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Introduction 1 Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) at a Glance | Features of Assembly 1-2 as per Delimitation Commission of India (2008) Location and Political Maps Location Map | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in 2 District | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency under Parliamentary 3-9 Constituency - (Lok Sabha) | Town, Ward & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-17 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns and Villages by 18-20 Population Size | Sex Ratio (Total & 0-6 Years) | Religious Population | Social Population | Literacy Rate Electoral Features Important Dates of Last Elections Held | Electors by Gender | Service 5 Electors | Voters | Voters Turnout | Polling Stations & Average Number of 21-26 Electors per Polling Station | Electors by Age Group | Present Elected Representatives Historical Summary Election Results Vote Share of Major Parties | Winning Margin (Number & Percentage) | 6 Polarity of Parties | Summary Result of Assembly Segment of Parliamentary 27-47 Elections 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999 | Summary Result of Assembly Elections 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1980, 1977, 1971 and 1967 Polling Station Level Election Results Name and Number of Polling Station 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 | 7 Polling Station-wise Electors, Voters & Voters Turnout 2019, 2016, 2014, 48-155 2011 and 2009 | Polling Station wise Elections Results 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Share of Assembly Constituency 8 Share of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in State, District and 156 Parliamentary Constituency - (Lok Sabha) Socio-Economic Amenities Access to Administrative Units | Agricultural, Manufacturing and Industrial Commodities | Demographic Indicators | Education | Health & Manpower | 9 Drinking Water Supply | Sanitation | Entertainment and Recreations 158-172 Infrastructure | Power | Food Allocation Distribution and Marketing of Agriculture Commodities Infrastructure | Transport and Road Infrastructure | Communication | Banking and Financial Services | Land Use | Irrigation Source 10 Abbreviation & Sources 174-176 11 Disclaimer 178

Vridhachalam Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Location & Political Map

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Tamil Nadu Vridhachalam Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Administrative Setup

List of Village Panchayat & Intermediate Panchayat (Block) Name

Intermediate Panchayat Village Name Village Panchayat Name Name

A. Marur A. Marur Nallur

Adiyur Adiyur Nallur

Agaram Agaram Mu Virudhachalam

Aivadugudi Aivadugudi Nallur

Aladi Aladi Virudhachalam

Alanduraipattu Sathiyavadi Virudhachalam

Alichikudi Alichikudi Virudhachalam

Ammeri Ammeri Kammapuram

Chinnakappankulam Periyakappankulam Kammapuram

Chinnapandarankuppam Sembalakkurichi Virudhachalam

Chinnaparur Chinnaparur , Thottikuppam Virudhachalam

Chinnathukurichi Rajendirapattinam Virudhachalam

Chinnavadavadi Periyavadavadi Virudhachalam

Chitterikuppam Chitterikuppam Virudhachalam

Chittur Chittur Nallur

Edaichchithur Edaichchithur Virudhachalam

Erumanur Erumanur Virudhachalam

Gopurapuram Gopurapuram Virudhachalam

Idaiyur Idaiyur Virudhachalam

Ilangiyanur Ilangiyuanur Nallur

Irulakkurichi Irulakkurichi Kammapuram

Iruppu Iruppu Kammapuram

Irusalakuppam Gopurapuram Virudhachalam

Ka.Elamangalam Ka.Elamangalam Virudhachalam

Kachchiperumanatham Paravalur Virudhachalam

Kachirayanantham Kachirayanantham Virudhachalam

Kaliyamedu Poolambadi Nallur

Kanadukandan Kachirayanantham Virudhachalam

Karnatham Karnatham Virudhachalam

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Demographics

Number of Villages by Population Size - 2011

Less 10000 100- 200- 500- 1000- 2000- 5000- Total than and 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 Village 100 Above

0 0 1 14 48 37 5 0 105

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

Less than 10000- 20000- 50000- 100000 and Total 5000-9999 4999 19999 49999 99999 Above Town

0 1 0 0 0 0 1

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Tamil Nadu Vridhachalam Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 121623 120804 14 242441 1996 AE 93964 91719 - 185683

