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. The constituency was created following delimitation of constituencies in 2007. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Ward 65 & 128-131 of Greater Chennai Corporation
Election results
2021
| 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
| 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
| 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) | |||||