Madurai district · 10 seats · April 2026 election
Madurai MLAs and 2026 election results
April 2026 Assembly election: TVK won 8 of Madurai's 10 seats; DMK 1, INC 1. By votes: TVK 37.8%, DMK 26.6%, AIADMK 20.3%. The same seats went AIADMK 5, DMK 5 in 2021.
TVK 8 DMK 1 INC 1
Votes counted
20,30,159
Turnout
81.3%
Seats that changed party since 2021
10 of 10
Madurai's 10 MLAs, elected April 2026
| AC | Seat | MLA elected | Margin | Runner-up | Turnout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | Melur | P. Viswanathan INC | 2,724 | TVK | 83.0% | Booths |
| 189 | Madurai East | S. Karthikeyan TVK | 16,547 | DMK | 80.7% | Booths |
| 190 | Sholavandan (SC) | M. V. Karuppaiah TVK | 2,678 | DMK | 88.0% | Booths |
| 191 | Madurai North | A. Kallanai TVK | 18,038 | DMK | 73.2% | Booths |
| 192 | Madurai South | M. M. Gopison TVK | 21,529 | DMK | 78.6% | Booths |
| 193 | Madurai Central | Madhar Badhurudeen TVK | 19,128 | DMK | 74.4% | Booths |
| 194 | Madurai West | S. R. Thangapandi TVK | 11,931 | DMK | 78.5% | Booths |
| 195 | Thiruparankundram | R. Nirmalkumar TVK | 41,553 | DMK | 82.0% | Booths |
| 196 | Thirumangalam | M. Manimaran DMK | 23,807 | AIADMK | 88.4% | Booths |
| 197 | Usilampatti | M. Vijay TVK | 1,805 | AIADMK | 84.2% | Booths |
Madurai in numbers
| Measure | Madurai | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | 10 | =3rd | 6 |
| Electors | 24,96,190 | 5th | 13,16,624 |
| Turnout | 81.3% | 33rd | 86.5% |
| Women among electors | 51.0% | 23rd | 51.1% |
| Median winning margin, votes | 17,292 | 7th | 9,838 |
| Seats that changed party since 2021 | 10 of 10 | =1st | 71% |
| NOTA share of votes | 0.39% | 15th | 0.38% |
| Closest seat | Usilampatti, won by 1,805 votes | ||
| Biggest margin | Thiruparankundram, won by 41,553 | ||
Seats that changed party since 2021 (10 of 10)
- Melur 2021 AIADMK → 2026 INC
- Madurai East 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Sholavandan 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Madurai North 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Madurai South 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Madurai Central 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Madurai West 2021 AIADMK → 2026 TVK
- Thiruparankundram 2021 AIADMK → 2026 TVK
- Thirumangalam 2021 AIADMK → 2026 DMK
- Usilampatti 2021 AIADMK → 2026 TVK
What each seat is
- MelurMelur is the granite-and-paddy belt east of Madurai, a taluk town that runs into the Sirumalai foothills and the cotton fields of Sivaganga.
- Madurai EastMadurai East (AC 189) covers the eastern edge of the temple city, taking in Othakkadai, Vilangudi, the Madurai Kamaraj University belt and the dense urban wards along the Madurai-Melur road.
- SholavandanSholavandan is the Vaigai-plain belt on Madurai's western edge, a stretch of paddy, banana and the state's earliest organic-farming experiments.
- Madurai NorthMadurai North (AC 191) stretches along the Vaigai's north bank, covering Anna Nagar North, Iyer Bungalow, K. Pudur, Tahsildar Nagar and the older trader pockets near Goripalayam and Munichalai.
- Madurai SouthMadurai South (AC 192) covers the southern approaches of Madurai city, including the Vandiyur tank precinct (site of the famed Float Festival, Theppam), parts of Tirumalai Nayak's old fortified palace district, and the city's southern industrial fringes.
- Madurai CentralMadurai Central (AC 193) is the heart of the temple city — the wards immediately around Meenakshi Amman temple, the four Masi streets, Simmakkal, Town Hall Road, West Perumal Maistry Street and the trader belt around Pudhumandapam.
- Madurai WestMadurai West (AC 194) sweeps from Avaniyapuram through Thirupparankundram road into Sellur, Villapuram and the western suburbs along the Madurai-Theni highway.
- ThiruparankundramThiruparankundram (AC 195) wraps around one of the six sacred abodes of Lord Murugan (Aru Padai Veedu), the 8th-century Pandya rock-cut temple where Murugan is worshipped with his consort Deivanai as the Wedded Form.
- ThirumangalamThirumangalam (AC 196) sits on the south-western edge of Madurai district, ringing Madurai International Airport and the Vaigai delta's rice country.
- UsilampattiUsilampatti is an assembly constituency in Madurai district, about 40 km west of Madurai city near the Andipatti and Theni district borders.
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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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