Constituency
37. Kancheepuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-KANCHEEPURAM
TVK 37.1%won by 6.3%AIADMK 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 6.3%.
- TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 37.1% of the vote here (+37.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 2021.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 84.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,46,317
Margin
15,488
6.29%
Candidates
16 contested · winner TVK- 1R.V. RANJITHKUMARTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK91,35037.1%
- 2V. SOMASUNDARAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK75,86230.8%
- 3NITHYA SUGUMARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK69,34428.2%
- 4VETRISELVINTK · NTK6,9502.8%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA1,0780.4%
- 6G. BABUIndependent · IND3640.1%
- 7M. MEGANATHANIndependent · IND2860.1%
- 8M. NANDHAKUMARACDP · ACDP2170.1%
- 9V. NARESHTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK1780.1%
- 10E. DHAKSHNAMOORTHYIndependent · IND1780.1%
- 11M. BALAJIIndependent · IND1380.1%
- 12P. VENKATESANAIPTMM · AIPTMM1100.0%
- 13V. SOMASUNDARAMIndependent · IND780.0%
- 14GNANAMOORTHYIndependent · IND740.0%
- 15M. SOMASUNDARAMIndependent · IND680.0%
- 16C. DILLIBABUIndependent · IND420.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- TVKflipped
- TVK–AIADMK swing
- +6.3%
- TVK share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- 73.3% → —