Vikravandi Assembly constituency

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Vikravandi
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVillupuram
LS constituencyVillupuram
Total electors2,34,624[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAN. Pugazhenthi
Party DMK  
Elected year2021

Vikravandi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitations in 2007.[2] It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is included in the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Winner Party
2011 R. Ramamurthy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 K. Rathamani[4] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 Muthamilselvan R All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 N. Pugazhenthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
48.69%
2019 By-election
60.29%
2016
35.69%
2011
51.72%
1952
47.60%

2021[edit]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Pugazhenthi 93,730 48.69% +13
AIADMK R. Muthamilselvan 84,157 43.72% +11.9
NTK R. Sheeba Ashmi 8,216 4.27% New
AMMK R. Iyyanar 3,053 1.59% New
NOTA NOTA 1,122 0.58% -0.19
Margin of victory 9,573 4.97% 1.10%
Turnout 192,495 82.04% 0.33%
Registered electors 234,624
DMK hold Swing 13.00%

2019 By-election[edit]

Bye-election, 2019: Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Muthamil Selvan R 1,13,766 60.29
DMK N. Pugazhenthi 68,842 36.48
NTK Kandasamy K 2,921 1.55
NOTA None of the Above 1,560 0.83
Majority 44,924 23.81
Turnout 1,88,700 84.35
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

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2016[edit]

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Rathamani 63,757 35.69% -6.24
AIADMK R. Velu 56,845 31.82% New
PMK C. Anbumani 41,428 23.19% New
CPI (M) R. Ramamurthy 9,981 5.59% -46.14
NOTA NOTA 1,385 0.78% New
BJP S. Aadhavan 1,291 0.72% New
Margin of victory 6,912 3.87% -5.93%
Turnout 178,637 81.71% 0.32%
Registered electors 218,619
DMK gain from CPI (M) Swing -16.03%

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2011[edit]

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) R. Ramamurthy 78,656 51.72% New
DMK K. Rathamani 63,759 41.93% New
Independent K. Ramamoorthi 2,442 1.61% New
PB A. Kannadhsan 2,212 1.45% New
Independent M. Kamalakannan 1,547 1.02% New
BSP V. Kaliyaperumal 1,118 0.74% New
Independent T. Ramamuthy 892 0.59% New
Margin of victory 14,897 9.80%
Turnout 152,070 81.39%
Registered electors 186,842
CPI (M) win (new seat)

1952[edit]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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INC Bhashyam Reddiar 19,298 43.43% New
Independent Ramaswamy Iyer 1,760 3.96% New
Independent Muthukumaraswamy Pavalar 1,660 3.74% New
Independent N. Ramachandran 567 1.28% New
Margin of victory 1,850 4.16%
Turnout 44,433 64.01%
Registered electors 69,411
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 75. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. "Vikravandi Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.