Constituency
149. Ariyalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-ARIYALUR
AIADMK 40.4%won by 10.4%DMK 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 10.4%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 44.7% to 40.4% of the vote here (−4.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 90.9% — 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
2,35,858
Margin
24,498
10.39%
Candidates
16 contested · winner AIADMK- 1RAJENDRAN SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK95,21940.4%
- 2LATHA BALUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK70,72130.0%
- 3SIVAKUMAR MTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK57,35924.3%
- 4PUGAZHENDHI DNTK · NTK8,5273.6%
- 5JOTHIBASU KIndependent · IND6910.3%
- 6NOTANOTA · NOTA6410.3%
- 7THANGA. SHANMUGA SUNDARAMNaadaalum Makkal Katchi · NMK6370.3%
- 8VETRIVEL GIndependent · IND5540.2%
- 9STALIN VBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4750.2%
- 10SEMMALAI TIndependent · IND2590.1%
- 11RAJKUMAR KIndependent · IND2010.1%
- 12SUDHAKAR MTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK1770.1%
- 13KUMAR KIndependent · IND1360.1%
- 14RAJKUMAR SAIPTMM · AIPTMM1170.0%
- 15KRISHNAMOORTHY CIndependent · IND740.0%
- 16ELAIYARAJA CIndependent · IND700.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +11.8%
- AIADMK share
- 44.7% → 40.4%
- DMK share
- 46.2% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- 84.5% → —