# Virugampakkam Assembly constituency

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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 | 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

Vote share of Winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 44.38% | 44.38% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 38.51% | 38.51% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 49.65% | 49.65% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,367 | 10.96% | 9.60% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,524 | 57.44% | −1.19% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 187 | 0.11% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 291,642 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 5.87% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,333 | 1.36% | −8.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,339 | 58.63% | −8.41% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 292,248 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMDK | AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -11.14% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Virugampakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,094 | 9.78% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 144,069 | 67.04% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 214,898 | | |
| | DMDK win (new seat) | DMDK win (new seat) | DMDK win (new seat) | DMDK win (new seat) | DMDK win (new seat) |