Virudhunagar (state assembly constituency)

Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,24,099
Most successful party	DMK (5 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	A. R. R. Seenivasan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Coordinates: 9°35′N 77°57′E / 9.583°N 77.950°E / 9.583; 77.950

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 part of the Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State assembly[]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	V. V. Ramasami		Independent
1967	P. Seenivasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly[]

Year	Winner
1971	P. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Sundararajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Sundararajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. S. A. Arumugam	Janata Party
1989	R. Chokkar	Indian National Congress
1991	Sanjay Ramasamy	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1996	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Dhamodharan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	R. Varadarajan	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Pandiarajan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

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%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	73,297	45.32%
	BJP	Pandurangan G	51,958	32.13%
	NTK	Selvakumar V. R	14,311	8.85%
	AMMK	Thangaraj M	10,783	6.67%
	All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi	Manimaran N	5,054	3.13%
	NOTA	Nota	1,570	0.97%
	Independent	Gunasekaran G	1,406	0.87%
	Independent	Pungan K	759	0.47%
		Suyambulingam L	590	0.36%
	Independent	Ramaraj C	465	0.29%
	Independent	Veluchamy S	328	0.20%
Margin of victory			21,339	13.20%	11.32%
Turnout			161,717	72.16%	-1.45%
Registered electors			224,099
	DMK hold		Swing	2.61%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	65,499	42.71%
	AIADMK	Kalanithi. K	62,629	40.84%
	DMDK	Syed Kaja Shareef. M	10,127	6.60%
	BJP	Kamatchi. S	7,013	4.57%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,835	1.85%
	NTK	Akilan. D	2,461	1.60%
	PMK	Ganeshperumal. P	556	0.36%
	Independent	Rasu. E	433	0.28%
	Independent	Chinna Marriyappan. E	391	0.25%
	Independent	Murugan. G.	352	0.23%
	TMMK	Eswaran. V	256	0.17%
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%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	K. Pandiarajan	70,441	52.36%
	INC	Armstrongnaveen. T.	49,003	36.42%
	Independent	Karkuvelmariselvam. S	5,652	4.20%
	BJP	Kamatchi. S	3,139	2.33%
	Independent	Murugesan. K. V.	1,571	1.17%
	Independent	Veeraperumal. S.	1,093	0.81%
	BSP	Perumalsamy. M	715	0.53%
	Independent	Pandian. M.	653	0.49%
	Independent	Ashokkumar. J	543	0.40%
	Independent	Senthamaraipandian. S	494	0.37%
	Independent	Ananthamurugan. M	332	0.25%
Margin of victory			21,438	15.93%	12.78%
Turnout			170,268	79.01%	7.59%
Registered electors			134,537
	DMDK gain from MDMK		Swing	13.51%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	R. Varadarajan	50,629	38.85%
	INC	S. Dhamodharan	46,522	35.69%
	DMDK	Subburaj. A.	15,575	11.95%
	BSP	Selvakumaresan. A	6,241	4.79%
	AIFB	Selvam. A	5,475	4.20%
	BJP	Eswaran. M	3,255	2.50%
	Independent	Ramar. P	1,294	0.99%
	Independent	Sekar. G	496	0.38%
	Independent	Durairaja P. T. C	441	0.34%
	Independent	Murugan. R.	405	0.31%
Margin of victory			4,107	3.15%	-0.32%
Turnout			130,333	71.43%	11.25%
Registered electors			182,473
	MDMK gain from TMC		Swing	-3.82%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	S. Dhamodharan	49,413	42.67%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	45,396	39.20%
	MDMK	R. Varatharajan	14,695	12.69%
	Independent	Rajailango. M	2,595	2.24%
	JD(S)	A. S. A. Arumugam	1,090	0.94%
	Independent	P. S. A. Umar Farook	1,040	0.90%
	Independent	Raja. M. G	620	0.54%
