Tiruchuli Assembly constituency

Tiruchuli is a state assembly constituency in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency for parliament elections. It was created for the second time after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Tiruchuli
Constituency No. 208 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1962 (first establishment) 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors	2,21,421
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Thangam Thennarasu
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Some of the major demands of Tiruchuzhi Assembly constituency include the construction of a new bus stand at Tiruchuzhi and Narikkudi; to upgrade the bus stands present in Kariyapatti and Veerachozhan; to make a stoppage of the Silambu Express at Tiruchuzhi and Narikkudi Railway Stations; to create New SIDCO and SIPCOT Industrial Complexes at Tiruchuzhi; and to upgrade the Major District Road (NH 195), (MDR 718) and (MDR 638) to a National Highway which would be present in-between Nedungulam to Abhiramam via Narikudi and Veerachozhan.

Extent

It comprises Kariapatti Union, Narikkudi Union, Tiruchuli Union, Aruppukkottai Taluk (part): Kulasekaranallur, Mangulam, Melakandamangalam, Kurunaikulam, Konganakurichi, Aladipatti, Bommakottai, Kallorani, Savaspuram, Kullampatti, Muthuramalingapuram, Narthampatti, Kalayarkarisalkulam, Kalyanasundarapuram, Kallumadam, Erasinnampatti, Parattanatham, Thammanaickenpatti, Vedanatham, Silukkapatti, Mandapasalai, Maravarperungudi, Thummuchinnampatti, Thirumalaipuram, Salukkuvarpatti, Suthamadam, Thoppalakarai, Rajagopalapuram, Pullanaickenpatti, Chettikulam, Kanakai, Paralachi, Melaiyur, Vadakkunatham, Therkunatham, Sengulam, Poolangal Kallakkari, Keelkudi and Purasalur, Keppilingampatti, and Azhagiyanallur villages.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	Thangam Thennarasu[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			59.41%
2016			53.61%
2011			54.36%
1962			55.94%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	102,225	59.41%	+5.8
	AIADMK	S. Rajasekar	41,233	23.96%	−13.8
	NTK	A. Anandhajothi	13,787	8.01%	New
	AMMK	K. K. Sivasamy	6,441	3.74%	New
	Independent	V. Arunkumar	2,492	1.45%	New
	MNM	S. Murugan	1,356	0.79%	New
	Independent	R. Adaikalam	898	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			60,992	35.45%	19.60%
Turnout			172,071	77.84%	−3.14%
Rejected ballots			142	0.08%
Registered electors			221,055
	DMK hold		Swing	5.80%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	89,927	53.61%	−0.75
	AIADMK	K. Dinesh Babu	63,350	37.77%	−3.3
	DMDK	T. Raju	5,799	3.46%	New
	BJP	B. Ravirajan	1,779	1.06%	−0.27
	NOTA	NOTA	1,328	0.79%	New
	Independent	G. Vairaseeman	1,074	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			26,577	15.84%	2.56%
Turnout			167,742	80.98%	−3.52%
Registered electors			207,142
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.75%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	81,613	54.36%	New
	AIADMK	U. Esakki	61,661	41.07%	New
	BJP	P. Vijaya Ragunathan	1,998	1.33%	New
	Independent	A. Ramamoorthy	1,103	0.73%	New
	BSP	M. Arumugam	1,082	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			19,952	13.29%
Turnout			150,146	84.50%
Registered electors			177,683
	DMK win (new seat)

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	A. Perumal	28,524	55.94%	New
	INC	M. Vellathurai	18,428	36.14%	New
	Independent	R. Muthu	4,038	7.92%	New
Margin of victory			10,096	19.80%
Turnout			50,990	59.23%
Registered electors			90,401
	AIFB win (new seat)