PUDUKKOTTAI
Assembly seat no. 180 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called PUDUKKOTTAI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 2026
V. Muthuraja
DMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2026
1,867
0.98% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
TVKK.m. Shariff
- Votes
- 64,958
- Vote share
- 34.12%
- Behind by
- 1,867
Electors
2,26,009
Total votes polled
1,90,378
Valid votes
1,90,378
NOTA votes
467
0.25% of votes polled
Turnout
84.2%
Full result, 2026
30 candidates · 1,90,378 valid votes
V. MuthurajaDMKwon
66,825
35.1%
K.m. ShariffTVK
64,958
34.1%
N. RamachandranBJP
41,089
21.6%
Ezhilarasi VijayendranNTK
11,673
6.1%
K. KailasakumarIND
669
0.4%
E. RamalingamPFTROOBC
510
0.3%
Senthilnathan .bIND
466
0.2%
S. Niyaz AhamedTAVK
372
0.2%
S. SelvarajIND
351
0.2%
G. DuraisaravananIND
324
0.2%
C. GovindasamyIND
239
0.1%
C. KaruppaiahIND
233
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 30. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | V. Muthuraja | DMK | 66,825 | 35.10% | K.m. Shariff | 1,867 |
| 2021 | V . MUTHURAJA | DMK | 85,802 | 47.70% | KARTHIK THONDAIMAN | 13,001 |
| 2016 | PERIYANNAN ARASSU | DMK | 66,739 | 39.19% | KARTHIK THONDAIMAN | 2,084 |
| 2011 | MUTHUKUMARAN.P | CPI | 65,466 | 46.78% | PERIYANNAN ARASSU | 3,101 |
| 2006 | NEDUNCHEZHIAN R | ADMK | 64,319 | 42.18% | JAFFARALI M. | 1,950 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above