Virugampakkam Assembly constituency

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Virugampakkam
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituencyChennai South
Total electors291,642[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2021

Virugampakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 22. It comprises a part of Chennai and falls under Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2] The constituency was created following delimitation of constituencies in 2007. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Year Winner Party
2011 B. Parthasarathy Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 Virugai V. N. Ravi[3] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 22 Virugampakkam Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 65 & 128-131 of Greater Chennai Corporation

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 44.38%
2016
 
 38.51%
2011
 
 49.65%

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja 74,351 44.38% +7.24
AIADMK Virugai V. N. Ravi 55,984 33.42% -5.09
MNM Senegan 16,939 10.11% New
NTK T. S. Rajendran 10,185 6.08% +4.37
Independent M. Gunasekaran (A) Star M. Gunasekaran 5,186 3.10% New
DMDK B. Parthasarathy 1,585 0.95% -4.73
NOTA NOTA 1,563 0.93% -1.34
Independent R. Mayilsamy 1,440 0.86% New
Margin of victory 18,367 10.96% 9.60%
Turnout 167,524 57.44% -1.19%
Rejected ballots 187 0.11%
Registered electors 291,642
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 5.87%

2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Virugai V. N. Ravi 65,979 38.51% New
DMK K. Thanasekaran 63,646 37.15% -2.72
BJP Tamilisai Soundararajan 19,167 11.19% +5.96
DMDK B. Parthasarathy 9,730 5.68% -43.97
PMK C. H. Jayarao 3,945 2.30% New
NOTA NOTA 3,897 2.27% New
NTK T. S. Rajendran 2,926 1.71% New
Margin of victory 2,333 1.36% -8.42%
Turnout 171,339 58.63% -8.41%
Registered electors 292,248
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -11.14%

2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK B. Parthasarathy 71,524 49.65% New
DMK K. Thanasekaran 57,430 39.86% New
BJP P. Sritharan 7,525 5.22% New
Independent S. Nagavel 3,431 2.38% New
PB A. Baskar 1,447 1.00% New
BSP V. Subramaniyam 969 0.67% New
Margin of victory 14,094 9.78%
Turnout 144,069 67.04%
Registered electors 214,898
DMDK win (new seat)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. "Virugampakkam Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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