Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Viralimalai

Assembly constituency 179 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#179 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants26

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,03,921

Turnout90.4%

NOTA375

WinnerVijayabaskar. CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,05,77351.9% of votes

MARGIN62,073 votes · 30.4 pp1,05,773 − 43,700

Runner-upMurugesan. P Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam43,70021.4% of votes

AIADMK 70.8% of top-two votesTVK 29.2%

All candidates 26

01 Vijayabaskar. CAIADMK1,05,773 51.9%
02 Murugesan. PTVK43,700 21.4%
03 Chellapandiyan. K.KDMK40,397 19.8%
04 Sathyalakshmi. KNTK9,467 4.6%
05 Karthika PrakashAIPTM834 0.4%
06 Mahendiran. KIND555 0.3%
07 Thiruvendran. VIND424 0.2%
08 Palanisamy. KVTVTK261 0.1%
09 Selvaraj. APT251 0.1%
10 Thirumurugan. KIND218 0.1%
11 Balavel Murugesan. TIND215 0.1%
12 Balasubramanian. K.KIND205 0.1%
13 Manikandan. MIND157 0.1%
14 Jayagandhi. RIND153 0.1%
15 Palanisamy. AIND134 0.1%
16 Balasubramanian. MIND130 0.1%
17 Adaikalaraj. SIND96 0.1%
18 Veeramani. MIND90 0.0%
19 Subbaiah. RIND75 0.0%
20 Jothivel. AIND73 0.0%
21 Thirumurugan. AIND70 0.0%
22 Chandrajothi. MIND60 0.0%
23 Mathiyalagan. GIND58 0.0%
24 Veeramani. MIND56 0.0%
25 Alagar. P AdvocateIND52 0.0%
26 Raja. PIND42 0.0%

Turnout 90.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total375
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 26 candidates = 2,03,546Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
30.4 pp
Vijayabaskar. CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
12.2 pp
Vijaya Basker CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
5.0 pp
Vijaya Baskar CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
28.5 pp
Vijaya Basker. CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
12.2 pp
Rengarajan.N.RIndian National Congress
2001
5.9 pp
Rengarajan N.R.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1996
27.6 pp
Balasubramanian P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
25.6 pp
Balasubramaniam K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
13.0 pp
Annadurai K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
14.6 pp
Ramachandran P. N.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
10.9 pp
Somasundaram, S. D.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
1.0 pp
A.R. MarimuthuIndian National Congress
1971
11.8 pp
Periasamy Udayar K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
9.9 pp
C.KrishnamoorthiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
10.8 pp
T. Kadambavana SundaramIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 73.3% of votes; the other 24 candidates 26.5% between them.
(1,05,773 + 43,700) ÷ 2,03,921 = 73.3% · 54,073 ÷ 2,03,921 = 26.5%
Turnout of 90.4% was 3.8 pp above the state's median seat (86.6%).
90.4 − 86.6 = +3.8
The margin widened from 12.2 pp in 2021 to 30.4 pp.
30.4 − 12.2 = +18.2 pp
AIADMK held the seat it won in 2021.
2021 AIADMK · 2026 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 26 candidate lines2,03,546
NOTAcounted within the total375
Published totalVotes polled2,03,921
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates26 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 233 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database