Aruppukkottai is a key legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in the Virudhunagar district. In the 2021 assembly elections, the seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. S.s.r.ramachandiran, from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated Vaigaichelvan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 39034 votes.
It often sees intense battles between major parties. This election, the contest is heating up as NTK’s Manimaran enters the fray.
Aruppukkottai Assembly constituency is part of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Indian National Congress candidate B. Manickam Tagore won the Virudhunagar parliamentary seat by defeating Vijaya Prabhakaran of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam with a margin of 4379 votes.
From election campaigns to final results, follow all developments related to Aruppukkottai assembly constituency, including winner details, vote margins, and more on our dedicated page.
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
S.s.r.ramachandiran
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
91,040
Lead: 39,034
|
53.18% |
| Vaigaichelvan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 52,006 | 30.38% |
| Uma | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 12,392 | 7.24% |
| Uma Devi | Makkal Needhi Maiam | 7,638 | 4.46% |
| R. Ramesh | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 2,532 | 1.48% |
| Nota | None Of The Above | 1,323 | 0.77% |
| K. Boominathan | Independent | 630 | 0.37% |
| M.karuppasamy | Puthiya Tamilagam | 478 | 0.28% |
| P.prasanth | Independent | 436 | 0.25% |
| Thangapandian | Independent | 426 | 0.25% |
| Lingapandi | Independent | 419 | 0.24% |
| G.subburaj | Bahujan Samaj Party | 272 | 0.16% |
| V. Poornisha | Independent | 219 | 0.13% |
| S.manivannan | Independent | 190 | 0.11% |
| S.ramachandran | Independent | 189 | 0.11% |
| M Muthumariappan | Independent | 128 | 0.07% |
| Ponmuniasamy | Independent | 118 | 0.07% |
| Dhanasekarapandian | Independent | 76 | 0.04% |
| E.ramachandran | Independent | 72 | 0.04% |
| R.ramachandran | Independent | 71 | 0.04% |
| R.s.ramachandran | Independent | 67 | 0.04% |
| Thanga Vadivel.a.n | Independent | 62 | 0.04% |
| G.ramachandran | Independent | 60 | 0.04% |
| Vijayakumar | Independent | 60 | 0.04% |
| S.deenathayalan | Anaithu Makkal Puratchi Katchi | 58 | 0.03% |
| A.p.s.johnson | My India Party | 57 | 0.03% |
| G.ranjith | Independent | 57 | 0.03% |
| S.pandiyan | Bahujan Dravida Party | 48 | 0.03% |
| T.ramachandran | Independent | 39 | 0.02% |
| Venkatesan | Independent | 38 | 0.02% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ramachandran.k.k.s.s.r
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
81,485
Lead: 18,054
|
50.18% |
| Vaigaichelvan.dr | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 63,431 | 39.06% |
| Senthil Kumar.s | Communist Party of India | 9,817 | 6.04% |
| Vetrivel.r | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3,223 | 1.98% |
| Others | Others | 2,509 | 1.54% |
| Nagendran. | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 1,404 | 0.86% |
| Aravindkumar.d | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 817 | 0.50% |
| Lingappandi P. | Independent | 699 | 0.43% |
| Sundarraj.i | Bahujan Samaj Party | 388 | 0.24% |
| Muthumariappan M. | Independent | 262 | 0.16% |
| Vijayakumar G. | Independent | 225 | 0.14% |
| Mahendran P. | Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham | 196 | 0.12% |
| Ramachandran R.s. | Independent | 139 | 0.09% |
| Thangaraj | Independent | 121 | 0.07% |
