Villupuram Assembly constituency
Villupuram is a state legislative assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 74. It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
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Villupuram Assembly constituency
Villupuram is a state legislative assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 74. It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Villupuram was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) facilities with EVMs in the state elections of 2016.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Nagarajan</td><td></td><td>Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Sarangapani Gounder</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>
Tamil Nadu
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>P. Krishnan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>K. P. Palaniappan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>M. Mani Rajarathinam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>D. Janardhanan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>C. V. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>R. Lakshmanan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>SPA</td><td>R. Lakshmanan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>K. Vijaya</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Abinaya Ponnivalavan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>N. Mohanraj</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>257,600</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>R. Lakshmanan</td><td>102,271</td><td>50.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. V. Shanmugam</td><td>87,403</td><td>42.87%</td><td>+6.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>J. Selvam</td><td>6,375</td><td>3.13%</td><td>+2.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>K. Dass</td><td>3,242</td><td>1.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>R. Balasundaram</td><td>1,695</td><td>0.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,868</td><td>7.29%</td><td>−4.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>203,890</td><td>77.80%</td><td>1.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>286</td><td>0.14%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>262,068</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.42%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. V. Shanmugam</td><td>69,421</td><td>36.74%</td><td>−15.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>S. M. Ameer Abbas</td><td>47,130</td><td>24.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>P. Palanivel</td><td>36,456</td><td>19.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>L. Vengatesan</td><td>24,907</td><td>13.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Jayakumar Rama</td><td>2,188</td><td>1.16%</td><td>+0.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,701</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>K. Subramani</td><td>1,231</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,291</td><td>11.80%</td><td>4.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>188,964</td><td>76.40%</td><td>−6.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>247,327</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-15.45%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. V. Shanmugam</td><td>90,304</td><td>52.18%</td><td>+11.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>78,207</td><td>45.19%</td><td>−1.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Arokiyasamy</td><td>1,100</td><td>0.64%</td><td>−0.01</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,097</td><td>6.99%</td><td>0.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>173,050</td><td>82.64%</td><td>9.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>209,392</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.31%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>72,462</td><td>46.87%</td><td>−0.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Pasupathy</td><td>62,714</td><td>40.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>D. Duraisamy</td><td>13,621</td><td>8.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Vetriselvan</td><td>1,523</td><td>0.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Sukumar</td><td>994</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Mohamad Jakkiriya</td><td>845</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. Vaikunthan</td><td>804</td><td>0.52%</td><td>−0.04</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,748</td><td>6.31%</td><td>4.71%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>154,600</td><td>72.71%</td><td>11.30%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>212,630</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.58%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>65,693</td><td>47.45%</td><td>−10.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Pasupathy</td><td>63,488</td><td>45.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>V. Govindarajulu</td><td>2,982</td><td>2.15%</td><td>−5.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Sadagopan</td><td>1,853</td><td>1.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Mohamed Ali Jinna</td><td>1,116</td><td>0.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Ponmudi</td><td>851</td><td>0.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>G. Kaliyamoorthy</td><td>781</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Faruklal</td><td>704</td><td>0.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,205</td><td>1.59%</td><td>−30.75%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>138,453</td><td>61.40%</td><td>−8.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>225,528</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.80%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>74,891</td><td>58.24%</td><td>+24.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. S. Panneer Selvam</td><td>33,305</td><td>25.90%</td><td>−22.92</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>M. Panneer Selvam</td><td>9,727</td><td>7.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>G. Janagiraman</td><td>8,331</td><td>6.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Mani</td><td>848</td><td>0.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>41,586</td><td>32.34%</td><td>16.89%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>128,581</td><td>69.46%</td><td>2.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>190,500</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.42%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>D. Janaardhanan</td><td>55,105</td><td>48.82%</td><td>+32.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>37,665</td><td>33.37%</td><td>−13.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Krishna Murthy</td><td>18,304</td><td>16.22%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>U. Mohamed Younus</td><td>636</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INS(SCS)</td><td>D. Deenadhayalan</td><td>598</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,440</td><td>15.45%</td><td>−8.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>112,866</td><td>66.83%</td><td>4.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>176,980</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.64%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>45,145</td><td>47.18%</td><td>+9.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Abdul Latheef</td><td>22,380</td><td>23.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Selvaraj</td><td>15,148</td><td>15.83%</td><td>−36.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. G. Chellappa</td><td>9,929</td><td>10.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Bala Shanmugam</td><td>1,038</td><td>1.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,765</td><td>23.79%</td><td>9.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,677</td><td>62.52%</td><td>−14.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>156,154</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.53%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Rajarathinam Mani</td><td>50,156</td><td>52.71%</td><td>+6.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. P. Palaniappan</td><td>36,302</td><td>38.15%</td><td>−13.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Balashanugam</td><td>7,562</td><td>7.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>H. Sohan Lal Jain</td><td>661</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,854</td><td>14.56%</td><td>8.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,152</td><td>76.92%</td><td>10.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>131,319</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.69%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. P. Palaniappan</td><td>45,952</td><td>52.02%</td><td>+17.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Rajarathinam</td><td>40,792</td><td>46.18%</td><td>+8.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jothi V</td><td>1,065</td><td>1.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Ramakrishna Padayachi</td><td>531</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,160</td><td>5.84%</td><td>2.19%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>88,340</td><td>66.82%</td><td>3.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>133,842</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.33%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Krishnan</td><td>27,882</td><td>37.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. P. Palaniappan</td><td>25,183</td><td>34.04%</td><td>−17.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>L. Athikesavalu Naidu</td><td>12,161</td><td>16.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. Thirumal</td><td>8,754</td><td>11.83%</td><td>−29.14</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,699</td><td>3.65%</td><td>−6.79%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,980</td><td>63.77%</td><td>−9.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>117,651</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.73%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1971
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td>35,838</td><td>51.41%</td><td>−2.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. P. Sharangapani Gounder</td><td>28,562</td><td>40.98%</td><td>−4.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Ramalingam</td><td>5,304</td><td>7.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,276</td><td>10.44%</td><td>1.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,704</td><td>73.68%</td><td>−3.67%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>102,546</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.32%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1967
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td>37,605</td><td>53.73%</td><td>−5.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. P. S. Gounder</td><td>31,674</td><td>45.26%</td><td>+6.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. S. Ramachandran</td><td>706</td><td>1.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,931</td><td>8.47%</td><td>−12.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,985</td><td>77.35%</td><td>5.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>94,260</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.63%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1962
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Shanmugam</td><td>39,923</td><td>59.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. P. Sarangapani Koundar</td><td>26,115</td><td>38.83%</td><td>−12.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Kothandaraman Koundar</td><td>735</td><td>1.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Ramalingam</td><td>485</td><td>0.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,808</td><td>20.53%</td><td>18.79%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,258</td><td>72.24%</td><td>18.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>96,487</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.49%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1957
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sarangapani Gounder</td><td>25,000</td><td>50.87%</td><td>+15.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shanmugha Udayar</td><td>24,147</td><td>49.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>853</td><td>1.74%</td><td>−6.67%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>49,147</td><td>54.15%</td><td>−5.17%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,763</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from TTP</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.40%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1952
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Nagarajan</td><td>21,762</td><td>43.46%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. D. Chinnas Alias Reddy</td><td>17,555</td><td>35.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Shumuga U Yar</td><td>10,752</td><td>21.47%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,207</td><td>8.40%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>50,069</td><td>59.32%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>84,403</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>