Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Virudhunagar

Manicka Tagore (INC) won by 15,764 votes (2.1%).

Electors
9,92,051
Votes polled
7,68,609
Valid votes
7,67,198
Turnout
77.5%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 2.1% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
0.4%(-14.2%)
Turnout
70.7%(-2.8%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
72.8%

Winning margin over time · Virudhunagar

200920142019202415%

Candidates

Candidates · Virudhunagar 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manicka TagoreWinnerINC3,07,18740.0%
2VaikoMDMK2,91,42338.0%
3Pandiarajan KDMDK1,25,22916.3%
4Karthik MBJP17,3362.3%
5Kanagaraj VBSP8,1981.1%
6Jawaharlal S.LIND3,1120.4%
7Dhanushkodi MIND3,0190.4%
8Padmanaban NIND2,3130.3%
9Nambusamy PIND1,8870.2%
10Kannan SIND1,8100.2%
11Vijayan SIND1,4860.2%
12Karunanidhi AIND1,2190.2%
13Selvam DIND9190.1%
14Sivakumar M.AIND8910.1%
15Sethuraj JIND8690.1%
16Sivanmani PIND7550.1%

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