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	200,578
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sabarinathan.R
Party	[[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam\|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]
Alliance	N/A
Elected year	2026

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.^[1] 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[edit | edit source]

Year	Winner
2011	B. Parthasarathy	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	Virugai V. N. Ravi^[2]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	R. Sabarinathan	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Overview[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			44.03%
2021			44.38%
2016			38.51%
2011			49.65%

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	R. Sabarinathan	76,092	44.03%	*New*
	DMK	A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja	49,006	28.35%	−16.03
	AIADMK	Virugai V. N. Ravi	38,767	22.43%	−10.99
	NTK	Santhosh	6,056	3.5%	−2.58
	NOTA	NOTA	1,030	0.6%	−0.33
Margin of victory			27,086	15.68%	4.72%
Turnout			172,831	86.17%	28.73%
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			200578
	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam gain from DMK		Swing	-0.35%

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[3]
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[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[4]
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[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[5]
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
	PB	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[edit | edit source]

↑ "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] "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.

[2] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] "Virugampakkam Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[4] "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.

[5] 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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