Aruppukottai Assembly constituency

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.

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	223,820
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

The Chettiyar (all kinds - mostly Devanger) community is the biggest community in this constituency with around 13% population.

The population of other communities are: 15% Devendrakula Velalar, 15% all kinds of Naidus, 14% Saliyar, 10% Nadar, 10% Mutharaiyar, 8% Mukkulathor (Mostly Maravar and Agamudaiyar), 8% Reddy, 3% Konar, 3% Pillaimar and 3% Muslims.

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.

History

Until the 2006 election, Aruppukottai Assembly constituency was part of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Since the 2006 election, it has been part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Jayarama Reddiar		Indian National Congress
1957	M. D. Ramasami		Independent
1962	T. Kadambavana Sundaram		Indian National Congress
1967	S. S. Bharathi		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-1977	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi		All India Forward Bloc
Sixth	1977-1980	M. G. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984	M. Pitchai
Eighth	1984-1989
Ninth	1989-1991	V. Thangapandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	V. G. Manimeghalai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-1998	V. Thangapandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	1998-2001	Thangam Thenarasu
Twelfth	2001-2006	K. K. Sivasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	Thangam Thennarusu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Vaigaichelvan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
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%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	91,040	53.18%
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	52,006	30.38%
	NTK	Uma	12,392	7.24%	New
	MNM	V. Umadevi	7,638	4.46%	New
	DMDK	R. Ramesh	2,532	1.48%
	NOTA	Nota	1,323	0.77%
Margin of victory			39,034	22.80%	11.85%
Turnout			171,201	76.49%	−2.68%
Registered electors			223,820
	DMK hold		Swing	3.77%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	81,485	49.41%
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	63,431	38.46%
	CPI	Senthil Kumar. S	9,817	5.95%
	BJP	Vetrivel. R	3,223	1.95%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,509	1.52%
	NTK	Nagendran.	1,404	0.85%	New
	PMK	Aravindkumar. D	817	0.50%	New
	Independent	Lingappandi. P.	699	0.42%	New
	BSP	Sundarraj. I	388	0.24%	New
	Independent	Muthumariappan. M.	262	0.16%	New
	Independent	Vijayakumar. G.	225	0.14%	New
Margin of victory			18,054	10.95%	3.84%
Turnout			164,909	79.17%	−4.18%
Registered electors			208,309
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.74%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vaigaichelvan	76,546	51.15%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	65,908	44.05%
	BJP	Vetrivel. R	1,966	1.31%
	Independent	Jegan	1,009	0.67%	New
	Independent	Nagarajan. K	747	0.50%	New
	Independent	Kalaiselvan. S	696	0.47%	New
	BSP	Kandasamy. K	640	0.43%	New
	Independent	Murugan. R	445	0.30%	New
	Independent	Perumalsamy. S	378	0.25%	New
	Independent	Sivasubramanian. M	325	0.22%	New
	Independent	Ganesan. P	230	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			10,638	7.11%	0.00%
Turnout			179,531	83.35%	11.69%
Registered electors			149,637
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.28%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	52,002	44.88%
	AIADMK	Murugan. K	43,768	37.77%
	DMDK	Bharathi Thasan. A	13,836	11.94%
	AIFB	Krishna Ghandhi. P.	2,234	1.93%
	BJP	Chella Durai Pandian. E	1,193	1.03%
	Independent	Mannan. K	665	0.57%	New
	Independent	Maruthupandi. R	472	0.41%	New
	Independent	Samyraj. A	461	0.40%	New
	Independent	Periyasamy. A.	370	0.32%	New
	Independent	Karuppaiah. V.	325	0.28%	New
	Independent	Kanniah Thevar. M	295	0.25%	New
Margin of victory			8,234	7.11%	1.36%
Turnout			115,875	71.66%	9.32%
Registered electors			161,711
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.19%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. Sivasamy	49,307	46.07%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	43,155	40.32%
	MDMK	Shanmuga Sundaram R. M.	10,558	9.86%
	Independent	Venkatesan A	960	0.90%
	Independent	Rajagopalan R	822	0.77%
	Independent	Regunathan C	775	0.72%
	Independent	Murugan S	622	0.58%
	Independent	Murugan R	255	0.24%
	Independent	Shanmugavel K	162	0.15%
	Independent	Periasamy A	157	0.15%
	Independent	Subramanian R	141	0.13%
Margin of victory			6,152	5.75%	−10.11%
Turnout			107,026	62.33%	−5.97%
Registered electors			171,719
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.37%

1997-1998 by-election

1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thenarasu	40,223	36.5%
	AIADMK	V.S. Panchavarnam	38,272	89.40
	PT	P.T. Manickam	12,484	11.3%
	Independent	K. Palaniswamy	9,525	8.6%
	INC	K. Chandran	1,329	1.2%
Majority			1,951	1.8%
Turnout			110,183	65.9%
	DMK hold		Swing