| Suriyamaharaja R. | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 108 | 0.07% |
| Veeralakshmi M. | Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi | 85 | 0.05% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Vaigaichelvan
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
76,546
Lead: 10,638
|
51.15% |
| Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.r | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 65,908 | 44.05% |
| Vetrivel. R | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,966 | 1.31% |
| Jegan | Independent | 1,009 | 0.67% |
| Nagarajan. K | Independent | 747 | 0.50% |
| Kalaiselvan. S | Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham | 696 | 0.47% |
| Kandasamy. K | Bahujan Samaj Party | 640 | 0.43% |
| Murugan. R | Independent | 445 | 0.30% |
| Perumalsamy. S | Independent | 378 | 0.25% |
| Sivasubramanian. M | Independent | 325 | 0.22% |
| Ganesan. P | Independent | 230 | 0.15% |
| Sundarrajan. S | Independent | 204 | 0.14% |
| Marimuthu. A. G | Independent | 177 | 0.12% |
| Natarajan. M | Independent | 145 | 0.10% |
| Dharmaraj. M | Independent | 116 | 0.08% |
| Thiruvengadam. R | Independent | 105 | 0.07% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thangam Thennarasu
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
52,002
Lead: 8,234
|
45% |
| Murugan.k | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 43,768 | 38% |
| Bharathi Thasan.a | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 13,836 | 12% |
| Krishna Ghandhi.p. | All India Forward Bloc | 2,234 | 2% |
| Chella Durai Pandian.e | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,193 | 1% |
| Mannan.k | Independent | 665 | 1% |
| Maruthupandi.r | Independent | 472 | 0% |
| Samyraj.a | Independent | 461 | 0% |
| Periyasamy.a. | Independent | 370 | 0% |
| Karuppaiah.v. | Independent | 325 | 0% |
| Kanniah Thevar.m | Independent | 295 | 0% |
| Selvaraj.s | Independent | 254 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sivasamy K.k.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
49,307
Lead: 6,152
|
46% |
| Thangam Thennarasu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 43,155 | 40% |
| Shanmuga Sundaram R.m. | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10,558 | 10% |
| Venkatesan A | Independent | 960 | 1% |
| Rajagopalan R | Independent | 822 | 1% |
| Regunathan C | Independent | 775 | 1% |
| Murugan S | Independent | 622 | 1% |
| Murugan R | Independent | 255 | 0% |
| Shanmugavel K | Independent | 162 | 0% |
| Periasamy A | Independent | 157 | 0% |
| Subramanian R | Independent | 141 | 0% |
| Nallal U | Independent | 112 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thangapandian, V.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
45,081
Lead: 16,365
|
41% |
| Sundarapandian, K. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 28,716 | 26% |
| Shanmugasundaram, R.m. | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 16,987 | 16% |
| Chinnakaruppan, K. | Independent | 9,565 | 9% |
| Perumal, V. | All India Indira Congress (tiwari) | 1,077 | 1% |
| Sivasamy, S. | Independent | 260 | 0% |
| Kanthirajan, K.s. | Independent | 201 | 0% |
| Periasamy Pannai, S. | Independent | 148 | 0% |
| Athimoolam, V. | Independent | 146 | 0% |
| Veeran, A.k. | Independent | 132 | 0% |
| Sundarasu.t | Independent | 116 | 0% |
| Rajaguru.a | Independent | 115 | 0% |
| Periasamy.m | Independent | 101 | 0% |
| Chinnaiah,a | Independent | 99 | 0% |
| Alagarsamy.k | Independent | 79 | 0% |
| Deivasigamani.p | Independent | 77 | 0% |
| Kanakkan.m | Independent | 65 | 0% |
| Kannan.a | Independent | 57 | 0% |
