Constituency
392. Virudhunagar
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2019
IN-VIRUDHUNAGAR
INC 43.8%won by 14.4%DMDK 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 3.8% to 43.8% of the vote here (+40.0%).
- New challengerDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 2014.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.2% of the vote between them, up from 66.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 72.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,84,256
Turnout
72.4%
Valid votes
10,74,735
Margin
1,54,554
14.38%
Candidates
29 contested · winner INC- 1MANICKAM TAGORE, B.Indian National Congress · INC4,70,88343.8%
- 2ALAGARSAMY, R.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK3,16,32929.4%
- 3PARAMASIVA IYYAPPAN, S.Independent · IND1,07,61510.0%
- 4MUNIYASAMY, V.MNM · MNM57,1295.3%
- 5ARULMOZHITHEVAN, K.NTK · NTK53,0404.9%
- 6NOTANOTA · NOTA17,2921.6%
- 7SABARI PONRAJ, B.Independent · IND5,6660.5%
- 8GOVINDAN, A.Independent · IND4,1990.4%
- 9PERUMALSAMY, M.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,7700.4%
- 10ALAGARSAMY, N.Independent · IND3,7400.3%
- 11SANKARANARAYANAN, N.Independent · IND3,7050.3%
- 12Dr.DHANUSHKODI, M.Independent · IND3,1180.3%
- 13SAKKARAVARTHY, P.AIPTMMK · AIPTMMK2,7640.3%
- 14SENTHILKUMAR, S.Independent · IND2,7170.3%
- 15KALYANASUNDARAM, A.Independent · IND2,4870.2%
- 16SUGAN RAJEEV, M.Independent · IND2,4360.2%
- 17VALLINAYAGAM, N.Independent · IND2,3110.2%
- 18MANIKANDAN, R.ETMK · ETMK1,9690.2%
- 19BALACHANDAR, N.Independent · IND1,8140.2%
- 20KAVITHA, A.AIDMMK · AIDMMK1,7650.2%
- 21GANESHKUMAR, S.Independent · IND1,6240.2%
- 22PACKIARAJ, E.TNLK · TNLK1,5450.1%
- 23ADVOCATE.THANGAPANDIAN, M.Independent · IND1,5020.1%
- 24PALANICHAMY KUDUMBAR, P.Independent · IND1,0650.1%
- 25ELANGO, S.Independent · IND9370.1%
- 26THIAGARAJAN, P.I.D.Independent · IND8530.1%
- 27SELVAKUMAR, M.Independent · IND8460.1%
- 28BACKIYARAJ, K.Independent · IND8250.1%
- 29UMAYORUBAGAM, M.Independent · IND7890.1%
Since 2014
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMDK swing
- +10.6%
- INC share
- 3.8% → 43.8%
- DMDK share
- 0.0% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- 74.9% → 72.4%