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	45,081	43.70%
	AIADMK	Sundarapandian. K.	28,716	27.84%
	MDMK	Shanmugasundaram. R. M.	16,987	16.47%
	Independent	Chinnakaruppan. K.	9,565	9.27%
	AIIC(T)	Perumal. V.	1,077	1.04%
	Independent	Sivasamy. S.	260	0.25%
	Independent	Kanthirajan. K. S.	201	0.19%
	Independent	Periasamy Pannai. S.	148	0.14%
	Independent	Athimoolam. V.	146	0.14%
	Independent	Veeran. A. K.	132	0.13%
	Independent	Sundarasu. T	116	0.11%
Margin of victory			16,365	15.86%	−4.73%
Turnout			103,165	68.31%	4.94%
Registered electors			159,117
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.21%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. G. Manimeghalai	56,985	58.91%
	DMK	Shanmuga Sundaram R. M.	37,066	38.32%
	PMK	Karuppiah C.	1,350	1.40%
	Independent	Karuppanan C.	289	0.30%
	Independent	Sathasivam M.	216	0.22%
	Independent	Balasubramani R.	162	0.17%
	INS(SCS)	Pandiperumal E.	160	0.17%
	Independent	Balamurugan K.	125	0.13%
	Independent	Kanakkan M.	96	0.10%
	Independent	Periyasamy S.	71	0.07%
	Independent	Thanikkodi E.	67	0.07%
Margin of victory			19,919	20.59%	4.86%
Turnout			96,730	63.37%	−7.39%
Registered electors			157,995
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.32%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	44,990	45.59%
	AIADMK	Panchavarnam. V. S. M	29,467	29.86%
	INC	Chelliah. R. M	18,466	18.71%
	AIFB	Perumal. A. R. M	3,521	3.57%
	Independent	Dhanushokodi. L. M	419	0.42%
	Independent	Ramaraj. K. R. M	286	0.29%
	Independent	Raju. C. M	246	0.25%
	Independent	Alaguraj. A. M	212	0.21%
	Independent	Sami. E. V. M	176	0.18%
	Independent	Velchami. R. S. M	123	0.12%
	Independent	Palani. K. M	103	0.10%
Margin of victory			15,523	15.73%	11.82%
Turnout			98,688	70.76%	−3.40%
Registered electors			141,982
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.27%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pitchai	39,839	45.32%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	36,405	41.42%
	Independent	E. Pandiperumal	10,809	12.30%
	Independent	K. Palan Kudumbar	403	0.46%
	Independent	G. Ganesa Nadar	292	0.33%
	Independent	M. Annamalai	152	0.17%
Margin of victory			3,434	3.91%	−10.82%
Turnout			87,900	74.16%	5.44%
Registered electors			123,905
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.35%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pitchai	42,589	53.67%
	DMK	V. Thangapandian	30,904	38.95%
	Independent	Karuppiah. K.	4,742	5.98%
	Independent	Palani Kudumbar. K.	507	0.64%
	Independent	Karalan. K.	318	0.40%
	Independent	Jawahar. K.	157	0.20%
	Independent	Ramasamy. P.	130	0.16%
Margin of victory			11,685	14.73%	−23.64%
Turnout			79,347	68.72%	−0.19%
Registered electors			116,985
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.56%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Ramachandran (Chief Minister)	43,065	56.23%
	JP	M. Muthuvel Servai	13,687	17.87%
	INC	A. Sivasamy	12,075	15.77%
	DMK	S.M. Bose	5,415	7.07%
	Independent	N. Seenivasan	645	0.84%
	Independent	G. Fitchai	550	0.72%
	Independent	M. Chidambaram	355	0.46%
	Independent	V.T.R. Veerappa Gownder	276	0.36%
	Independent	P. Muthuramalingam	202	0.26%
	Independent	K. Palani Kundumban	164	0.21%
	Independent	K. Jawahar	76	0.10%
Margin of victory			29,378	38.36%	24.41%
Turnout			76,582	68.91%	−8.04%
Registered electors			112,763
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	-0.43%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Sowdi Sundara Bharathi	37,021	56.67%
	SWA	Veerasamy M.	27,908	42.72%
	Independent	Senthooranathan S.	403	0.62%
Margin of victory			9,113	13.95%	−0.69%
Turnout			65,332	76.95%	−3.82%
Registered electors			88,706
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	1.99%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. S. Bharathi	34,153	54.68%
	INC	T. K. Sundarm	25,012	40.04%
	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%
	Independent	T. Muthuchamy	352	0.56%
Margin of victory			9,141	14.63%	3.89%
Turnout			62,465	80.77%	0.55%
Registered electors			80,866
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	0.13%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai^[2]

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

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai^[3]

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

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jayarama Reddiar	25,521	48.27%
	Independent	M. D. Ramaswami	22,427	42.42%
	Socialist	Ethiraju	1,594	3.01%
	Independent	Kadambiah Chettiar	1,569	2.97%
	Independent	S. E. S. Somasundaram Chattiar	1,313	2.48%
	Independent	Swami Gounder	446	0.84%
Margin of victory			3,094	5.85%	5.85%
Turnout			52,870	70.11%
Registered electors			75,411
	INC win (new seat)