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% |
1996
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% |
1991
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% |
1989
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% |
1984
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% |
1980
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% |
1977
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% |
1971
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% |
1967
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% | |||
Turnout | 66,974 | 84.25% | |||
Registered electors | 82,606 | ||||
DMK win (new seat) |
1952
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 | 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) |
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