Tirukkoyilur is a

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constituency of

Viluppuram district Viluppuram, Villupuram or Vizhuppuram is one of the 38 districts that make up the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded on 30 September 1993, prior to which it was part of the Cuddalore district. Vizhuppuram district lies in the way of the ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of

Tirukkoyilur taluk Tirukkoyilur taluk is a taluk of Kallakurichi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tirukkoyilur Tirukoilur also spelt as ''Tirukkoyilur'' or ''Tirukovilur'' is a city and the headquarters ...

and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the

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. 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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.

Election results

2021

2016

2011

1971

1967

1962

1957

1952

References

* {{coord, 11.97, 79.21, display=title Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Viluppuram district Politics of Tamil Nadu Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Madras State