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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Virugampakkam<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 22<br />
| map_image = Constitution-Virugampakkam.svg<br />
| mla = Sabarinathan.R<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam}}<br />
| alliance = N/A<br />
| latest_election_year = 2026<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Chennai district|Chennai]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Chennai South]]<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| electors = 200,578 <br />
}}<br />
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'''Virugampakkam''' is a [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu|legislative assembly]] constituency in the [[India]]n 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf |title= Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order |website= Delimitation Commission of India |publisher= National Informatics Centre |access-date= 25 January 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160804211957/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20%26%20Order%20.pdf |archive-date= 4 August 2016 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref> The constituency was created following delimitation of constituencies in 2008. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.<br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| [[B. Parthasarathy]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| [[Virugai V. N. Ravi]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/09-Constitutional%20Data%20Summarytamil.pdf |access-date=27 May 2016|page=22}}</ref><br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| [[A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| [[R. Sabarinathan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 22 Virugampakkam Assembly constituency is composed of Wards 65 and 128-131 of [[Greater Chennai Corporation]].<br />
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==Election results==<br />
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{{bar percent|[[#2026|2026]]|{{party color|Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam}}|44.03}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#2021|2021]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|44.38}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#2016|2016]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|38.51}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#2011|2011]]|{{party color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}|49.65}}}}<br />
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=== 2026 ===<br />
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{{Election box begin|title= [[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Virugampakkam}}<br />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate= [[R. Sabarinathan]] |party=Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam |votes= 76,092|percentage= 44.03%|change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja]]|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=49,006|percentage=28.35%|change=-16.03}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Virugai V. N. Ravi|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=38,767|percentage=22.43%|change=-10.99}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Santhosh|party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|votes=6,056|percentage=3.5%|change=-2.58}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=NOTA|party=None of the above|votes=1,030|percentage=0.6%|change=-0.33}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes= 27,086|percentage= 15.68%|change=4.72%}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=172,831|percentage=86.17%|change=28.73%}}<br />
{{Election box rejected|votes=|percentage=}}{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors =200578 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam<br />
|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -0.35%}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Virugampakkam<ref>{{cite web|title=Virugampakkam Election Result|url= https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/tamil-nadu/-s22a022|access-date= 2 Jul 2022}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=74,351 |percentage=44.38% |change=+7.24 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Virugai V. N. Ravi|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=55,984|percentage=33.42%|change=-5.09}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Senegan|party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|votes=16,939|percentage=10.11%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. S. Rajendran|party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|votes=10,185|percentage=6.08%|change=+4.37}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Gunasekaran (A) Star M. Gunasekaran|party=Independent politician|votes=5,186|percentage=3.10%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=B. Parthasarathy|party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|votes=1,585|percentage=0.95%|change=-4.73}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=NOTA|party=None of the above|votes=1,563|percentage=0.93%|change=-1.34}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Mayilsamy|party=Independent politician|votes=1,440|percentage=0.86%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=18,367 |percentage=10.96% |change= 9.60% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=167,524|percentage=57.44%|change=-1.19%}}<br />
{{Election box rejected|votes=187|percentage=0.11%}}{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 291,642 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 5.87% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Virugampakkam<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC%20WISE%20CANDIDATE%20COUNT.pdf|access-date= 30 Apr 2022|archive-date= 30 Apr 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430083638/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC%20WISE%20CANDIDATE%20COUNT.pdf|title=Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu|website=www.elections.tn.gov.in}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=Virugai V. N. Ravi |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=65,979 |percentage=38.51% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Thanasekaran|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=63,646|percentage=37.15%|change=-2.72}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Tamilisai Soundararajan]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=19,167|percentage=11.19%|change=+5.96}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=B. Parthasarathy|party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|votes=9,730|percentage=5.68%|change=-43.97}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=C. H. Jayarao|party=Pattali Makkal Katchi|votes=3,945|percentage=2.30%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=NOTA|party=None of the above|votes=3,897|percentage=2.27%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. S. Rajendran|party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|votes=2,926|percentage=1.71%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,333 |percentage=1.36% |change= -8.42% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=171,339|percentage=58.63%|change=-8.41%}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 292,248 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |swing= -11.14% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Virugampakkam<ref>{{Cite report|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/Index_card_TNLA2011/10-DETAILEDRESULT_ver4.3.pdf|title=Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu|work=Election Commission of Tamil Nadu|access-date=9 May 2021| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170215085458/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/Index_card_TNLA2011/10-DETAILEDRESULT_ver4.3.pdf| archive-date =15 February 2017}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[B. Parthasarathy]] |party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |votes=71,524 |percentage=49.65% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Thanasekaran|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=57,430|percentage=39.86%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Sritharan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=7,525|percentage=5.22%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Nagavel|party=Independent politician|votes=3,431|percentage=2.38%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Baskar|party=Puratchi Bharatham|votes=1,447|percentage=1.00%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Subramaniyam|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=969|percentage=0.67%|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,094 |percentage=9.78% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=144,069|percentage=67.04%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 214,898 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Tamil Nadu assembly elections|state=expanded}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Chennai district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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