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Tirupathur district · 4 seats · April 2026 election

Tirupathur MLAs and 2026 election results

April 2026 Assembly election: AIADMK won 1 of Tirupathur's 4 seats; DMK 1, IUML 1, TVK 1. By votes: TVK 37.0%, DMK 23.4%, AIADMK 22.7%. The same seats went DMK 3, AIADMK 1 in 2021.

AIADMK 1 DMK 1 IUML 1 TVK 1

Votes counted
8,24,085
Turnout
89.6%
Seats that changed party since 2021
3 of 4

Tirupathur's 4 MLAs, elected April 2026

ACSeatMLA electedMarginRunner-upTurnout
47VaniyambadiSyed Farooq Basha SSB IUML2,982TVK87.6%Booths
48AmburA. C. Vilwanathan DMK7,131TVK91.2%Booths
49JolarpetK. C. Veeramani AIADMK16,083TVK90.2%Booths
50TirupatturDr. N. Thirupathi TVK48,263DMK89.5%Booths

Tirupathur 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.
MeasureTirupathurRankMedian
Seats4=25th6
Electors9,19,82732nd13,16,624
Turnout89.6%11th86.5%
Women among electors50.7%28th51.1%
Median winning margin, votes11,60714th9,838
Seats that changed party since 20213 of 4=17th71%
NOTA share of votes0.27%35th0.38%
Closest seatVaniyambadi, won by 2,982 votes
Biggest marginTirupattur, won by 48,263

Vote share in Tirupathur, 2026 against 2021

  • TVK37.0% 2026— 2021
  • DMK23.4% 202636.9% 2021
  • AIADMK22.7% 202632.9% 2021
  • IUML8.9% 202611.1% 2021
  • AMMK3.6% 20260.4% 2021
  • NTK2.5% 20266.2% 2021

Share of the 8,24,085 votes counted in the district's seats in 2026 (ECI, postal votes and NOTA included) and of 7,50,163 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 (3 of 4)

What each seat is

  • VaniyambadiVaniyambadi (AC 47) is one of TN's defining leather-tannery towns, set on the Palar river in Tirupathur district.
  • AmburAmbur in Tirupathur district is a leather and biryani town on the Chennai-Bengaluru highway.
  • JolarpetJolarpet in Tirupathur district is best known for its railway junction, the meeting point of the Chennai-Bengaluru and Chennai-Salem-Kerala lines.
  • TirupatturTirupattur (AC 50) is the headquarters of Tamil Nadu's youngest district, carved out of Vellore in 2019, and the gateway to the Yelagiri hills.

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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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