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| Virugampakkam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 22 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| LS constituency | Chennai South |
| Total electors | 291,642 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja | |
| Party | DMK |
| Alliance | SPA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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. 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 | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |
| Puratchi Bharatham | 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
- "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.
- "Virugampakkam Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- "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.
- 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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| See also: Elections in India | |||||