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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. 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
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
| 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% | ||
| SMK | 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% | ||
| Naam Indiar Party | 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
| 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% | ||
| Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham | 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
| 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
| 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(M) | Swing | -3.82% | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | 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(M) gain from DMK | Swing | 1.14% | |||
1996
| 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% | ||
| SS | 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
| 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% | ||
| THMM | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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