| Aruppukottai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 207 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Virudhunagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 223,820 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Aruppukottai is a legislative assembly inVirudhunagar district, which includes the city,Aruppukkottai.[1] It is a part ofVirudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. This is the constituency, held by popular actor-turned politician,M. G. Ramachandran, when he first became Chief Minister in the1977 assembly elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
The Chettiyar (all kinds - mostly chettiyar) community is the biggest community in this constituency with around 23% population.
The population of other communities are: 15% Devendrakula Velalar, 8% Naidus,6% kambalthu nayakkar,14% Saliyar, 5% Nadar, 10% Mutharaiyar, Maravar 6%, Agamudaiyar 2%, 5% Reddy, 2% Konar, 2% Pillaimar and muslims 2%.
In the 2021 MLA election, the DMK party's Reddy candidate K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran won, and became the minister of Revenue and Disaster Management.
Until the 2006 election, Aruppukottai Assembly constituency was part ofRamanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Since the 2006 election, it has been part ofVirudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jayarama Reddiar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | M. D. Ramasami | Independent | |
| 1962 | T. Kadambavana Sundaram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | S. S. Bharathi | Swatantra Party | |
| 2021 | 53.18% | |||
| 2016 | 49.41% | |||
| 2011 | 51.15% | |||
| 2006 | 44.88% | |||
| 2001 | 46.07% | |||
| 1996 | 43.70% | |||
| 1991 | 58.91% | |||
| 1989 | 45.59% | |||
| 1984 | 45.32% | |||
| 1980 | 53.67% | |||
| 1977 | 56.23% | |||
| 1971 | 56.67% | |||
| 1967 | 54.68% | |||
| 1962 | 54.54% | |||
| 1957 | 55.13% | |||
| 1952 | 48.27% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | |||||
| AIADMK+ | |||||
| NTK | |||||
| TVK | New | ||||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | 91,040 | 53.18% | ||
| AIADMK | Vaigaichelvan | 52,006 | 30.38% | ||
| NTK | Uma | 12,392 | 7.24% | New | |
| MNM | V. Umadevi | 7,638 | 4.46% | New | |
| DMDK | R. Ramesh | 2,532 | 1.48% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,323 | 0.77% | ||
| Margin of victory | 39,034 | 22.80% | 11.85% | ||
| Turnout | 171,201 | 76.49% | −2.68% | ||
| Registered electors | 223,820 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | 3.77% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | 81,485 | 49.41% | ||
| AIADMK | Vaigaichelvan | 63,431 | 38.46% | ||
| CPI | Senthil Kumar. S | 9,817 | 5.95% | ||
| BJP | Vetrivel. R | 3,223 | 1.95% | New | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,509 | 1.52% | ||
| NTK | Nagendran. | 1,404 | 0.85% | New | |
| PMK | Aravindkumar. D | 817 | 0.50% | New | |
| Independent | Lingappandi. P. | 699 | 0.42% | New | |
| BSP | Sundarraj. I | 388 | 0.24% | New | |
| Independent | Muthumariappan. M. | 262 | 0.16% | New | |
| Independent | Vijayakumar. G. | 225 | 0.14% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,054 | 10.95% | 3.84% | ||
| Turnout | 164,909 | 79.17% | −4.18% | ||
| Registered electors | 208,309 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -1.74% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Vaigaichelvan | 76,546 | 51.15% | ||
| DMK | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | 65,908 | 44.05% | ||
| BJP | Vetrivel. R | 1,966 | 1.31% | ||
| Independent | Jegan | 1,009 | 0.67% | New | |
| Independent | Nagarajan. K | 747 | 0.50% | New | |
| Independent | Kalaiselvan. S | 696 | 0.47% | New | |
| BSP | Kandasamy. K | 640 | 0.43% | New | |
| Independent | Murugan. R | 445 | 0.30% | New | |
| Independent | Perumalsamy. S | 378 | 0.25% | New | |
| Independent | Sivasubramanian. M | 325 | 0.22% | New | |
| Independent | Ganesan. P | 230 | 0.15% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,638 | 7.11% | 0.00% | ||
| Turnout | 179,531 | 83.35% | 11.69% | ||
| Registered electors | 149,637 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 6.28% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Thangam Thenarasu | 52,002 | 44.88% | ||
| AIADMK | Murugan. K | 43,768 | 37.77% | ||
| DMDK | Bharathi Thasan. A | 13,836 | 11.94% | ||
