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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026

TN-TIRUNELVELI

TVK 34.7%won by 5.2%DMK 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 5.2%.

  • TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 34.7% of the vote here (+34.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 81.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
2,18,425
Margin
11,414
5.23%

Candidates

21 contested · winner TVK
  1. 1MURUGHAN.R.S.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK75,84034.7%
  2. 2SUBRAMANIAN.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK64,42629.5%
  3. 3THACHAI GANESARAJAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK47,50421.7%
  4. 4SATHYA. B.NTK · NTK15,1086.9%
  5. 5DR.SHYAM KRISHNASAMYPuthiya Tamilagam · PT10,6344.9%
  6. 6NOTANOTA · NOTA7170.3%
  7. 7ARUMUGARAJ. S.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK5560.3%
  8. 8THALABATHI MURUGAN. M.Independent · IND4760.2%
  9. 9MURUGAN.S.Independent · IND4280.2%
  10. 10CHENDUR MAHARAJANPMTDK · PMTDK3460.2%
  11. 11MUGESH SUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND3460.2%
  12. 12VEERABAGHU. M.Independent · IND3370.2%
  13. 13KANNAN. G.AJPK · AJPK2900.1%
  14. 14SUBRAMANIAN. E.Independent · IND2600.1%
  15. 15ATHISAYA PNDIYAN. V.Independent · IND2300.1%
  16. 16VELAYUTHAM. P.Independent · IND2210.1%
  17. 17MURUGAN. P.TPMK · TPMK2100.1%
  18. 18MURUGALAKSHMANANIndependent · IND1710.1%
  19. 19ESWARA VADIVU. S.NIP · NIP1140.1%
  20. 20SELVAKUMAR SINGHBDP · BDP1090.0%
  21. 21ESAKKIRAJA. V.Independent · IND1020.0%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
TVKflipped
TVK–DMK swing
+40.2%
TVK share
0.0% → 34.7%
DMK share
35.0% → 29.5%
Turnout
66.9% → —
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