2016 AE 116827 114903 10 231740 1991 AE 83109 79682 - 162791

2014 PE 111899 108471 4 220374 1989 AE 75785 72218 - 148003

2011 AE 100101 95802 5 195908 1984 AE 63517 63228 - 126745

2009 PE - - - - 1980 AE 62642 61645 - 124287

2006 AE 97822 99295 - 197117 1977 AE 63522 60805 - 124327

2004 PE - - - - 1971 AE 49938 53192 - 103130

2001 AE 101987 100479 - 202466 1967 AE - - - 95725

1999 PE - - - -

Note : AE : Assembly Election, PE : Assembly Segment of Parliamentary Election

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Historical Summary Election Results

Summary Result of Assembly Election - 2011

Candidate Name Party Votes Votes %

V. Muthukumar DMDK 72902 46.06

T. Neethirajan INC 59261 37.44

R. Krishnamoorthy IJK 11214 7.08

K. Rajendiran IND 5640 3.56

S. Santhanamoorthi IND 2907 1.84

A. Pazhamalai BJP 2614 1.65

K. Arutselvan BSP 1437 0.91

A. Sulochana Ayyasamy IND 1216 0.77

R. Arunkumar IND 1097 0.69

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Tamil Nadu Vridhachalam Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Polling Station Level Election Results

Number and Name of Polling Stations (PS) (2016)

Number Number of Polling Name of Polling Stations of Polling Name of Polling Stations Stations Stations

Danish Denmark'S Aided School East Side Govt Adi Dravidar South Facing Building Nallur 1 19 Sethuvarayankuppam 606203 606302

Panchayat Union Middle School A Marur A Marur Panchayat Union Middle School East Wing Nallur 2 20 606203 606302

Govt Adi Dravidar Middle School Maligaimedu Panchayat Union Middle School North Wing Nallur 3 21 606204 606302

Panchayat Union Primary School (Old Building) 4 Panchayat Union Middle School P Kothanur 606204 22 Nagar 606302

Govt High School Terraced Building North Side Panchayat Union Middle School East Side Building 5 23 Keelakurichi 606204 Nagar 606302

Govt High School Tiled Building Terraced Building Panchayat Union Middle School East Facing Building 6 24 West Facing South Wing Keelakurichi 606204 Nagar 606302

Panchayat Union Middle School East Facing Govt Adi Dravidar Welfare School North Facing 7 25 Building South Wing Aadhiyur 606204 Building West Side Seppakkam 606302

Panchayat Union Primary School S S A Building Govt Adi Dravidar Welfare School North Facing 8 26 West A Kolapakkam 606204 Building Seppakkam 606302

Panchayat Union Primary School South Facing West Adi Dravidar Primary School East Facing South 9 27 Side Ivadukudi 606204 Wing Seppakkam 606305

Panchayat Union Primary School South Facing East Adi Dravidar Primary School East Facing North Side 10 28 Ivadukudi 606204 Seppakkam 606305

Adi Dravidar Welfare Middle School Elangiyanur Panchayat Union Hr School (East) Kattumailur 11 29 606204 606304

Panchayat Union Middle School North Facing East Panchayat Union Hr School (West) Kattumailur 12 30 Side Valasai 606305 606304

Panchayat Union Middle School North Facing Panchayat Union Primary School Building South 13 31 Valasai 606305 Wing West Facing Periyanesoor 606304

Panchayat Union Primary School Building North 14 Aided Education Primary School Pinchanur 606204 32 Facing Periyanesalur 606304

Panchayat Union Primary School South Facing 15 Panchayat Union Primary School M Mathur 606204 33 North Wing Building East Vilambaur 606304

Panchayat Union Primary School North Facing East Govt Adi Dravidar Welfare School (North Building) 16 34 Wing Tharusu 606204 Periyanesalur 606304

17 Panchayat Union Middle School Vannathur 606302 35 Govt Hr Sec School (South Wing Veppur 606304)

Govt Hr Sec School Central Room New Building 18 Panchayat Union Middle School Nallur 606302 36 South Facing Veppur 606304

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Polling Station-wise Votes Secured by Overall Top Five Parties in Vridhachalam Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

