Vijayabaskar. C of ADMK won the Viralimalai Assembly constituency (Pudukkottai district, Central) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 51.87% of 203,921 votes cast. The winning margin over Murugesan. P (TVK) was 62,073 votes, or 30.44 percentage points. ADMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
ADMK
Winning party
51.87%
Winner vote share
62,073
Margin (30.44%)
ADMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Viralimalai 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijayabaskar. C Winner | ADMK | 105,773 | 51.87% |
| 2 | Murugesan. P 2nd | TVK | 43,700 | 21.43% |
| 3 | Chellapandiyan. K.K | DMK | 40,397 | 19.81% |
| 4 | Sathyalakshmi. K | NTK | 9,467 | 4.64% |
| 5 | Karthika Prakash | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 834 | 0.41% |
| 6 | Mahendiran. K | IND | 555 | 0.27% |
| 7 | Thiruvendran. V | IND | 424 | 0.21% |
| 8 | Nota | NOTA | 375 | 0.18% |
| 9 | Palanisamy. K | Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 261 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Selvaraj. A | Puthiya Tamilagam | 251 | 0.12% |
| 11 | Thirumurugan. K | IND | 218 | 0.11% |
| 12 | Balavel Murugesan. T | IND | 215 | 0.11% |
| 13 | Balasubramanian. K.K | IND | 205 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Manikandan. M | IND | 157 | 0.08% |
| 15 | Jayagandhi. R | IND | 153 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Palanisamy. A | IND | 134 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Balasubramanian. M | IND | 130 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Adaikalaraj. S | IND | 96 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Veeramani. M | IND | 90 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Subbaiah. R | IND | 75 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Jothivel. A | IND | 73 | 0.04% |
| 22 | Thirumurugan. A | IND | 70 | 0.03% |
| 23 | Chandrajothi. M | IND | 60 | 0.03% |
| 24 | Mathiyalagan. G | IND | 58 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Veeramani. M | IND | 56 | 0.03% |
| 26 | Alagar. P Advocate | IND | 52 | 0.03% |
| 27 | Raja. P | IND | 42 | 0.02% |
How Viralimalai compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | VIJAYA BASKER C | ADMK | 52.83% |
| 2026 | VIJAYABASKAR. C | ADMK | 51.87% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -0.96 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.