Sabarinathan.R of TVK won the Virugampakkam Assembly constituency (Chennai district, Chennai & Suburbs) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 44.03% of 172,831 votes cast. The winning margin over Prabhakara Raja.A.M.V (DMK) was 27,086 votes, or 15.67 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
44.03%
Winner vote share
27,086
Margin (15.67%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Virugampakkam 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabarinathan.R Winner | TVK | 76,092 | 44.03% |
| 2 | Prabhakara Raja.A.M.V 2nd | DMK | 49,006 | 28.35% |
| 3 | Virugai V.N.Ravi | ADMK | 38,767 | 22.43% |
| 4 | Santhosh | NTK | 6,056 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,030 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Jagadish.S | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 462 | 0.27% |
| 7 | Sureshbabu.T.M | Tamil Telugu National Party | 155 | 0.09% |
| 8 | Sabarinathan.P | IND | 124 | 0.07% |
| 9 | Dineshkumar.N | IND | 122 | 0.07% |
| 10 | Ravikumar | IND | 107 | 0.06% |
| 11 | Muthuraj.T | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 101 | 0.06% |
| 12 | Srinivasan.M | IND | 101 | 0.06% |
| 13 | Rangaraj.G | IND | 91 | 0.05% |
| 14 | Chandra Sekar.K | IND | 88 | 0.05% |
| 15 | Gopinath.G | IND | 82 | 0.05% |
| 16 | Sankar.E | IND | 66 | 0.04% |
| 17 | Kumar.S | IND | 63 | 0.04% |
| 18 | Ezhilraj.D | IND | 52 | 0.03% |
| 19 | Lukmanbabu.S | IND | 50 | 0.03% |
| 20 | Roy George | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 43 | 0.02% |
| 21 | Karthick.M | IND | 41 | 0.02% |
| 22 | Balamurugan.P | Naam Indiar Party | 40 | 0.02% |
| 23 | Alex Pandian.K | IND | 36 | 0.02% |
| 24 | Esakkimuthunadar.P | IND | 36 | 0.02% |
| 25 | Venkatesan.C | IND | 20 | 0.01% |
How Virugampakkam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AMV.PRABHAKARA RAJA | DMK | 43.97% |
| 2026 | SABARINATHAN.R | TVK | 44.03% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of +0.06 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.