Virugampakkam Assembly constituency
Virugampakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. 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.
| 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 | |
| Virugampakkam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| LS constituency | Chennai South |
| Total electors | 291,642[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja |
| Party | DMK |
| Alliance | SPA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 22 Virugampakkam (state assembly constituency) is composed of Ward 65 & 128-131 of Greater Chennai Corporation
Election Results
2021
| 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% | ||
| NTK | T. S. Rajendran | 10,185 | 6.08% | 4.37% | |
| Independent | M. Gunasekaran (A) Star M. Gunasekaran | 5,186 | 3.10% | ||
| DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | 1,585 | 0.95% | -4.73% | |
| NOTA | Nota | 1,563 | 0.93% | -1.34% | |
| Independent | R. Mayilsamy | 1,440 | 0.86% | ||
| Independent | Sathasivam | 344 | 0.21% | ||
| AIJYMKG | M. S. Ismail Khan | 209 | 0.12% | ||
| Independent | M. Mannu | 148 | 0.09% | ||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. N. Virugai Ravi | 65,979 | 38.51% | ||
| DMK | K Thanasekaran | 63,646 | 37.15% | -2.72% | |
| BJP | Tamiliasi Soundrarajan. Dr | 19,167 | 11.19% | 5.96% | |
| DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | 9,730 | 5.68% | -43.97% | |
| PMK | C. H. Jayarao | 3,945 | 2.30% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,897 | 2.27% | ||
| NTK | T. S. Rajendran | 2,926 | 1.71% | ||
| KMDK | A. Seenevasan | 296 | 0.17% | ||
| YSRCP | Dilip Mathew John | 283 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | B. Senthil Kumar | 265 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | N. Ravi | 218 | 0.13% | ||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | Partha Sarathy B | 71,524 | 49.65% | ||
| DMK | Thanasekaran K | 57,430 | 39.86% | ||
| BJP | Sritharan P | 7,525 | 5.22% | ||
| Independent | Nagavel. S. | 3,431 | 2.38% | ||
| PB | Baskar. A | 1,447 | 1.00% | ||
| BSP | Subramaniyam. V. | 969 | 0.67% | ||
| Independent | Parthasarathy. N | 670 | 0.47% | ||
| Independent | Sridhar. S | 540 | 0.37% | ||
| Independent | Thiyagarajan. P | 309 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | Valayapathy. V | 224 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,094 | 9.78% | |||
| Turnout | 214,898 | 67.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 144,069 | ||||
| DMDK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "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.
- "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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