Thiruvallur district · 10 seats · April 2026 election
Thiruvallur MLAs and 2026 election results
April 2026 Assembly election: TVK won 9 of Thiruvallur's 10 seats; AIADMK 1. By votes: TVK 48.0%, DMK 21.2%, AIADMK 15.0%. The same seats went DMK 9, INC 1 in 2021.
TVK 9 AIADMK 1
Votes counted
27,02,230
Turnout
84.2%
Seats that changed party since 2021
10 of 10
Thiruvallur's 10 MLAs, elected April 2026
| AC | Seat | MLA elected | Margin | Runner-up | Turnout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gummidipoondi | S. Vijayakumar TVK | 27,945 | AIADMK | 91.5% | Booths |
| 2 | Ponneri (SC) | Dr. M. S. Ravi TVK | 55,768 | INC | 90.2% | Booths |
| 3 | Tiruttani | G. Hari AIADMK | 5,793 | TVK | 91.2% | Booths |
| 4 | Thiruvallur | Dr. T. Arunkumar TVK | 24,760 | DMK | 90.2% | Booths |
| 5 | Poonamallee (SC) | R. Prakasam TVK | 72,740 | DMK | 83.8% | Booths |
| 6 | Avadi | R. Ramesh Kumar TVK | 76,311 | DMK | 79.3% | Booths |
| 7 | Maduravoyal | Rhevanth Charan TVK | 61,509 | DMK | 78.7% | Booths |
| 8 | Ambattur | G. Balamurugan TVK | 58,781 | DMK | 77.1% | Booths |
| 9 | Madavaram | M. L. Vijayprabhu TVK | 94,985 | DMK | 83.8% | Booths |
| 10 | Thiruvottiyur | N. Senthil Kumar TVK | 53,564 | CPM | 84.6% | Booths |
Thiruvallur in numbers
| Measure | Thiruvallur | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | 10 | =3rd | 6 |
| Electors | 32,10,213 | 1st | 13,16,624 |
| Turnout | 84.2% | 27th | 86.5% |
| Women among electors | 51.1% | 20th | 51.1% |
| Median winning margin, votes | 57,274 | 1st | 9,838 |
| Seats that changed party since 2021 | 10 of 10 | =1st | 71% |
| NOTA share of votes | 0.46% | 9th | 0.38% |
| Closest seat | Tiruttani, won by 5,793 votes | ||
| Biggest margin | Madavaram, won by 94,985 | ||
Seats that changed party since 2021 (10 of 10)
- Gummidipoondi 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Ponneri 2021 INC → 2026 TVK
- Tiruttani 2021 DMK → 2026 AIADMK
- Thiruvallur 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Poonamallee 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Avadi 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Maduravoyal 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Ambattur 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Madavaram 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
- Thiruvottiyur 2021 DMK → 2026 TVK
What each seat is
- GummidipoondiGummidipoondi (AC 1) is the northernmost assembly seat in Tamil Nadu, sitting in Thiruvallur district along NH-16 about 50 km north of Chennai and a short drive from the Andhra Pradesh border.
- PonneriPonneri (AC 2, SC reserved) sits on the northern Coromandel coast in Tiruvallur district, where the Buckingham Canal, Ennore Port and Pulicat Lake — Tamil Nadu's second-largest brackish lagoon and a winter home for greater flamingos — define the geography.
- TiruttaniTiruttani sits on Tamil Nadu's northern edge in Tiruvallur district, where the plains meet the Andhra border.
- ThiruvallurThiruvallur — AC 4, a general (unreserved) seat — is the headquarters seat of Thiruvallur district, set 45 km west of Chennai on the Chennai-Tirupati rail line.
- PoonamalleePoonamallee (AC 5, SC reserved) is one of Chennai's oldest western suburbs, the historic toll-gate town on the Madras–Bangalore road.
- AvadiAvadi is a western Chennai suburb in Tiruvallur district, created as an assembly constituency by the 2008 delimitation; before that, the area was split across Tiruvallur, Sriperumbudur and Madhavaram seats.
- MaduravoyalMaduravoyal (AC 7) is a north-western Chennai suburb at the junction of the Chennai Bypass and Poonamallee High Road, created as an assembly seat by the 2008 delimitation.
- AmbatturAmbattur (AC 8) is the industrial heart of Chennai's north-west, centred on the Ambattur Industrial Estate — set up by SIDCO in 1964 and inaugurated by K. Kamaraj in 1965 as the second organised industrial estate in Madras after Guindy.
- MadavaramMadavaram (sometimes spelled Madhavaram) is an assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district covering north Chennai's industrial spine: the Aavin co-op dairy hub, Manali Industrial Estate's CPCL refinery belt and the Madhavaram bus and truck terminuses.
- ThiruvottiyurThiruvottiyur (AC 10) is the industrial-spiritual northern edge of Chennai, where the Coromandel coast meets the Manali petrochemical belt and Ennore Port.
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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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