Kallakurichi district · 4 seats · April 2026 election
Kallakurichi MLAs and 2026 election results
April 2026 Assembly election: DMK won 2 of Kallakurichi's 4 seats; AIADMK 1, TVK 1. By votes: TVK 30.0%, DMK 26.5%, AIADMK 25.7%. The same seats went DMK 3, AIADMK 1 in 2021.
DMK 2 AIADMK 1 TVK 1
Votes counted
10,00,951
Turnout
89.2%
Seats that changed party since 2021
2 of 4
Kallakurichi's 4 MLAs, elected April 2026
| AC | Seat | MLA elected | Margin | Runner-up | Turnout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Ulundurpettai | G. R. Vasanthavel DMK | 2,277 | AIADMK | 90.1% | Booths |
| 78 | Rishivandiyam | K. Karthikeyan DMK | 4,862 | TVK | 89.5% | Booths |
| 79 | Sankarapuram | R. Rakesh AIADMK | 3,440 | DMK | 88.6% | Booths |
| 80 | Kallakurichi (SC) | C. Arul Vignesh TVK | 798 | AIADMK | 88.7% | Booths |
Kallakurichi in numbers
| Measure | Kallakurichi | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | 4 | =25th | 6 |
| Electors | 11,21,803 | 27th | 13,16,624 |
| Turnout | 89.2% | 13th | 86.5% |
| Women among electors | 50.3% | 35th | 51.1% |
| Median winning margin, votes | 2,858 | 37th | 9,838 |
| Seats that changed party since 2021 | 2 of 4 | =26th | 71% |
| NOTA share of votes | 0.28% | 33rd | 0.38% |
| Closest seat | Kallakurichi, won by 798 votes | ||
| Biggest margin | Rishivandiyam, won by 4,862 | ||
Seats that changed party since 2021 (2 of 4)
- Sankarapuram 2021 DMK → 2026 AIADMK
- Kallakurichi 2021 AIADMK → 2026 TVK
What each seat is
- UlundurpettaiUlundurpettai (AC 77) is a Kallakurichi-district seat carved out when the new district was notified in 2019; before that it sat under Viluppuram.
- RishivandiyamRishivandiyam is a rural constituency in the new Kallakurichi district, carved out of the Vanniyar heartland of Salem-Viluppuram fringes.
- SankarapuramSankarapuram (AC 79) sits in the southern reaches of Kallakurichi district at the foot of the Kalvarayan range, the Eastern Ghats spur that climbs toward 4,000 feet of tribal-belt forest.
- KallakurichiKallakurichi (AC 80) is the headquarters seat of the new Kallakurichi district carved out of Viluppuram in 2019.
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Page updated 2 October 2026
Sources: Election Commission of India, candidate-wise results declared 4 May 2026 (results.eci.gov.in); electors from the Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu; 2021: ECI statistical report, Detailed Results.
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