Constituency
158. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 35.5%won by 2.9%AIADMK 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 2.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 35.5% of the vote here (+35.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 91.1% — 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
1,96,586
Margin
5,747
2.92%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1THAMIMUN ANSARI. MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK69,73935.5%
- 2PANDIAN. K.AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK63,99232.6%
- 3NEDUNCHEZHIYANTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK54,58427.8%
- 4THAMIZHNTK · NTK6,1693.1%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA8160.4%
- 6DHANASEKARAN. MAIPTMM · AIPTMM3390.2%
- 7MANIMARAN. DIndependent · IND2110.1%
- 8THIRUGNANAM. KIndependent · IND1630.1%
- 9ER. JAYAKKUMAR. RIndependent · IND1600.1%
- 10VENKATESAN. DIndependent · IND1570.1%
- 11EASAN NATARAJAN. TIndependent · IND1300.1%
- 12MUNISANKAR. KAPTADM · APTADM1260.1%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +53.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- AIADMK share
- 50.2% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- 71.9% → —