Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first MLA of Thirukovilur Town, from 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1951 to the 1971 state elections. After the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, Mughaiyur Assembly constituency and Rishivandhiyam Assembly constituency were reorganised into Tirukovilur Assembly constituency. It had 1,94,414 registered voters for the 2011 election.
Demographics
+ Demographics (2011) Category DataCreated2016Vanniyar40%Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar05%Adi Dravida30% Nathama Udayar 05% Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar08%Others12%Total Electorate2,50,669
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State
YearWinner Party 1952 A. Muthuswamy 1957S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and KuppusamiIndependent and Indian National Congress 1962 Lakshminarasimma Ammal 1967 E. M. Subramaniam
Tamil Nadu
YearWinner Party 1971 A. S. Kumarasamy
Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.
Year Winner Party 2011 L. Venkatesan 2016K. Ponmudy 2021 2026 S. Palaniswamy
Election results
2026
2021
2016
2011
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
References