Constituency
179. Viralimalai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-VIRALIMALAI
AIADMK 51.9%won by 30.4%TVK 21.4%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 30.4%.
- New challengerTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) finished second with 21.4% — it did not contest here in 2021.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.3% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,03,921
Margin
62,073
30.44%
Candidates
27 contested · winner AIADMK- 1VIJAYABASKAR. CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1,05,77351.9%
- 2MURUGESAN. PTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK43,70021.4%
- 3CHELLAPANDIYAN. K.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,39719.8%
- 4SATHYALAKSHMI. KNTK · NTK9,4674.6%
- 5KARTHIKA PRAKASHAIPTMM · AIPTMM8340.4%
- 6MAHENDIRAN. KIndependent · IND5550.3%
- 7THIRUVENDRAN. VIndependent · IND4240.2%
- 8NOTANOTA · NOTA3750.2%
- 9PALANISAMY. KVTVTK · VTVTK2610.1%
- 10SELVARAJ. APuthiya Tamilagam · PT2510.1%
- 11THIRUMURUGAN. KIndependent · IND2180.1%
- 12BALAVEL MURUGESAN. TIndependent · IND2150.1%
- 13BALASUBRAMANIAN. K.KIndependent · IND2050.1%
- 14MANIKANDAN. MIndependent · IND1570.1%
- 15JAYAGANDHI. RIndependent · IND1530.1%
- 16PALANISAMY. AIndependent · IND1340.1%
- 17BALASUBRAMANIAN. MIndependent · IND1300.1%
- 18ADAIKALARAJ. SIndependent · IND960.0%
- 19VEERAMANI. MIndependent · IND900.0%
- 20SUBBAIAH. RIndependent · IND750.0%
- 21JOTHIVEL. AIndependent · IND730.0%
- 22THIRUMURUGAN. AIndependent · IND700.0%
- 23CHANDRAJOTHI. MIndependent · IND600.0%
- 24MATHIYALAGAN. GIndependent · IND580.0%
- 25VEERAMANI. MIndependent · IND560.0%
- 26ALAGAR. P ADVOCATEIndependent · IND520.0%
- 27RAJA. PIndependent · IND420.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–TVK swing
- −22.4%
- AIADMK share
- 52.8% → 51.9%
- TVK share
- 0.0% → 21.4%
- Turnout
- 85.4% → —