| Thangavelu.s | Independent | 54 | 0% |
| Sundaraj.a | Independent | 38 | 0% |
| Gnanapandi.p | Independent | 26 | 0% |
| Maruthupandian.t | Independent | 25 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Manimeghalai V. G.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
56,985
Lead: 19,919
|
57% |
| Shanmuga Sundaram R. M. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 37,066 | 37% |
| Karuppiah C. | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1,350 | 1% |
| Karuppanan C. | Independent | 289 | 0% |
| Sathasivam M. | Independent | 216 | 0% |
| Balasubramani R. | Independent | 162 | 0% |
| Pandiperumal E. | Indian Congress (socialist- Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 160 | 0% |
| Balamurugan K. | Independent | 125 | 0% |
| Kanakkan M. | Independent | 96 | 0% |
| Periyasamy S. | Independent | 71 | 0% |
| Thanikkodi E. | Independent | 67 | 0% |
| Palani K. | Independent | 53 | 0% |
| Tamil Murugan A. | Independent | 52 | 0% |
| Veerasamy Agamudaiyar R. | Independent | 38 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thangapandian, V.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
44,990
Lead: 15,523
|
45% |
| Panchavarnam, V.s. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) | 29,467 | 29% |
| Chelliah, R. | Indian National Congress | 18,466 | 18% |
| Perumal, A.r. | All India Forward Bloc | 3,521 | 4% |
| Dhanushokodi, L. | Independent | 419 | 0% |
| Ramaraj, K.r. | Independent | 286 | 0% |
| Raju, C. | Independent | 246 | 0% |
| Alaguraj, A. | Independent | 212 | 0% |
| Sami, E.v. | Independent | 176 | 0% |
| Velchami, R.s. | Independent | 123 | 0% |
| Palani, K. | Independent | 103 | 0% |
| Kanakkan, M. | Independent | 101 | 0% |
| Ramaswami Thevar, P. | Independent | 96 | 0% |
| Ramanathan, A, | Independent | 91 | 0% |
| Periasamy Pannai, C. | Independent | 89 | 0% |
| Marimuthu, M. | Independent | 73 | 0% |
| Pothiraj, R. | Independent | 60 | 0% |
| Joseph, G. | Independent | 41 | 0% |
| Thirunavukkarasu, M. | Independent | 37 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
M. Pitchai
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
39,839
Lead: 3,434
|
43% |
| V.thangapandian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 36,405 | 40% |
| E. Pandiperumal | Independent | 10,809 | 12% |
| K.palankudumban | Independent | 403 | 0% |
| G.ganesa Nadar | Independent | 292 | 0% |
| M. Annamalai | Independent | 152 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pituhai, M.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
42,589
Lead: 11,685
|
53% |
| Thangapandian, V. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 30,904 | 38% |
| Karuppiah, K. | Independent | 4,742 | 6% |
| Palani Kudumban, K. | Independent | 507 | 1% |
| Karalan, K. | Independent | 318 | 0% |
| Jawahar, K. | Independent | 157 | 0% |
| Ramasamy, P. | Independent | 130 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
M.g. Ramachandran
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
43,065
Lead: 29,378
|
55% |
| M. Muthuvel Servai | Janta Party | 13,687 | 18% |
| A. Sivasamy | Indian National Congress | 12,075 | 16% |
| S.m. Bose | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,415 | 7% |
| N. Seenivasan | Independent | 645 | 1% |
| G. Fitchai | Independent | 550 | 1% |
| M. Chidambaram | Independent | 355 | 0% |
| V.t.r. Veerappa Gownder | Independent | 276 | 0% |
| P. Muthuramalingam | Independent | 202 | 0% |
| K. Palani Kundumban | Independent | 164 | 0% |
| K. Jawahar | Independent | 76 | 0% |
