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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]
Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...
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 |
District | Virudhunagar |
Lok Sabha constituency | Virudhunagar |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,24,099 |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
More information Year, Winner ...
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | V. V. Ramasami | Independent | |
1967 | P. Seenivasan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
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Tamil Nadu
More information Year, Winner ...
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Election results
More information Vote share of winning candidates ...
Vote share of winning candidates | ||||
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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% |
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2021
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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2016
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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2011
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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2006
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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2001
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1991
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1989
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1984
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1980
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1977
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1971
More information Party, Candidate ...
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% |
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1967
More information Party, Candidate ...
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) |
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1952
More information Party, Candidate ...
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) |
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