Candidate · Dharapuram by-election · 6 October 2026
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NTK candidate for DharapuramNTK
Assets, cases and education as declared in the sworn affidavit (Form 26) to the Election Commission of India: as declared, not verified by the Commission or by us. The cases are pending, not convictions.
Contested the Nagapattinam (SC) Lok Sabha seat for NTK; polled 1,31,294 votes (13.62%), third of nine candidates.
Contested the Kilvelur (AC 164) Assembly seat for NTK; polled 8,069 votes, fourth of seven candidates.
Named by NTK as its candidate for the Dharapuram by-election, reported on 13 September 2026.
Candidate in the Dharapuram by-election; polling 6 October 2026.
M. Karthika, 36, is the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) candidate in the Dharapuram (AC 101) by-election on 6 October 2026. Her affidavit declares total assets of ₹88.02 lakh, no liabilities and one pending case; she holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She contested the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha seat in 2024 and the Kilvelur Assembly seat in April 2026, both for NTK.
She is the Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate, contesting on the party's Farmer Carrying Plough symbol (ballot no. 1). NTK fielded her in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the April 2026 Assembly election and this by-election.
M. Karthika, 36, is the Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate in the Dharapuram by-election. She holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. She contested Nagapattinam in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and Kilvelur in April 2026, both for NTK.
Total assets of ₹88.02 lakh (movable ₹8.02 lakh, immovable ₹80 lakh), no liabilities, and one pending criminal case. A pending case is not a conviction; no convictions are declared. Education declared: B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering), 2011.
She is contesting the Dharapuram (AC 101, Tiruppur district) by-election on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, on the NTK symbol Farmer Carrying Plough, ballot no. 1.
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