| R. Periakaruppan Alias Appan | Independent | 72 | 0% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Votes | Lead | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | S.s.r.ramachandiran | DMK | 91,040 | 39,034 | 53.18% |
| 2016 | Ramachandran.k.k.s.s.r | DMK | 81,485 | 18,054 | 50.18% |
| 2011 | Vaigaichelvan | AIADMK | 76,546 | 10,638 | 51.15% |
| 2006 | Thangam Thennarasu | DMK | 52,002 | 8,234 | 45% |
| 2001 | Sivasamy K.k. | AIADMK | 49,307 | 6,152 | 46% |
| 1996 | Thangapandian, V. | DMK | 45,081 | 16,365 | 41% |
| 1991 | Manimeghalai V. G. | AIADMK | 56,985 | 19,919 | 57% |
| 1989 | Thangapandian, V. | DMK | 44,990 | 15,523 | 45% |
| 1984 | M. Pitchai | AIADMK | 39,839 | 3,434 | 43% |
| 1980 | Pituhai, M. | AIADMK | 42,589 | 11,685 | 53% |
| 1977 | M.g. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 43,065 | 29,378 | 55% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | S.s.r.ramachandiran | DMK |
91,040
(Lead: 39,034)
|
53.18% |
| Vaigaichelvan | AIADMK | 52,006 | 30.38% | |
| 2016 | Ramachandran.k.k.s.s.r | DMK |
81,485
(Lead: 18,054)
|
50.18% |
| Vaigaichelvan.dr | AIADMK | 63,431 | 39.06% | |
| 2011 | Vaigaichelvan | AIADMK |
76,546
(Lead: 10,638)
|
51.15% |
| Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.r | DMK | 65,908 | 44.05% | |
| 2006 | Thangam Thennarasu | DMK |
52,002
(Lead: 8,234)
|
45% |
| Murugan.k | AIADMK | 43,768 | 38% | |
| 2001 | Sivasamy K.k. | AIADMK |
49,307
(Lead: 6,152)
|
46% |
| Thangam Thennarasu | DMK | 43,155 | 40% | |
| 1996 | Thangapandian, V. | DMK |
45,081
(Lead: 16,365)
|
41% |
| Sundarapandian, K. | AIADMK | 28,716 | 26% | |
| 1991 | Manimeghalai V. G. | AIADMK |
56,985
(Lead: 19,919)
|
57% |
| Shanmuga Sundaram R. M. | DMK | 37,066 | 37% | |
| 1989 | Thangapandian, V. | DMK |
44,990
(Lead: 15,523)
|
45% |
| Panchavarnam, V.s. | ADK(JL) | 29,467 | 29% | |
| 1984 | M. Pitchai | AIADMK |
39,839
(Lead: 3,434)
|
43% |
| V.thangapandian | DMK | 36,405 | 40% | |
| 1980 | Pituhai, M. | AIADMK |
42,589
(Lead: 11,685)
|
53% |
| Thangapandian, V. | DMK | 30,904 | 38% | |
| 1977 | M.g. Ramachandran | AIADMK |
43,065
(Lead: 29,378)
|
55% |
| M. Muthuvel Servai | JNP | 13,687 | 18% |
All 234 Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu
S.s.r.ramachandiran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the Aruppukkottai Assembly seat in the 2021 elections, defeating Vaigaichelvan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) by a margin of 39034 votes.
The strike rate in the Aruppukkottai constituency is 55% AIADMK and 45% DMK, with AIADMK won 6 times and DMK won 5 times since the 1977 elections.
S.s.r.ramachandiran (DMK) received 53.18% vote share.
Vaigaichelvan (AIADMK) received 30.38% vote share.
S.s.r.ramachandiran (DMK) won the 2021 election with 91040 votes, leading by 39034 votes and securing a 53.18% vote share.
The Aruppukkottai Assembly constituency falls under the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency of Virudhunagar district.
S.s.r.ramachandiran (DMK) won the Aruppukkottai Assembly seat in 2021 with a margin of 39034 votes over Vaigaichelvan (AIADMK).
The Aruppukkottai Assembly constituency is part of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, which includes other areas like Thiruparankundram, Thirumangalam, Sattur, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar.
The top candidates in the Aruppukkottai Assembly Election 2021 were:
S.s.r.ramachandiran (DMK)
Vaigaichelvan (AIADMK)
Uma (NTK)
These candidates were the main contenders for the seat, with S.s.r.ramachandiran (DMK) emerging as the winner.
The voter turnout in the Aruppukkottai Assembly Election 2021 was 75.58%
The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.