# Aruppukottai Assembly constituency

Aruppukottai is a legislative assembly in Virudhunagar district, which includes the city, Aruppukkottai. It is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. This is the constituency, held by popular actor-turned politician, M. G. Ramachandran, when he first became Chief Minister in the 1977 assembly elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
The Chettiyar (all kinds - mostly Devanger) community is the biggest community in this constituency with around 13% population.
The population of other communities are: 15% Devendrakula Velalar, 15% all kinds of Naidus, 14% Saliyar, 10% Nadar, 10% Mutharaiyar, 8% Mukkulathor (Mostly Maravar and Agamudaiyar), 8% Reddy, 3% Konar, 3% Pillaimar and 3% Muslims.
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.

## History

Until the 2006 election, Aruppukottai Assembly constituency was part of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Since the 2006 election, it has been part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| 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 |

### Tamil Nadu

| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party |
| Fifth | 1971-1977 | Sowdi Sundara Bharathi | All India Forward Bloc |
| Sixth | 1977-1980 | M. G. Ramachandran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Seventh | 1980-1984 | M. Pitchai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eighth | 1984-1989 | M. Pitchai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Ninth | 1989-1991 | V. Thangapandian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tenth | 1991-1996 | V. G. Manimeghalai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1996-1998 | V. Thangapandian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1998-2001 | Thangam Thenarasu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Twelfth | 2001-2006 | K. K. Sivasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | Thangam Thennarusu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | Vaigaichelvan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 53.18% | 53.18% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 49.41% | 49.41% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 51.15% | 51.15% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 44.88% | 44.88% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 46.07% | 46.07% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 43.70% | 43.70% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 58.91% | 58.91% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 45.59% | 45.59% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 45.32% | 45.32% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 53.67% | 53.67% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 56.23% | 56.23% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 56.67% | 56.67% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 54.68% | 54.68% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 54.54% | 54.54% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 55.13% | 55.13% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 48.27% | 48.27% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 39,034 | 22.80% | 11.85% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,201 | 76.49% | −2.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 223,820 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 3.77% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,054 | 10.95% | 3.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164,909 | 79.17% | −4.18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208,309 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -1.74% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,638 | 7.11% | 0.00% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,531 | 83.35% | 11.69% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 149,637 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 6.28% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,234 | 7.11% | 1.36% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,875 | 71.66% | 9.32% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 161,711 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -1.19% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,152 | 5.75% | −10.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,026 | 62.33% | −5.97% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 171,719 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 2.37% | |

### 1997-1998 by-election

1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,951 | 1.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,183 | 65.9% |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,365 | 15.86% | −4.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 103,165 | 68.31% | 4.94% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 159,117 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -15.21% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,919 | 20.59% | 4.86% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,730 | 63.37% | −7.39% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 157,995 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 13.32% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,523 | 15.73% | 11.82% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 98,688 | 70.76% | −3.40% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 141,982 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.27% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,434 | 3.91% | −10.82% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,900 | 74.16% | 5.44% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 123,905 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -8.35% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,685 | 14.73% | −23.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,347 | 68.72% | −0.19% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 116,985 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -2.56% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,378 | 38.36% | 24.41% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,582 | 68.91% | −8.04% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 112,763 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from AIFB | AIADMK gain from AIFB | Swing | -0.43% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,113 | 13.95% | −0.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,332 | 76.95% | −3.82% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,706 | | |
| | AIFB gain from SWA | AIFB gain from SWA | Swing | 1.99% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,141 | 14.63% | 3.89% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,465 | 80.77% | 0.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 80,866 | | |
| | SWA gain from INC | SWA gain from INC | Swing | 0.13% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,014 | 10.75% | 0.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,264 | 80.22% | 8.02% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 84,282 | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | -0.59% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | M. D. Ramasami | 31,765 | 55.13% | |
| | INC | A. V. Thiruppathi | 25,849 | 44.87% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,916 | 10.27% | 4.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,614 | 72.20% | 2.09% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 79,794 | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | 6.86% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aruppukottai :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,094 | 5.85% | 5.85% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,870 | 70.11% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 75,411 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |