Tiruchuli Assembly constituency

Tiruchuli is a state assembly constituency in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency for parliament elections. It was created for the second time after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Some of the major demands of Tiruchuzhi Assembly constituency include the construction of a new bus stand at Tiruchuzhi and Narikkudi; to upgrade the bus stands present in Kariyapatti and Veerachozhan; to make a stoppage of the Silambu Express at Tiruchuzhi and Narikkudi Railway Stations; to create New SIDCO and SIPCOT Industrial Complexes at Tiruchuzhi; and to upgrade the Major District Road (NH 195), (MDR 718) and (MDR 638) to a National Highway which would be present in-between Nedungulam to Abhiramam via Narikudi and Veerachozhan.

Extent

It comprises Kariapatti Union, Narikkudi Union, Tiruchuli Union, Aruppukkottai Taluk (part): Kulasekaranallur, Mangulam, Melakandamangalam, Kurunaikulam, Konganakurichi, Aladipatti, Bommakottai, Kallorani, Savaspuram, Kullampatti, Muthuramalingapuram, Narthampatti, Kalayarkarisalkulam, Kalyanasundarapuram, Kallumadam, Erasinnampatti, Parattanatham, Thammanaickenpatti, Vedanatham, Silukkapatti, Mandapasalai, Maravarperungudi, Thummuchinnampatti, Thirumalaipuram, Salukkuvarpatti, Suthamadam, Thoppalakarai, Rajagopalapuram, Pullanaickenpatti, Chettikulam, Kanakai, Paralachi, Melaiyur, Vadakkunatham, Therkunatham, Sengulam, Poolangal Kallakkari, Keelkudi and Purasalur, Keppilingampatti, and Azhagiyanallur villages.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
2011	Thangam Thennarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021		59.41%
2016		53.61%
2011		54.36%
1962		55.94%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli
Party	Candidate	Votes
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu
	AIADMK+	M. S. R. Rajavarman
	NTK	Karthik Raja
	TVK	S. Samayan	New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors	204,293
	gain from	Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	102,225	59.41%	+5.8
	AIADMK	S. Rajasekar	41,233	23.96%	−13.8
	NTK	A. Anandhajothi	13,787	8.01%	New
	AMMK	K. K. Sivasamy	6,441	3.74%	New
	Independent	V. Arunkumar	2,492	1.45%	New
	MNM	S. Murugan	1,356	0.79%	New
	Independent	R. Adaikalam	898	0.52%	New
Margin of victory	60,992	35.45%	19.60%
Turnout	172,071	77.84%	−3.14%
Rejected ballots	142	0.08%
Registered electors	221,055
	DMK hold	Swing	5.80%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	89,927	53.61%	−0.75
	AIADMK	K. Dinesh Babu	63,350	37.77%	−3.3
	DMDK	T. Raju	5,799	3.46%	New
	BJP	B. Ravirajan	1,779	1.06%	−0.27
	NOTA	NOTA	1,328	0.79%	New
	Independent	G. Vairaseeman	1,074	0.64%	New
Margin of victory	26,577	15.84%	2.56%
Turnout	167,742	80.98%	−3.52%
Registered electors	207,142
	DMK hold	Swing	-0.75%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangam Thennarasu	81,613	54.36%	*New*
	AIADMK	U. Esakki	61,661	41.07%	New
	BJP	P. Vijaya Ragunathan	1,998	1.33%	New
	Independent	A. Ramamoorthy	1,103	0.73%	New
	BSP	M. Arumugam	1,082	0.72%	New
Margin of victory	19,952	13.29%
Turnout	150,146	84.50%
Registered electors	177,683
	DMK win (new seat)

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchuli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	A. Perumal	28,524	55.94%	*New*
	INC	M. Vellathurai	18,428	36.14%	New
	Independent	R. Muthu	4,038	7.92%	New
Margin of victory	10,096	19.80%
Turnout	50,990	59.23%
Registered electors	90,401
	AIFB win (new seat)

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