Virudhunagar Assembly constituency
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. It is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Virudhunagar Assembly constituency
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. It is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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>V. V. Ramasami</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>P. Seenivasan</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>P. Seenivasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>M. Sundararajan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>A. S. A. Arumugam</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>R. Chokkar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Sanjay Ramasamy</td><td></td><td>Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>S. Dhamodharan</td><td></td><td>Tamil Maanila Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>R. Varadarajan</td><td></td><td>Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>K. Pandiarajan</td><td></td><td>Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</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>DMDK</td><td>Vijay Prabhakaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>V.G. Ganesan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Latchumanan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>S. P. Selvam</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>198,616</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>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td>73,297</td><td>45.77%</td><td>+3.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>G. Pandurangan</td><td>51,958</td><td>32.44%</td><td>+27.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>V. R. Selvakumar</td><td>14,311</td><td>8.94%</td><td>+7.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>M. Thangaraj</td><td>10,783</td><td>6.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SMK</td><td>N. Manimaran</td><td>5,054</td><td>3.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,570</td><td>0.98%</td><td>−0.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Gunasekaran</td><td>1,406</td><td>0.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,339</td><td>13.32%</td><td>11.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>160,147</td><td>71.46%</td><td>−2.15%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>60</td><td>0.04%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>224,099</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.06%</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>DMK</td><td>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td>65,499</td><td>42.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Kalanithi</td><td>62,629</td><td>40.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Syed Kaja Shareef</td><td>10,127</td><td>6.60%</td><td>−45.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Kamatchi</td><td>7,013</td><td>4.57%</td><td>+2.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,835</td><td>1.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>D. Akilan</td><td>2,461</td><td>1.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,870</td><td>1.87%</td><td>−14.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>153,347</td><td>73.62%</td><td>−5.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>208,304</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.65%</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>DMDK</td><td>K. Pandiarajan</td><td>70,441</td><td>52.36%</td><td>+40.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. Armstrong Naveen</td><td>49,003</td><td>36.42%</td><td>+0.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Karkuvel Mariselvam</td><td>5,652</td><td>4.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Kamatchi</td><td>3,139</td><td>2.33%</td><td>−0.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. V. Murugesan</td><td>1,571</td><td>1.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Veera Perumal</td><td>1,093</td><td>0.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>M. Perumalsamy</td><td>715</td><td>0.53%</td><td>−4.26</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,438</td><td>15.93%</td><td>12.78%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>134,537</td><td>79.01%</td><td>7.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>170,268</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK gain from MDMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.51%</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>MDMK</td><td>R. Varadarajan</td><td>50,629</td><td>38.85%</td><td>+26.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Dhamodharan</td><td>46,522</td><td>35.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>A. Subburaj</td><td>15,575</td><td>11.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. Selva Kumaresan</td><td>6,241</td><td>4.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>A. Selvam</td><td>5,475</td><td>4.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Eswaran</td><td>3,255</td><td>2.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Ramar</td><td>1,294</td><td>0.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,107</td><td>3.15%</td><td>−0.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>130,333</td><td>71.43%</td><td>11.25%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>182,473</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK gain from TMC(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.82%</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>TMC(M)</td><td>S. Dhamodharan</td><td>49,413</td><td>42.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td>45,396</td><td>39.20%</td><td>−2.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>R. Varatharajan</td><td>14,695</td><td>12.69%</td><td>−4.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Rajailango</td><td>2,595</td><td>2.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>A. S. A. Arumugam</td><td>1,090</td><td>0.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. S. A Umar Farook</td><td>1,040</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. G. Raja</td><td>620</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,017</td><td>3.47%</td><td>−17.18%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>115,815</td><td>60.18%</td><td>−6.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>192,478</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M) gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.14%</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>A. R. R. Seenivasan</td><td>47,247</td><td>41.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>G. Karikolraj</td><td>23,760</td><td>20.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>B. Boopathirajaram</td><td>19,600</td><td>17.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Velayutham</td><td>9,001</td><td>7.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Manoharan</td><td>5,195</td><td>4.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Bose Perumal</td><td>2,548</td><td>2.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Baluchamy</td><td>1,989</td><td>1.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,487</td><td>20.64%</td><td>0.20%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>113,773</td><td>67.04%</td><td>6.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>179,060</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INS(SCS)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.54%</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>INS(SCS)</td><td>Sanjay Ramasamy</td><td>53,217</td><td>56.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD</td><td>G. Veerasamy</td><td>33,816</td><td>35.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Mookiah</td><td>3,192</td><td>3.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. D. Murugah</td><td>657</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. V. P. R. Pandiarajan</td><td>571</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,401</td><td>20.44%</td><td>15.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,911</td><td>60.99%</td><td>−11.26%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>164,459</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INS(SCS) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>24.07%</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>INC</td><td>R. Chokkar</td><td>34,106</td><td>32.00%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. S. A. Arumugam</td><td>28,548</td><td>26.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>N. Srinivasan</td><td>26,488</td><td>24.85%</td><td>−13.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Ganesan</td><td>10,599</td><td>9.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Karuppasmay</td><td>1,317</td><td>1.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Pugazhendhi</td><td>599</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,558</td><td>5.21%</td><td>−2.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>106,584</td><td>72.25%</td><td>−2.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>150,275</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from JP</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.36%</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>JP</td><td>A. S. A. Arumugam</td><td>42,852</td><td>45.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Sundararajan</td><td>35,776</td><td>37.87%</td><td>−10.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Selvam</td><td>14,876</td><td>15.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Panneerselvam</td><td>518</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,076</td><td>7.49%</td><td>−5.39%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,472</td><td>75.13%</td><td>7.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>131,781</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.50%</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>AIADMK</td><td>M. Sundararajan</td><td>40,285</td><td>48.86%</td><td>+4.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Seenivasan</td><td>29,665</td><td>35.98%</td><td>+24.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S. Balasubramanian</td><td>12,504</td><td>15.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,620</td><td>12.88%</td><td>−0.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>82,454</td><td>68.07%</td><td>7.64%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>122,637</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.34%</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>M. Sundararajan</td><td>33,077</td><td>44.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. S. A. Arumugam</td><td>22,820</td><td>30.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. S. Kandaswamy</td><td>8,331</td><td>11.21%</td><td>−38.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Narvaneetha Krishnan</td><td>7,520</td><td>10.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Chinniah</td><td>1,747</td><td>2.35%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>A. Velu</td><td>803</td><td>1.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,257</td><td>13.81%</td><td>11.30%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,298</td><td>60.43%</td><td>−15.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>124,439</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.36%</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>P. Seenivasan</td><td>31,455</td><td>49.88%</td><td>−0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>V. Seenivasaga Naidu</td><td>29,878</td><td>47.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. M. Arunachalam</td><td>727</td><td>1.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Seenivasan</td><td>712</td><td>1.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,577</td><td>2.50%</td><td>0.58%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,060</td><td>75.73%</td><td>−8.52%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>87,783</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.02%</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>P. Seenivasan</td><td>33,421</td><td>49.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Kamaraj</td><td>32,136</td><td>47.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Periakaruppan</td><td>838</td><td>1.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Nadar</td><td>579</td><td>0.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,285</td><td>1.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>66,974</td><td>84.25%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,606</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK win (new seat)</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>Independent</td><td>V. V. Ramasami</td><td>22,811</td><td>46.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sankarapandia Nadar</td><td>22,307</td><td>45.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Doraswami Nadar</td><td>2,076</td><td>4.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Rangaswami Reddiar</td><td>1,684</td><td>3.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>504</td><td>1.03%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>48,878</td><td>75.97%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>64,339</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>