Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar 2026: TVK's Selvam beats Vijayakanth's son Vijayaprabhakar by 9,391
TVK's P. Selvam won Virudhunagar with 63,653 votes, holding back DMDK debutant Vijayaprabhakar — son of the late Captain Vijayakanth — on 54,262. The 9,391-vote margin ends the DMK's two-cycle hold under A. R. R. Seenivasan and pulls the matchbox-and-trade town into the TVK column.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SELVAM P | TVK | 63,653 | 38.35% |
| 2 | VIJAYAPRABHAKAR | DMDK | 54,262 | 32.69% |
| 3 | GANESAN V.G. | AIADMK | 34,212 | 20.61% |
| 4 | LAKSHMANAN | NTK | 10,120 | 6.10% |
| 5 | BALASUBRAMANIAM M | IND | 2,217 | 1.34% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SELVAM P | TVK | 583 | 63,070 | 63,653 |
| 2 | VIJAYAPRABHAKAR | DMDK | 573 | 53,689 | 54,262 |
| 3 | GANESAN V.G. | AIADMK | 361 | 33,851 | 34,212 |
| 4 | LAKSHMANAN | NTK | 182 | 9,938 | 10,120 |
| 5 | BALASUBRAMANIAM M | PT | 51 | 2,166 | 2,217 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Virudhunagar is the home turf of former chief minister K. Kamaraj.
About Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar (AC 206) is the headquarters of the district that carries its name, and a hub for matchbox manufacturing, oil seeds and the Nadar mercantile community whose chamber of commerce here is one of the oldest in the south. The constituency includes Virudhunagar town, parts of Aruppukottai road and the Mamsapuram fringe. It returned DMDK's K. Pandiarajan in 2011 and DMK's A. R. R. Seenivasan in 2016 (by a razor 2,870) and 2021; 2026 swings it to TVK in a three-way fight with DMDK and AIADMK.
When you are in Virudhunagar
Visit Kamaraj Memorial House — the modest home where the former chief minister grew up is preserved as a museum near the Virudhunagar railway station. The Nadar Mahajana Sangam complex on the bazaar street is worth a peek for its trade-hall architecture, and the small matchbox units along the Aruppukottai road still take walk-in tours.
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