Virudhunagar
P. Selvam (TVK) is the MLA for Virudhunagar.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 P. Selvam won with 37.9% of the vote, 9,391 votes ahead of Vijaya Prabhakar (DMDK).
Virudhunagar is also the name of the district and the town: 35 mentions from 4 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Virudhunagar
- Area
- about 440 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 72.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aruppukkottai · Sattur · Sivakasi · Srivilliputhur · Thirumangalam · Tiruchuli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK P. Selvam | 63,653 · 37.9% | DMDK Vijaya Prabhakar | 54,262 · 32.3% | 9,391 (5.6 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK A. R. R. Seenivasan | 73,297 | BJP G. Pandurangan | – | – |
| 2016 | DMK A. R. R. Seenivasan | 65,499 · 42.7% | ADMK Kalanithi.K | 62,629 · 40.8% | 2,870 (1.9 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK K. Pandiarajan | 70,441 · 52.4% | INC T. Armstrong Naveen | 49,003 · 36.4% | 21,438 (15.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Virudhunagar (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 20 July (19 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
185 mentions of Virudhunagar since 1 June 2026 from 14 outlets, including news about the district and the town.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Virudhunagar district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Virudhunagar district
Virudhunagar| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajapalayam | TVK | 5.8 | 12 |
| Srivilliputhur | TVK | 4.4 | 9 |
| Sattur | DMK | 3.0 | 3 |
| Sivakasi | TVK | 6.0 | 46 |
| Virudhunagar | TVK | 5.6 | 35† |
| Aruppukkottai | DMK | 2.8 | 2 |
| Tiruchuli | DMK | 7.4 | 1 |
† Virudhunagar is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Virudhunagar (also the district's name)
- லஞ்ச வழக்கில் கைதான விருதுநகர் சுகாதாரத் துறை துணை இயக்குநரின் வீட்டில் சோதனைTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.