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Thiruvarur district · 4 seats · April 2026 election

Thiruvarur MLAs and 2026 election results

April 2026 Assembly election: AIADMK won 1 of Thiruvarur's 4 seats; AMMK 1, CPI 1, DMK 1. By votes: TVK 28.2%, DMK 26.6%, AIADMK 17.6%. The same seats went DMK 2, AIADMK 1, CPI 1 in 2021.

AIADMK 1 AMMK 1 CPI 1 DMK 1

Votes counted
8,34,449
Turnout
84.4%
Seats that changed party since 2021
1 of 4

Thiruvarur's 4 MLAs, elected April 2026

ACSeatMLA electedMarginRunner-upTurnout
166Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)K. Marimuthu CPI12,922TVK84.2%Booths
167MannargudiS. Kamaraj AMMK1,566DMK82.8%Booths
168ThiruvarurPoondi K. Kalaivanan DMK18,148TVK83.8%Booths
169NannilamR. Kamaraj AIADMK41,724DMK86.5%Booths

Thiruvarur in numbers

Rank among the 38 districts, 1 is the highest; = means tied. Median is the median district. Turnout is the Election Commission's count of votes (postal votes included) as a share of electors.
MeasureThiruvarurRankMedian
Seats4=25th6
Electors9,88,73430th13,16,624
Turnout84.4%25th86.5%
Women among electors51.0%24th51.1%
Median winning margin, votes15,5359th9,838
Seats that changed party since 20211 of 4=35th71%
NOTA share of votes0.36%26th0.38%
Closest seatMannargudi, won by 1,566 votes
Biggest marginNannilam, won by 41,724

Vote share in Thiruvarur, 2026 against 2021

  • TVK28.2% 2026— 2021
  • DMK26.6% 202636.5% 2021
  • AIADMK17.6% 202634.4% 2021
  • CPI8.9% 202612.0% 2021
  • AMMK8.2% 20265.7% 2021
  • NTK4.4% 20268.1% 2021
  • BJP4.4% 2026— 2021

Share of the 8,34,449 votes counted in the district's seats in 2026 (ECI, postal votes and NOTA included) and of 8,09,349 in 2021 (ECI 2021 Detailed Results; allies who fought on a big party's symbol are counted with it). TVK did not contest in 2021.

Seats that changed party since 2021 (1 of 4)

What each seat is

  • ThiruthuraipoondiThiruthuraipoondi is a reserved (SC) constituency in Thiruvarur district that has stayed CPI country for most of the last two decades.
  • MannargudiMannargudi is the southwestern anchor of Thiruvarur district, dominated by the Sri Rajagopalaswamy Temple — a 33-acre Vaishnavite complex with a 154-foot Rajagopuram, built by Kulothunga Chola I and II between 1072 and 1150 CE.
  • ThiruvarurThiruvarur is the cultural and political nerve seat of the Cauvery delta, the headquarters of Thiruvarur district.
  • NannilamNannilam (AC 169) sits in the heart of Thiruvarur district's Cauvery delta paddy belt, the rice bowl that has fed Tamil Nadu since the Chola era.

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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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