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Constituency

217. Ottapidaram

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026

TN-OTTAPIDARAM

TVK 41.6%won by 14.8%DMK 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 14.8%.

  • TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 41.6% of the vote here (+41.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.4% between them, down from 77.4% — 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
1,96,117
Margin
29,083
14.83%

Candidates

14 contested · winner TVK
  1. 1P .MATHANRAJATamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK81,62541.6%
  2. 2P.M.RAMAJEYAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK52,54226.8%
  3. 3R SUNDARARAJAnaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam · AMMK25,87113.2%
  4. 4M. ANUSIYANTK · NTK17,2798.8%
  5. 5DR.K. KRISHNASAMYPuthiya Tamilagam · PT15,0507.7%
  6. 6NOTANOTA · NOTA8790.4%
  7. 7C. ARUNA DEVINNNMNE · NNNMNE7610.4%
  8. 8C .SELVAKUMARTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK5150.3%
  9. 9VEDAPRAKASH. AIndependent · IND3870.2%
  10. 10M. ANANTHIndependent · IND3570.2%
  11. 11S .MUTHUSELVAMIndependent · IND2640.1%
  12. 12SUBBULAKSHMI. SNIP · NIP2300.1%
  13. 13M .LAKSHMANANIndependent · IND2010.1%
  14. 14G .MURUGANIndependent · IND1560.1%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
TVKflipped
TVK–DMK swing
+55.9%
TVK share
0.0% → 41.6%
DMK share
41.1% → 26.8%
Turnout
69.8% → —
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