Aruppukkottai is assembly constituency number 207 in Tamil Nadu, in Virudhunagar district, and one of the segments of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.r of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 36.5% of the vote, 4,943 votes ahead of Karthik Kumar. K (TVK).
- 01Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.rDMK65,10436.49%
- 02Karthik Kumar. KTVK60,16133.72%
- 03Sethupathy. SAIADMK37,19020.84%
- 04Manimaran. GNTK8,4994.76%
- 05Ragupathi. KPT2,1791.22%
- 20 other candidates · 4,588 votesNOTA · 692 (0.39%)
Margin 4,943 votes · 2.77% of valid votes
All 25 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,78,413 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.rMale · 76 yrs | DMK | 65,104 | 36.49% |
| 2 | Karthik Kumar. KMale · 31 yrs | TVK | 60,161 | 33.72% |
| 3 | Sethupathy. SMale · 53 yrs | AIADMK | 37,190 | 20.84% |
| 4 | Manimaran. GMale · 41 yrs | NTK | 8,499 | 4.76% |
| 5 | Ragupathi. KMale · 51 yrs · SC | PT | 2,179 | 1.22% |
| 6 | Dharmaraj. PMale · 47 yrs | AIPTMMK | 1,147 | 0.64% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 692 | 0.39% |
| 7 | Arumugam. VMale · 29 yrs | Independent | 641 | 0.36% |
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| 8 | Sureshkumar. KMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 573 | 0.32% |
| 9 | Sundaramoorthi. SMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 424 | 0.24% |
| 10 | Senthilkumar. SMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 265 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Ganesan. VMale · 41 yrs · SC | PMTDK | 194 | 0.11% |
| 12 | Ramakrishnan. SMale · 32 yrs | Independent | 162 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Advocate Sadhuragiri. MMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 160 | 0.09% |
| 14 | Sanjay Gandhi. VMale · 34 yrs · SC | DMMK | 160 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Elango. GMale · 45 yrs | ETMK | 139 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Sundaramahalingam. AMale · 39 yrs | Independent | 120 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Anandhan. AMale · 58 yrs | Independent | 115 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Muniyandi. MMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 80 | 0.04% |
| 19 | Chinnasamy. GMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 76 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Palanikumar. MMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 68 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Ramamoorthy. GMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 58 | 0.03% |
| 22 | Veeraraj. RMale · 28 yrs · SC | Independent | 56 | 0.03% |
| 23 | Karthik. MMale · 31 yrs | Independent | 53 | 0.03% |
| 24 | Venkatesan. P.sMale · 59 yrs | Independent | 49 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Marivel. KMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 48 | 0.03% |
DMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Aruppukkottai result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.k.s.s.r.ramachandran | DMK | 91,040 | 53.18% |
| 2 | Vaigaichelvan | AIADMK | 52,006 | 30.38% |
| 3 | Uma | NTK | 12,392 | 7.24% |
| 4 | V.umadevi | MNM | 7,638 | 4.46% |
| 5 | R.ramesh | DMDK | 2,532 | 1.48% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,323 | 0.77% |
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| 6 | K. Boominathan | Independent | 630 | 0.37% |
| 7 | M.karuppasamy | PT | 478 | 0.28% |
| 8 | P.prasanth | Independent | 436 | 0.25% |
| 9 | Thangapandian | Independent | 426 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Lingapandi | Independent | 419 | 0.24% |
| 11 | G.subburaj | BSP | 272 | 0.16% |
| 12 | V. Poornisha | Independent | 219 | 0.13% |
| 13 | S.manivannan | Independent | 190 | 0.11% |
| 14 | S.ramachandran | Independent | 189 | 0.11% |
| 15 | M Muthumariappan | Independent | 128 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Ponmuniasamy | Independent | 118 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Dhanasekarapandian | Independent | 76 | 0.04% |
| 18 | E.ramachandran | Independent | 72 | 0.04% |
| 19 | R.ramachandran | Independent | 71 | 0.04% |