5th Number Winner - Runner-up - 3rd - 4th - - Total of Kalaiselvan Govindasamy Tamizharasi Muthukumar Sivaraj NOTA Other Votes Polling V T P (DMK) P Dr (PMK) V (DMDK) S Secured Station (AIADMK) (NTK) 36 273 141 6 35 3 6 9 473 37 256 183 8 39 2 7 3 498 38 367 192 4 106 3 17 9 698 39 417 274 4 95 3 13 11 817 40 397 174 2 159 0 15 8 755 41 408 214 0 139 0 25 17 803 42 275 133 12 60 2 7 8 497 43 341 261 94 17 9 12 16 750 44 181 216 1 44 1 6 3 452 45 282 190 1 69 1 8 6 557 46 157 191 11 27 2 10 3 401 47 442 426 6 98 3 7 17 999 48 420 237 20 48 1 5 14 745 49 174 74 202 10 1 4 8 473 50 527 176 46 53 2 24 5 833 51 534 117 2 55 3 10 3 724 52 324 233 120 54 2 13 20 766 53 169 191 1 86 0 8 5 460 54 395 294 33 134 2 9 13 880 55 401 249 14 63 3 11 13 754 56 155 206 7 115 5 10 11 509 57 382 85 51 14 0 11 5 548 58 431 181 21 77 3 15 7 735 59 304 470 3 166 1 9 12 965 60 269 181 17 65 1 5 8 546 61 248 353 67 343 0 13 21 1045 62 366 240 120 244 3 5 19 997 63 269 143 321 118 1 9 19 880 64 202 158 110 41 0 3 9 523 65 235 206 79 70 2 8 2 602 66 266 239 105 56 2 9 9 686 67 186 223 79 175 0 9 17 689 68 360 157 55 19 6 15 6 618 69 262 176 1 223 0 6 13 681 70 324 192 113 10 5 12 6 662 Contd....

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Vridhachalam Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Cuddalore Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winning Third Polling Winner Runner- Winner Runner- Margin Third Party Other Station Votes up Votes Party up Party Votes Party Votes Votes (%) Number (%) (%) (%) (%) 71 DMK 348 (45.55) AIADMK 240 (31.41) 108 (14.14) DMDK 166 (21.73) 10 (1.31) 72 AIADMK 256 (45.47) DMK 136 (24.16) 120 (21.31) PMK 96 (17.05) 75 (13.32) 73 AIADMK 374 (60.32) DMDK 149 (24.03) 225 (36.29) DMK 73 (11.77) 24 (3.87) 74 AIADMK 277 (45.48) DMK 208 (34.15) 69 (11.33) DMDK 75 (12.32) 49 (8.05) 75 AIADMK 289 (52.26) DMK 146 (26.4) 143 (25.86) DMDK 87 (15.73) 31 (5.61) 76 AIADMK 239 (46.95) DMK 194 (38.11) 45 (8.84) DMDK 40 (7.86) 36 (7.07) 77 DMK 274 (40.06) AIADMK 215 (31.43) 59 (8.63) DMDK 156 (22.81) 39 (5.7) 78 PMK 269 (40.15) AIADMK 221 (32.99) 48 (7.16) DMK 143 (21.34) 37 (5.52) 79 AIADMK 255 (54.84) DMK 107 (23.01) 148 (31.83) PMK 76 (16.34) 27 (5.81) 80 AIADMK 308 (51.08) PMK 169 (28.03) 139 (23.05) DMK 93 (15.42) 33 (5.47) 81 PMK 269 (43.25) AIADMK 251 (40.35) 18 (2.9) DMK 75 (12.06) 27 (4.34) 82 AIADMK 358 (47.86) DMK 199 (26.6) 159 (21.26) DMDK 168 (22.46) 23 (3.07) 83 PMK 206 (33.77) AIADMK 192 (31.48) 14 (2.29) DMK 169 (27.7) 43 (7.05) 84 PMK 245 (36.62) DMK 199 (29.75) 46 (6.87) AIADMK 173 (25.86) 52 (7.77) 85 AIADMK 117 (41.64) PMK 61 (21.71) 56 (19.93) DMK 49 (17.44) 54 (19.22) 86 AIADMK 205 (45.15) PMK 119 (26.21) 86 (18.94) DMK 80 (17.62) 50 (11.01) 87 AIADMK 241 (41.55) DMK 165 (28.45) 76 (13.1) PMK 156 (26.9) 18 (3.1) 88 AIADMK 269 (44.32) DMK 241 (39.7) 28 (4.62) IJK 39 (6.43) 58 (9.56) 89 AIADMK 271 (41.82) DMK 254 (39.2) 17 (2.62) PMK 76 (11.73) 47 (7.25) 90 DMK 391 (46.94) AIADMK 299 (35.89) 92 (11.05) DMDK 107 (12.85) 36 (4.32) 91 AIADMK 314 (43.73) DMK 252 (35.1) 62 (8.63) PMK 122 (16.99) 30 (4.18) 92 AIADMK 336 (51.3) DMK 216 (32.98) 120 (18.32) PMK 79 (12.06) 24 (3.66) 93 DMK 375 (47.77) AIADMK 340 (43.31) 35 (4.46) DMDK 22 (2.8) 48 (6.11) 94 DMK 256 (42.74) AIADMK 174 (29.05) 82 (13.69) PMK 100 (16.69) 69 (11.52) 95 DMK 247 (42.66) AIADMK 160 (27.63) 87 (15.03) PMK 107 (18.48) 65 (11.23) 96 DMK 181 (49.86) AIADMK 108 (29.75) 73 (20.11) DMDK 59 (16.25) 15 (4.13) 97 AIADMK 189 (40.73) DMK 179 (38.58) 10 (2.15) DMDK 39 (8.41) 57 (12.28) 98 PMK 400 (53.48) AIADMK 228 (30.48) 172 (23) DMK 49 (6.55) 71 (9.49) 99 AIADMK 250 (45.54) DMK 178 (32.42) 72 (13.12) PMK 35 (6.38) 86 (15.66) 100 AIADMK 256 (44.06) DMK 138 (23.75) 118 (20.31) PMK 98 (16.87) 89 (15.32) 101 AIADMK 222 (46.44) DMK 151 (31.59) 71 (14.85) DMDK 64 (13.39) 41 (8.58) 102 AIADMK 229 (44.38) DMK 167 (32.36) 62 (12.02) DMDK 96 (18.6) 24 (4.65) 103 DMK 304 (51.53) AIADMK 244 (41.36) 60 (10.17) DMDK 10 (1.69) 32 (5.42) 104 AIADMK 372 (40.04) DMK 337 (36.28) 35 (3.76) DMDK 116 (12.49) 104 (11.19) 105 DMK 335 (45.03) AIADMK 244 (32.8) 91 (12.23) DMDK 117 (15.73) 48 (6.45) Contd....

