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Congress' B Tagore Manickam defeats R Alagarsamy of the DMDK by a margin of 154554 votes.
Updated : May 24, 2019, 01:16 PM IST
Virudhunagar is one of the Lok Sabha Constituencies that went to vote in Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha 2019. Congress' B Tagore Manickam defeats R Alagarsamy of the DMDK by a margin of 154554 votes.
Virudhunagar Final Results: Congress' B Tagore Manickam defeats R Alagarsamy of the DMDK by a margin of 154554 votes.
Constituency Profile
The assembly constituencies that fall in Madurai parliamentary constituency are Virudhunagar, Sattur, Sivakasi, Aruppukottai, Tirumangalam and Thirupparankundram.
The constituency was formerly known as Sivakasi. The current sitting MP is Radhakrishan T of the All India Anna Dravidra Munnetra Kazhagam. In 2014, Radhakrishnan T beat Vaiko of MDMK. In 2019, senior DMDK leader R Lagarsamy is against Congress’ Manickam Tagore while BSP has Perumalsamy M contesting.
All seats in Tamil Nadu are going to vote on April 18. They are Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga , Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukkudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur.
There’s an interesting battle on the cards with an AIADMK-led NDA alliance with the BJP, PMK, DMDK, Puthiya Neethi Katchi and Puthiya Tamizhagam. Meanwhile, Congress has forged alliances with DMK, two communist parties and other regional parties. Smaller partners include VCK, IUML and KMK.
The AIADMK under Jayalalithaa had managed to win 37 seats, with BJP and PMK getting 1 each. The Congress and the DMK ended up with zero seats in 2014.