Villupuram (state assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 11°56′28″N 79°29′35″E / 11.941°N 79.493°E
Villupuram is a state legislative assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is a part of the Viluppuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]
Villupuram was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) facilities with EVMs in the state elections of 2016.[3]
Most successful party: DMK (9 times)
Madras StateEdit
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Nagarajan | Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | |
| 1957 | Sarangapani Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | M. Shanmugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1967 | M. Shanmugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil NaduEdit
Election ResultsEdit
2021Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Lakshmanan | 1,02,271 | |||
| AIADMK | C. V. Shanmugam | 87,403 | |||
| NTK | J.Selvam | 6,375 | |||
| TMJK | K.Dhaas | 3,242 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
2016Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. V. Shanmugam | ||||
| IUML | |||||
2011Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. V. Shanmugam | ||||
| DMK | K. Ponmudy | ||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
- ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.