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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026

TN-SALEM-WEST

TVK 51.4%won by 31.9%PMK 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 31.9%.

  • TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 51.4% of the vote here (+51.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
2,34,407
Margin
74,867
31.94%

Candidates

32 contested · winner TVK
  1. 1LAKSHMANAN.STamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK1,20,40751.4%
  2. 2KARTHE.MPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK45,54019.4%
  3. 3ALAGAAPURAM. R. MOHANRAJDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK41,52217.7%
  4. 4ARUL RAMADASAJPK · AJPK12,5325.3%
  5. 5SURESH KUMAR.RNTK · NTK6,8202.9%
  6. 6NOTANOTA · NOTA1,0520.4%
  7. 7RAJ KUMAR .GTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK6360.3%
  8. 8ER.PRABAKARAN.SIndependent · IND6130.3%
  9. 9PRABU .KVTK · VTK4040.2%
  10. 10GUNASEKARAN .RBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3950.2%
  11. 11BHARATH.SIndependent · IND3950.2%
  12. 12CHANDRASEKARAN.GIndependent · IND3930.2%
  13. 13VELMANIKANDAN. SIndependent · IND3690.2%
  14. 14SRISABARINATHANIndependent · IND3590.2%
  15. 15AMIRTHALINGAM.NIndependent · IND3180.1%
  16. 16ARUL.PIndependent · IND3010.1%
  17. 17KUMAR.A.PIndependent · IND2630.1%
  18. 18KARTHICK.MIndependent · IND2430.1%
  19. 19ARUL.DIndependent · IND2390.1%
  20. 20MANOHAR.CIndependent · IND2140.1%
  21. 21THIYAGARAJAN.MIndependent · IND1840.1%
  22. 22PERUMAL. AIndependent · IND1810.1%
  23. 23SELVAM.RIndependent · IND1470.1%
  24. 24RADHAKRISHNAN. RIndependent · IND1370.1%
  25. 25BHARANITHARAN.D.KIndependent · IND1180.1%
  26. 26VIJAYAKUMAR. SIndependent · IND1110.0%
  27. 27ARUL. TIndependent · IND1080.0%
  28. 28KARTHICK.RIndependent · IND910.0%
  29. 29MOHAN RAJ. RIndependent · IND880.0%
  30. 30ARUL .SIndependent · IND850.0%
  31. 31DHANAPALIndependent · IND740.0%
  32. 32PANNEERSELVAM.PIndependent · IND680.0%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
PMK
Winner now
TVKflipped
TVK–PMK swing
+80.6%
TVK share
0.0% → 51.4%
PMK share
48.7% → 19.4%
Turnout
71.8% → —
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