Aruppukottai is a legislative assembly in Virudhunagar district, which includes the city, Aruppukkottai.

This is the constituency, held by popular actor-turned politician, M. G. Ramachandran, when he first became Chief Minister in the 1977 assembly elections.

It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

The population of other communities are: 15% Devendrakula Velalar, 15% all kinds of Naidus, 14% Saliyar, 10% Nadar, 10% Mutharaiyar, 8% Mukkulathor (Mostly Maravar and Agamudaiyar), 8% Reddy, 3% Konar, 3% Pillaimar and 3% Muslims.

In the 2021 MLA election, the DMK party's Reddy candidate K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran won, and became the minister of Revenue and Disaster Management.