Virugampakkam Assembly constituency

Virugampakkam
Virugampakkam
Constituency No. 22 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Established	2008
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
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13°02′58″N 80°11′06″E / 13.049557°N 80.184928°E / 13.049557; 80.184928

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 2008. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
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 Wards 65 and 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
	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.

[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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