Ramachandran. K.K.S.S.R of DMK won the Aruppukkottai Assembly constituency (Virudhunagar district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 36.49% of 178,413 votes cast. The winning margin over Karthik Kumar. K (TVK) was 4,943 votes, or 2.77 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
36.49%
Winner vote share
4,943
Margin (2.77%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Aruppukkottai 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramachandran. K.K.S.S.R Winner | DMK | 65,104 | 36.49% |
| 2 | Karthik Kumar. K 2nd | TVK | 60,161 | 33.72% |
| 3 | Sethupathy. S | ADMK | 37,190 | 20.84% |
| 4 | Manimaran. G | NTK | 8,499 | 4.76% |
| 5 | Ragupathi. K | Puthiya Tamilagam | 2,179 | 1.22% |
| 6 | Dharmaraj. P | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 1,147 | 0.64% |
| 7 | Nota | NOTA | 692 | 0.39% |
| 8 | Arumugam. V | IND | 641 | 0.36% |
| 9 | Sureshkumar. K | IND | 573 | 0.32% |
| 10 | Sundaramoorthi. S | IND | 424 | 0.24% |
| 11 | Senthilkumar. S | IND | 265 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Ganesan. V | Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi | 194 | 0.11% |
| 13 | Ramakrishnan. S | IND | 162 | 0.09% |
| 14 | Sanjay Gandhi. V | Desa Makkal Munnetrak Kazhagam | 160 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Advocate Sadhuragiri. M | IND | 160 | 0.09% |
| 16 | Elango. G | Ezhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra Kazhagam | 139 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Sundaramahalingam. A | IND | 120 | 0.07% |
| 18 | Anandhan. A | IND | 115 | 0.06% |
| 19 | Muniyandi. M | IND | 80 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Chinnasamy. G | IND | 76 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Palanikumar. M | IND | 68 | 0.04% |
| 22 | Ramamoorthy. G | IND | 58 | 0.03% |
| 23 | Veeraraj. R | IND | 56 | 0.03% |
| 24 | Karthik. M | IND | 53 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Venkatesan. P.S | IND | 49 | 0.03% |
| 26 | Marivel. K | IND | 48 | 0.03% |
How Aruppukkottai compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | K.K.S.S.R.RAMACHANDRAN | DMK | 53.18% |
| 2026 | RAMACHANDRAN. K.K.S.S.R | DMK | 36.49% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -16.69 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.