Alangulam assembly constituency is located in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha, a rural agricultural area focused on paddy and millet, with Alangulam town as its centre. PH Manoj Pandian (also known as Manoj Pandian) of AIADMK is the current MLA as of March 2021. He won in 2021 with 74,153 votes (36.44% share), defeating DMK’s Poongothai (70,614 votes) by a margin of 3,539 votes, resulting in a voter turnout of 77.4% and no change since then. Major issues include lack of irrigation, poor rural roads and electricity reliability, limited health care and education facilities, youth unemployment and demands for better welfare schemes in this underdeveloped region.