Selvam P of TVK won the Virudhunagar Assembly constituency (Virudhunagar district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.93% of 167,832 votes cast. The winning margin over Vijayaprabhakar (DMDK) was 9,391 votes, or 5.6 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
37.93%
Winner vote share
9,391
Margin (5.6%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Virudhunagar 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selvam P Winner | TVK | 63,653 | 37.93% |
| 2 | Vijayaprabhakar 2nd | DMDK | 54,262 | 32.33% |
| 3 | Ganesan V.G. | ADMK | 34,212 | 20.38% |
| 4 | Lakshmanan | NTK | 10,120 | 6.03% |
| 5 | Balasubramaniam M | Puthiya Tamilagam | 2,217 | 1.32% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 954 | 0.57% |
| 7 | Ajay I | IND | 532 | 0.32% |
| 8 | Muthuvel S | IND | 509 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Subburaj K | IND | 343 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Gunasundaram R | IND | 204 | 0.12% |
| 11 | Gurusamy S | IND | 182 | 0.11% |
| 12 | Rathinaraja S | Nam Naadu Nam Makkal Nam Ethirkaalam Katchi | 148 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Santhosh Kumar R | IND | 137 | 0.08% |
| 14 | Amirtha Pandi M.V | IND | 122 | 0.07% |
| 15 | Ranjith S | IND | 119 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Vikraman N | Desa Makkal Munnetrak Kazhagam | 118 | 0.07% |
How Virudhunagar compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SEENIVASAN A.R.R | DMK | 45.32% |
| 2026 | SELVAM P | TVK | 37.93% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -7.39 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.