Vikravandi Assembly constituency

Vikravandi
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Villupuram
LS constituency Villupuram
Total electors 2,34,624
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   DMK
Elected year 2021

Vikravandi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitations in 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 75. It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is included in the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 R. Ramamurthy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 K. Rathamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 Muthamilselvan R All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 N. Pugazhenthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
48.69%
2019 By-election
60.29%
2016
35.69%
2011
51.72%
1952
47.60%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Pugazhenthi 93,730 48.69% +13
AIADMK R. Muthamilselvan 84,157 43.72% +11.9
NTK R. Sheeba Ashmi 8,216 4.27% New
AMMK R. Iyyanar 3,053 1.59% New
NOTA NOTA 1,122 0.58% -0.19
Margin of victory 9,573 4.97% 1.10%
Turnout 192,495 82.04% 0.33%
Rejected ballots 209 0.11%
Registered electors 234,624
DMK hold Swing 13.00%

2019 By-election

Bye-election, 2019: Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Muthamil Selvan R 1,13,766 60.29
DMK N. Pugazhenthi 68,842 36.48
NTK Kandasamy K 2,921 1.55
NOTA None of the Above 1,560 0.83
Majority 44,924 23.81
Turnout 1,88,700 84.35
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Rathamani 63,757 35.69% -6.24
AIADMK R. Velu 56,845 31.82% New
PMK C. Anbumani 41,428 23.19% New
CPI(M) R. Ramamurthy 9,981 5.59% -46.14
NOTA NOTA 1,385 0.78% New
BJP S. Aadhavan 1,291 0.72% New
Margin of victory 6,912 3.87% -5.93%
Turnout 178,637 81.71% 0.32%
Registered electors 218,619
DMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -16.03%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Ramamurthy 78,656 51.72% New
DMK K. Rathamani 63,759 41.93% New
Independent K. Ramamoorthi 2,442 1.61% New
PB A. Kannadhsan 2,212 1.45% New
Independent M. Kamalakannan 1,547 1.02% New
BSP V. Kaliyaperumal 1,118 0.74% New
Independent T. Ramamuthy 892 0.59% New
Margin of victory 14,897 9.80%
Turnout 152,070 81.39%
Registered electors 186,842
CPI(M) win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vikravandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTP Govindaswamy Nayagar 21,148 47.60% New
INC Bhashyam Reddiar 19,298 43.43% New
Independent Ramaswamy Iyer 1,760 3.96% New
Independent Muthukumaraswamy Pavalar 1,660 3.74% New
Independent N. Ramachandran 567 1.28% New
Margin of victory 1,850 4.16%
Turnout 44,433 64.01%
Registered electors 69,411
TTP win (new seat)