Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Virudhunagar

Virudhunagar constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	2014-present
Current MP	T.RADHAKRISHNAN
Party	AIADMK
Elected Year	2014 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	992,051 [1]
Assembly Constituencies	195. Thirupparankundram 196. Tirumangalam 204. Sattur 205. Sivakasi 206. Virudhunagar 207. Aruppukkottai

Virudhunagar is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Originally Sivakasi, it was converted into Virudhunagar after the 2008 delimitation.

Assembly segments

Virudhunagar constituency was formed in 2008. It comprises the following assembly segments;

1. Virudhunagar
2. Sattur
3. Sivakasi
4. Aruppukottai
5. Tirumangalam
6. Thirupparankundram.

Virudhunagar, Sattur and Sivakasi constituencies were hitherto with Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency, Aruppukottai with Ramanathapuram Lok sabha constituency, Tirumangalam from Dindigul constituency and Thirupparankundram with Madurai Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Member	Political Party
15th	2009-14	Manicka Tagore	Indian National Congress
16th	2014-Incumbent	T. Radhakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2009 election results

General Election, 2009: Virudhunagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manicka Tagore	307,187	40.01
	MDMK	Vaiko	291,423	37.96
Majority
Turnout			767,614

References

1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
2. "Virudhunagar Parliamentary segment comes into being in place of Sivakasi". The Hindu. 18 June 2008.

External links

• Election Commission of India