| AIFB | Krishna Ghandhi. P. | 2,234 | 1.93% | ||
| BJP | Chella Durai Pandian. E | 1,193 | 1.03% | ||
| Independent | Mannan. K | 665 | 0.57% | New | |
| Independent | Maruthupandi. R | 472 | 0.41% | New | |
| Independent | Samyraj. A | 461 | 0.40% | New | |
| Independent | Periyasamy. A. | 370 | 0.32% | New | |
| Independent | Karuppaiah. V. | 325 | 0.28% | New | |
| Independent | Kanniah Thevar. M | 295 | 0.25% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,234 | 7.11% | 1.36% | ||
| Turnout | 115,875 | 71.66% | 9.32% | ||
| Registered electors | 161,711 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -1.19% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. K. Sivasamy | 49,307 | 46.07% | ||
| DMK | Thangam Thenarasu | 43,155 | 40.32% | ||
| MDMK | Shanmuga Sundaram R. M. | 10,558 | 9.86% | ||
| Independent | Venkatesan A | 960 | 0.90% | ||
| Independent | Rajagopalan R | 822 | 0.77% | ||
| Independent | Regunathan C | 775 | 0.72% | ||
| Independent | Murugan S | 622 | 0.58% | ||
| Independent | Murugan R | 255 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Shanmugavel K | 162 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | Periasamy A | 157 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | Subramanian R | 141 | 0.13% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,152 | 5.75% | −10.11% | ||
| Turnout | 107,026 | 62.33% | −5.97% | ||
| Registered electors | 171,719 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 2.37% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Thangam Thenarasu | 40,223 | 36.5% | ||
| AIADMK | V.S. Panchavarnam | 38,272 | 89.40 | ||
| PT | P.T. Manickam | 12,484 | 11.3% | ||
| Independent | K. Palaniswamy | 9,525 | 8.6% | ||
| INC | K. Chandran | 1,329 | 1.2% | ||
| Majority | 1,951 | 1.8% | |||
| Turnout | 110,183 | 65.9% | |||
| DMKhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. Thangapandian | 45,081 | 43.70% | ||
| AIADMK | Sundarapandian. K. | 28,716 | 27.84% | ||
| MDMK | Shanmugasundaram. R. M. | 16,987 | 16.47% | ||
| Independent | Chinnakaruppan. K. | 9,565 | 9.27% | ||
| AIIC(T) | Perumal. V. | 1,077 | 1.04% | ||
| Independent | Sivasamy. S. | 260 | 0.25% | ||
| Independent | Kanthirajan. K. S. | 201 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | Periasamy Pannai. S. | 148 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | Athimoolam. V. | 146 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | Veeran. A. K. | 132 | 0.13% | ||
| Independent | Sundarasu. T | 116 | 0.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,365 | 15.86% | −4.73% | ||
| Turnout | 103,165 | 68.31% | 4.94% | ||
| Registered electors | 159,117 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -15.21% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. G. Manimeghalai | 56,985 | 58.91% | ||
| DMK | Shanmuga Sundaram R. M. | 37,066 | 38.32% | ||
| PMK | Karuppiah C. | 1,350 | 1.40% | ||
| Independent | Karuppanan C. | 289 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Sathasivam M. | 216 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Balasubramani R. | 162 | 0.17% | ||
| INS(SCS) | Pandiperumal E. | 160 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Balamurugan K. | 125 | 0.13% | ||
| Independent | Kanakkan M. | 96 | 0.10% | ||
| Independent | Periyasamy S. | 71 | 0.07% | ||
| Independent | Thanikkodi E. | 67 | 0.07% | ||
| Margin of victory | 19,919 | 20.59% | 4.86% | ||
| Turnout | 96,730 | 63.37% | −7.39% | ||
| Registered electors | 157,995 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 13.32% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. Thangapandian | 44,990 | 45.59% | ||
| AIADMK | Panchavarnam. V. S. M | 29,467 | 29.86% | ||
| INC | Chelliah. R. M | 18,466 | 18.71% | ||
| AIFB | Perumal. A. R. M | 3,521 | 3.57% | ||
| Independent | Dhanushokodi. L. M | 419 | 0.42% | ||
| Independent | Ramaraj. K. R. M | 286 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Raju. C. M | 246 | 0.25% | ||
| Independent | Alaguraj. A. M | 212 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | Sami. E. V. M | 176 | 0.18% | ||
| Independent | Velchami. R. S. M | 123 | 0.12% | ||
| Independent | Palani. K. M | 103 | 0.10% | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,523 | 15.73% | 11.82% | ||
| Turnout | 98,688 | 70.76% | −3.40% | ||
