Constituency
206. Virudhunagar
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-VIRUDHUNAGAR
DMDK 52.4%won by 15.9%INC 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) lost it to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which now leads by 15.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMDK vote shareDMDK went from 12.0% to 52.4% of the vote here (+40.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,70,268
Turnout
79.0%
Valid votes
1,34,537
Margin
21,438
15.93%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMDK- 1PANDIARAJAN.KDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK70,44152.4%
- 2ARMSTRONGNAVEEN.T.Indian National Congress · INC49,00336.4%
- 3KARKUVELMARISELVAM.SIndependent · IND5,6524.2%
- 4KAMATCHI.SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,1392.3%
- 5MURUGESAN.K.V.Independent · IND1,5711.2%
- 6VEERAPERUMAL.S.Independent · IND1,0930.8%
- 7PERUMALSAMY.MBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7150.5%
- 8PANDIAN.M.Independent · IND6530.5%
- 9ASHOKKUMAR.JIndependent · IND5430.4%
- 10SENTHAMARAIPANDIAN.SIndependent · IND4940.4%
- 11ANANTHAMURUGAN.MIndependent · IND3320.2%
- 12RAJENDRAN.P.Independent · IND3290.2%
- 13NAGAMURUGARAJAN.M.Independent · IND3240.2%
- 14SHANTHI.KIndependent · IND2480.2%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- MDMK
- Winner now
- DMDKflipped
- DMDK–INC swing
- +39.7%
- DMDK share
- 12.0% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 35.7% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- — → 79.0%