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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026

TN-TENKASI

DMK 33.9%won by 4.4%AIADMK 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.4%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 33.9% of the vote here (+33.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 83.3% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
2,34,987
Margin
10,299
4.38%

Candidates

23 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1DR.KALAI KATHIRAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK79,69933.9%
  2. 2S.SELVA MOHANDAS PANDIANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK69,40029.5%
  3. 3A. RAJAPRAKASHTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK55,54323.6%
  4. 4P. PUSHPALATHANTK · NTK16,3947.0%
  5. 5M.POOSA DURAIAIPTMM · AIPTMM7,7153.3%
  6. 6S.THIRUMALAI KUMARPuthiya Tamilagam · PT1,3650.6%
  7. 7NOTANOTA · NOTA6730.3%
  8. 8G. POORANA SELVANIndependent · IND5480.2%
  9. 9ISAKI PANDIANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5180.2%
  10. 10S. THANGAPALAMIndependent · IND4320.2%
  11. 11DURAIRAJIndependent · IND4240.2%
  12. 12M. PONNUDURAIIndependent · IND3110.1%
  13. 13SHAHUL HAMEEDIndependent · IND2950.1%
  14. 14S.MANOGARANKDC · KDC2440.1%
  15. 15P.NOBLE KRISHNAIndependent · IND2390.1%
  16. 16GOMATHI SANKARTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK2340.1%
  17. 17R. RAMKUMARIndependent · IND2240.1%
  18. 18R.KRISHNANIndependent · IND2040.1%
  19. 19K.M.KALIAPPANIndependent · IND1300.1%
  20. 20K.MUTHUIndependent · IND1140.0%
  21. 21A.MARIAPPANIndependent · IND1110.0%
  22. 22GANESHAN. SIndependent · IND900.0%
  23. 23R. SELVAKUMARNIP · NIP800.0%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+45.9%
DMK share
0.0% → 33.9%
AIADMK share
41.5% → 29.5%
Turnout
72.4% → —
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