| Registered electors | 141,982 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | 0.27% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Pitchai | 39,839 | 45.32% | ||
| DMK | V. Thangapandian | 36,405 | 41.42% | ||
| Independent | E. Pandiperumal | 10,809 | 12.30% | ||
| Independent | K. Palan Kudumbar | 403 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | G. Ganesa Nadar | 292 | 0.33% | ||
| Independent | M. Annamalai | 152 | 0.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,434 | 3.91% | −10.82% | ||
| Turnout | 87,900 | 74.16% | 5.44% | ||
| Registered electors | 123,905 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -8.35% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Pitchai | 42,589 | 53.67% | ||
| DMK | V. Thangapandian | 30,904 | 38.95% | ||
| Independent | Karuppiah. K. | 4,742 | 5.98% | ||
| Independent | Palani Kudumbar. K. | 507 | 0.64% | ||
| Independent | Karalan. K. | 318 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Jawahar. K. | 157 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | Ramasamy. P. | 130 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,685 | 14.73% | −23.64% | ||
| Turnout | 79,347 | 68.72% | −0.19% | ||
| Registered electors | 116,985 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -2.56% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. G. Ramachandran (Chief Minister) | 43,065 | 56.23% | ||
| JP | M. Muthuvel Servai | 13,687 | 17.87% | ||
| INC | A. Sivasamy | 12,075 | 15.77% | ||
| DMK | S.M. Bose | 5,415 | 7.07% | ||
| Independent | N. Seenivasan | 645 | 0.84% | ||
| Independent | G. Fitchai | 550 | 0.72% | ||
| Independent | M. Chidambaram | 355 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | V.T.R. Veerappa Gownder | 276 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | P. Muthuramalingam | 202 | 0.26% | ||
| Independent | K. Palani Kundumban | 164 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | K. Jawahar | 76 | 0.10% | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,378 | 38.36% | 24.41% | ||
| Turnout | 76,582 | 68.91% | −8.04% | ||
| Registered electors | 112,763 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromAIFB | Swing | -0.43% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Sowdi Sundara Bharathi | 37,021 | 56.67% | ||
| SWA | Veerasamy M. | 27,908 | 42.72% | ||
| Independent | Senthooranathan S. | 403 | 0.62% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,113 | 13.95% | −0.69% | ||
| Turnout | 65,332 | 76.95% | −3.82% | ||
| Registered electors | 88,706 | ||||
| AIFBgain fromSWA | Swing | 1.99% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | S. S. Bharathi | 34,153 | 54.68% | ||
| INC | T. K. Sundarm | 25,012 | 40.04% | ||
| Independent | A. A. Naicker | 984 | 1.58% | ||
| Independent | S. Ramadoss | 851 | 1.36% | ||
| Independent | A. Sundararajan | 633 | 1.01% | ||
| Independent | T. Subramaniam | 480 | 0.77% | ||
| Independent | T. Muthuchamy | 352 | 0.56% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,141 | 14.63% | 3.89% | ||
| Turnout | 62,465 | 80.77% | 0.55% | ||
| Registered electors | 80,866 | ||||
| SWAgain fromINC | Swing | 0.13% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. Kadambavana Sundaram | 35,597 | 54.54% | +9.67% | |
| AIFB | S. Sowdi Sundara Bharathi | 28,583 | 43.80% | ||
| Independent | N. C. Arumugam | 1,084 | 1.66% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,014 | 10.75% | 0.48% | ||
| Turnout | 65,264 | 80.22% | 8.02% | ||
| Registered electors | 84,282 | ||||
| INCgain fromIndependent | Swing | -0.59% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. D. Ramasami | 31,765 | 55.13% | ||
| INC | A. V. Thiruppathi | 25,849 | 44.87% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,916 | 10.27% | 4.42% | ||
| Turnout | 57,614 | 72.20% | 2.09% | ||
| Registered electors | 79,794 | ||||
| Independentgain fromINC | Swing | 6.86% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jayarama Reddiar | 25,521 | 48.27% | ||
| Independent | M. D. Ramaswami | 22,427 | 42.42% | ||
| Socialist | Ethiraju | 1,594 | 3.01% | ||
| Independent | Kadambiah Chettiar | 1,569 | 2.97% | ||
| Independent | S. E. S. Somasundaram Chattiar | 1,313 | 2.48% | ||
| Independent | Swami Gounder | 446 | 0.84% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,094 | 5.85% | 5.85% | ||
| Turnout | 52,870 | 70.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 75,411 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||