| 20 | R.s.ramachandran | Independent | 67 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Thanga Vadivel.a.n | Independent | 62 | 0.04% |
| 22 | G.ramachandran | Independent | 60 | 0.04% |
| 23 | Vijayakumar | Independent | 60 | 0.04% |
| 24 | S.deenathayalan | AMPK | 58 | 0.03% |
| 25 | G.ranjith | Independent | 57 | 0.03% |
| 26 | A.p.s.johnson | MIDP | 57 | 0.03% |
| 27 | S.pandiyan | BHUDRP | 48 | 0.03% |
| 28 | T.ramachandran | Independent | 39 | 0.02% |
| 29 | Venkatesan | Independent | 38 | 0.02% |
Aruppukkottai result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramachandran.k.k.s.s.r | DMK | 81,485 | 49.41% |
| 2 | Vaigaichelvan.dr | AIADMK | 63,431 | 38.46% |
| 3 | Senthil Kumar.s | CPI | 9,817 | 5.95% |
| 4 | Vetrivel.r | BJP | 3,223 | 1.95% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,509 | 1.52% |
| 5 | Nagendran. | NTK | 1,404 | 0.85% |
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| 6 | Aravindkumar.d | PMK | 817 | 0.50% |
| 7 | Lingappandi, P. | Independent | 699 | 0.42% |
| 8 | Sundarraj.i | BSP | 388 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Muthumariappan, M. | Independent | 262 | 0.16% |
| 10 | Vijayakumar, G. | Independent | 225 | 0.14% |
| 11 | Mahendran, P. | TMMK | 196 | 0.12% |
| 12 | Ramachandran, R.S. | Independent | 139 | 0.08% |
| 13 | Thangaraj | Independent | 121 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Suriyamaharaja, R. | LJP | 108 | 0.07% |
| 15 | Veeralakshmi, M. | TAVK | 85 | 0.05% |
Aruppukkottai result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaigaichelvan | AIADMK | 76,546 | 51.15% |
| 2 | Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.r | DMK | 65,908 | 44.05% |
| 3 | Vetrivel. R | BJP | 1,966 | 1.31% |
| 4 | Jegan | Independent | 1,009 | 0.67% |
| 5 | Nagarajan. K | Independent | 747 | 0.50% |
| 6 | Kalaiselvan. S | TMMK | 696 | 0.47% |
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| 7 | Kandasamy. K | BSP | 640 | 0.43% |
| 8 | Murugan. R | Independent | 445 | 0.30% |
| 9 | Perumalsamy. S | Independent | 378 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Sivasubramanian. M | Independent | 325 | 0.22% |
| 11 | Ganesan. P | Independent | 230 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Sundarrajan. S | Independent | 204 | 0.14% |
| 13 | Marimuthu. A. G | Independent | 177 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Natarajan. M | Independent | 145 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Dharmaraj. M | Independent | 116 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Thiruvengadam. R | Independent | 105 | 0.07% |
Aruppukkottai outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Virudhunagar district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Aruppukkottai is one of the assembly segments of Virudhunagar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Virudhunagar candidates.
- Vijayaprabhakaran VDMDK61,659 40.6%
- Manickam Tagore BINC49,381 32.5%
- Radikaa RBJP23,673 15.6%
- Kaushik SNTK10,320 6.8%
- RajeshIndependent926 0.6%
In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMDK led here by 12,278 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Aruppukkottai.
Who won the Aruppukkottai assembly seat in 2026?
Ramachandran. K.k.s.s.r of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Aruppukkottai in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 65,104 votes, which was 36.49% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Aruppukkottai?
The margin was 4,943 votes (2.77% of valid votes). The runner-up was Karthik Kumar. K of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam with 60,161 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Aruppukkottai in 2026?
Turnout was 85.84%: 1,78,698 of 2,08,168 registered electors voted, across 270 polling stations. That is 9.0 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Aruppukkottai part of?
Aruppukkottai is an assembly segment of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vijayaprabhakaran V got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Aruppukkottai a reserved constituency?
No. Aruppukkottai is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Aruppukkottai?
The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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