Viralimalai | |
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Constituency No. 179 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Pudukottai |
LS constituency | Karur |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 2,25,189[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | AIADMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Viralimalai is a legislative assembly constituency of Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. It comes under Karur Lok Sabha constituency for Parliamentary elections. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.[2][3]
[**Although Kavinaripatti, Puthakudi and Kappakudi villages are in Triuchirapalli revenue district, they are physically and geographically located within the boundaries of 179- Viralimalai AC.][4]
Year | Winner | Party | |
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2011 | Dr. C. Vijaya Baskar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2016 | |||
2021 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 102,179 | 52.93% | +3.24 | |
DMK | Palaniappan | 78,581 | 40.71% | −4.03 | |
NTK | P. Azhagu Meena | 7,035 | 3.64% | New | |
AMMK | O. Karthi Prabhakaran | 1,228 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 23,598 | 12.22% | 7.27% | ||
Turnout | 193,038 | 85.72% | 1.56% | ||
Rejected ballots | 1168 | 0.61% | |||
Registered electors | 225,189 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.24% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 84,701 | 49.69% | −6.3 | |
DMK | M. Palaniappan | 76,254 | 44.74% | +17.22 | |
DMDK | R. Karthikeyan | 2,979 | 1.75% | New | |
ETMK | N. Adaikalam | 1,089 | 0.64% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 974 | 0.57% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,447 | 4.96% | −23.52% | ||
Turnout | 170,448 | 84.16% | −1.86% | ||
Registered electors | 202,517 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -6.30% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | C. Vijayabaskar | 77,285 | 55.99% | New | |
DMK | S. Regupathy | 37,976 | 27.51% | New | |
Independent | M. Palaniappan | 15,397 | 11.16% | New | |
IJK | Y. Savarimuthu | 2,639 | 1.91% | New | |
Independent | P. Alagu | 1,404 | 1.02% | New | |
Independent | P. Raja | 1,403 | 1.02% | New | |
Independent | Palaniappan (A) M. Puratchikavidasan | 1,144 | 0.83% | New | |
Independent | M. Ramesh | 774 | 0.56% | New | |
Margin of victory | 39,309 | 28.48% | |||
Turnout | 138,022 | 86.02% | |||
Registered electors | 160,449 | ||||
AIADMK win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | V. S. Ilechezhiyan | 41,813 | 57.47% | +7.83 | |
INC | A. Karuppiah Udayar | 30,274 | 41.61% | −1.58 | |
Independent | A. Perumal | 670 | 0.92% | New | |
Margin of victory | 11,539 | 15.86% | 9.41% | ||
Turnout | 72,757 | 75.11% | 3.97% | ||
Registered electors | 100,230 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 7.83% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. S. Thethuvandar | 30,288 | 49.63% | New | |
INC | P. P. Gounder | 26,354 | 43.19% | New | |
Independent | A. Perumal | 2,054 | 3.37% | New | |
Independent | M. C. Gounder | 1,539 | 2.52% | New | |
Independent | A. M. Ali | 787 | 1.29% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,934 | 6.45% | |||
Turnout | 61,022 | 71.13% | |||
Registered electors | 90,479 | ||||
DMK win (new seat) |
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