	Independent	Raamamoorthy. K	271	0.23%
	Independent	R. Maran	230	0.20%
	Independent	R. Babu	176	0.15%
	Independent	Palanichamy. V	146	0.13%
Margin of victory			4,017	3.47%	-17.18%
Turnout			115,815	60.18%	-6.86%
Registered electors			192,478
	TMC gain from DMK		Swing	1.14%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. R. R. Seenivasan	47,247	41.53%
	INC	Karikolraj. G.	23,760	20.88%
	MDMK	Boopathirajaram. B.	19,600	17.23%
	PMK	Velayutham. S.	9,001	7.91%
	BJP	Manoharan. S.	5,195	4.57%
	Independent	Bose Perumal. S.	2,548	2.24%
	Independent	Baluchamy. S.	1,989	1.75%
	Independent	Thangavelu. P.	402	0.35%
	Independent	Balaji. C.	318	0.28%
	SHS	Chairmarajan. V. M. A. G.	317	0.28%
	Independent	Anandarajan. N.	273	0.24%
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%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	Sanjay Ramasamy	53,217	56.07%
	JD	Veerasamy G.	33,816	35.63%
	PMK	Mookiah S.	3,192	3.36%
	Independent	Murugah N. D.	657	0.69%
	Independent	Pandiarajan S. V. P. R.	571	0.60%
		Ramar M. P.	431	0.45%
	Independent	Kanakavel R.	420	0.44%
	Independent	Rajakkani V.	292	0.31%
	Independent	Ramasamy Reddiar N.	241	0.25%
	Independent	Perumal S.	233	0.25%
	Independent	Jeyapal M. P.	218	0.23%
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%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Chokkar	34,106	32.00%
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	28,548	26.78%
	AIADMK	Srinivasan. N. M	26,488	24.85%
	Independent	Ganesan. G. M	10,599	9.94%
	Independent	Karuppasmay. P. M	1,317	1.24%
	Independent	Pugazhendhi. V. M	599	0.56%
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%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	42,852	45.36%
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	35,776	37.87%
	Independent	Selvam. K.	14,876	15.75%
	Independent	Panneerselvam. P.	518	0.55%
	Independent	Pethanna Reddy. P	450	0.48%
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%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	40,285	48.86%
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	29,665	35.98%
	JP	Balasubramanian. S.	12,504	15.16%
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%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Sundararajan	33,077	44.52%
	JP	A. S. A. Arumugam	22,820	30.71%
	DMK	K.S. Kandaswamy	8,331	11.21%
	INC	S. Narvaneetha Krishnan	7,520	10.12%
	Independent	V. Chinniah	1,747	2.35%
	AIFB	A. Velu	803	1.08%
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%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	31,455	49.88%
	SWA	V. Seenivasaga Naidu	29,878	47.38%
	Independent	K. M. Arunachalam	727	1.15%
	Independent	A. Seenivasan	712	1.13%
	Independent	G. Thiagarajan	180	0.29%
	Independent	G. Marimuthu	108	0.17%
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%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P. Seenivasan	33,421	49.90%
	INC	K. Kamaraj	32,136	47.98%
	Independent	R. Periakaruppan	838	1.25%
	Independent	K. P. Nadar	579	0.86%
Margin of victory			1,285	1.92%
Turnout			66,974	84.25%
Registered electors			82,606
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. V. Ramasami	22,811	46.67%
	INC	Sankarapandia Nadar	22,307	45.64%
	Independent	Doraswami Nadar	2,076	4.25%
	SP	Rangaswami Reddiar	1,684	3.45%
Margin of victory			504	1.03%	1.03%
Turnout			48,878	75.97%
Registered electors			64,339
	Independent win (new seat)

References[]

^ V. Krishna, Ananth (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics. Pearson. p. 76. ISBN 9788131734650. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.

[1] V. Krishna, Ananth (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics. Pearson. p. 76. ISBN 9788131734650. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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