Constituency
98. Erode (East)
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-ERODE-EAST
TVK 42.9%won by 14.8%INC 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 14.8%.
- TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 42.9% of the vote here (+42.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.1% between them, down from 82.7% — 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
1,62,453
Margin
23,966
14.75%
Candidates
21 contested · winner TVK- 1M.VIJAY BALAJITamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK69,74742.9%
- 2GOPINATH PALANIYAPPANIndian National Congress · INC45,78128.2%
- 3R.MANOHARANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK38,18323.5%
- 4S.THANDAVAMOORTHYNTK · NTK4,9873.1%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA8790.5%
- 6J.MUTHU BAVAIndependent · IND8580.5%
- 7H.MOHAMED GAIPEERIndependent · IND3210.2%
- 8B.CHITRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2560.2%
- 9M.KAMAL KUMARVTK · VTK2270.1%
- 10R.VAIRAMIndependent · IND1960.1%
- 11K.MANIKANNANSMNK · SMNK1730.1%
- 12NATHIYA.SIndependent · IND1360.1%
- 13C.THIYAGARAJANIndependent · IND1320.1%
- 14M.DHARANI KUMARIndependent · IND960.1%
- 15A.MANIKANDANTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK860.1%
- 16K.DHAVASIAPPANTMNK · TMNK800.0%
- 17R.DHANDAPANIVTVTK · VTVTK760.0%
- 18S.LAKSHMANATHANIndependent · IND670.0%
- 19M.V.KARTHYIndependent · IND660.0%
- 20SHANMUGAM.PIndependent · IND550.0%
- 21M.MURUGESANIndependent · IND510.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- TVKflipped
- TVK–INC swing
- +59.0%
- TVK share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- INC share
- 44.3% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- 66.2% → —