Vridhachalam is a legislative assembly constituency in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Before the 2008 delimitation, it was part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, it has been a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency was won by popular actor Vijaykanth, during the 2006 Assembly election, under his new party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State YearWinner Party 1952 Kathimuthu Paramasivam 1957 M. Selvaraj 1962G. Boovaraghan 1967
Tamil Nadu AssemblyYearWinner Party Fifth 1971-77 M. Selvaraj Sixth 1977-80 C. Ramanathan Seventh 1980-84R. Thiyagarajan Eighth 1984-89 Ninth 1989-91 G. Bhuvaraghan Tenth 1991-96 R. D. Aranganathan Eleventh 1996-01 Kuzhandai Tamizharasan Twelfth 2001-06 R. Govindasamy Thirteenth 2006-11 Vijayakant Fourteenth 2011-2016 V. Muthukumar Fifteenth 2016-2021 V. T. Kalaiselvan Sixteenth 2021-2026 R. Radhakrishnan Seventeenth 2026- Premallatha Vijayakant
Election results
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