Virugampakkam Assembly constituency

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Virugampakkam
Constituency No. 22 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.

YearWinnerParty
2011B. ParthasarathyDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016Virugai V. N. Ravi[3]All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021A. M. V. Prabhakara RajaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Overview

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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

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

2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. M. V. Prabhakara Raja 74,351 44.38% +7.24
AIADMKVirugai V. N. Ravi55,98433.42%-5.09
MNMSenegan16,93910.11%New
NTKT. S. Rajendran10,1856.08%+4.37
IndependentM. Gunasekaran (A) Star M. Gunasekaran5,1863.10%New
DMDKB. Parthasarathy1,5850.95%-4.73
NOTANOTA1,5630.93%-1.34
IndependentR. Mayilsamy1,4400.86%New
Margin of victory18,36710.96%9.60%
Turnout167,52457.44%-1.19%
Rejected ballots1870.11%
Registered electors291,642
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing5.87%

2016

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKVirugai V. N. Ravi 65,979 38.51% New
DMKK. Thanasekaran63,64637.15%-2.72
BJPTamilisai Soundararajan19,16711.19%+5.96
DMDKB. Parthasarathy9,7305.68%-43.97
PMKC. H. Jayarao3,9452.30%New
NOTANOTA3,8972.27%New
NTKT. S. Rajendran2,9261.71%New
Margin of victory2,3331.36%-8.42%
Turnout171,33958.63%-8.41%
Registered electors292,248
AIADMK gain from DMDKSwing-11.14%

2011

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Virugampakkam[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDKB. Parthasarathy 71,524 49.65% New
DMKK. Thanasekaran57,43039.86%New
BJPP. Sritharan7,5255.22%New
IndependentS. Nagavel3,4312.38%New
Puratchi BharathamA. Baskar1,4471.00%New
BSPV. Subramaniyam9690.67%New
Margin of victory14,0949.78%
Turnout144,06967.04%
Registered electors214,898
DMDK win (new seat)

References

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  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.