Virudhunagar (state assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 9°35′N 77°57′E / 9.583°N 77.950°E / 9.583; 77.950 Template:Infobox state 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.[1] It is part of the Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State assembly[edit | edit source]

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

Tamil Nadu assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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%
style="background-color: Template:All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi|Template:All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi/meta/shortname]] 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%
style="background-color: Template:Naam Indiar Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Naam Indiar Party|Template:Naam Indiar Party/meta/shortname]] 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[edit | edit source]

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%
style="background-color: Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham|Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham/meta/shortname]] 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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%
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] 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[edit | edit source]

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 Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha Swing -14.54%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|Template:Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha/meta/shortname]] 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%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] 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
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha gain from INC Swing 24.07%

1989[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virudhunagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Seenivasan 31,455 49.88%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  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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