Virugampakkam Assembly constituency

13.049557°N 80.184928°E / 13.049557; 80.184928

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	291,642[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

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.^[2] 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

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 Wards 65 and 128-131 of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			44.38%
2016			38.51%
2011			49.65%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[4]

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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[5]

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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam^[6]

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
	Puratchi Bharatham	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)