Virudhunagar Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Formerly Sivakasi, the parliamentary constituency of Virudhunagar came into existence post the delimitation of the constituencies and is one of the 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu. It has 992,051 electors and is made of six legislative assembly segments. The Virudhunagar Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 34) has a total of 992,051 electorates out of which 500,734 are females and 491,317 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. The city of Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar District and is located 506 km from Chennai and 53 km from Madurai. With an average elevation of 100 m, the district has an area of 4,241 sq km and is divided into 2 revenue divisions.

Over the decade 2001-2011, with a population growth rate of 11%, the census data reports the total population of the state at 1,943,000 with a density of 458 people per sq km. Of the total population, 968,000 are males and the sex ratio is 1007 females per 1000 males. 10.15% of the total population is under the age of six. The average literacy rate of Virudhunagar is 81% with male literacy being 88% and female literacy being 73%. Tamil and English are the official languages here. The leading industries of match, fireworks and printing are located here while oil, chicory and coffee production is also a part of the economic setup. The district lies on the National Highway NH-7.

Virudhunagar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Virudhunagar Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Virudhunagar parliamentary constituency of all the years fromthe starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Virudhunagar constituency is Shri Radhakrishnan T. of AIADMK.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner/Current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	34	Virudhunagar	GEN	Radhakrishnan T	M	AIADMK	406694	Vaiko	M	MDMK	261143
2009	34	Virudhunagar	GEN	Tagore,Shri Manicka	M	INC	307187	Vaiko	M	MDMK	291423

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Virudhunagar Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Virudhunagar parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Thiruparankundram	Thirumangalam	Sattur
Sivakasi	Virudhunagar	Aruppukkottai