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Socio-Economic Amenities - Rural

Access to Education Facilities

Number of Village (% of Population)

If Not Available Particulars Available Not Available (Distance of Nearest Facility)

A B C

Govt. Primary School 100 (97) 5 (3) 4 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 14 (18) 91 (82) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 60 (74) 45 (26) 40 (23) 3 (1) 0 (0)

Private Middle School 5 (6) 100 (94) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 21 (35) 84 (65) 59 (48) 23 (16) 0 (0)

Private Secondary School 4 (6) 101 (94) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 9 (21) 96 (79) 38 (36) 53 (40) 5 (4)

Private Senior Secondary School 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 105 (100) 7 (6) 17 (11) 29 (29)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 2 (2) 103 (98) 6 (7) 16 (20) 28 (25)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 105 (100) 1 (1) 0 (0) 20 (18)

Private Engineering College 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 84 (81)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 105 (100)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Management Institute 2 (2) 103 (98) 12 (12) 28 (32) 63 (54)

Govt. Polytechnic 0 (0) 105 (100) 7 (6) 25 (18) 36 (39)

Private Polytechnic 2 (3) 103 (97) 5 (6) 16 (12) 14 (15)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 1 (1) 2 (2)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 3 (4) 102 (96) 16 (17) 58 (53) 25 (22)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 100 (97) 5 (3) 5 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. School For Disabled 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 1 (1) 1 (1)

Private School For Disabled 2 (6) 103 (94) 9 (12) 42 (39) 50 (41)

Government Others 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3)

Private Others 0 (0) 105 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)

Note : Distance A : Less than 5 km; B : Between 5-10 km; C : 10+ km.; Source : Data Analysis is based on 2011 Census.

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