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Vellore district · 5 seats · April 2026 election

Vellore MLAs and 2026 election results

April 2026 Assembly election: TVK won 4 of Vellore's 5 seats; AIADMK 1. By votes: TVK 35.3%, AIADMK 29.5%, DMK 24.4%. The same seats went DMK 4, AIADMK 1 in 2021.

TVK 4 AIADMK 1

Votes counted
10,29,310
Turnout
89.6%
Seats that changed party since 2021
5 of 5

Vellore's 5 MLAs, elected April 2026

ACSeatMLA electedMarginRunner-upTurnout
40KatpadiDr. M. Sudhakar TVK5,870AIADMK89.0%Booths
43VelloreM. M. Vinoth Kannan TVK6,777DMK88.8%Booths
44AnaikattuD. Velazhagan AIADMK7,081DMK90.6%Booths
45Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)E. Thenral Kumar TVK20,255AIADMK88.2%Booths
46Gudiyattam (SC)K. Sindu TVK10,097DMDK91.1%Booths

Vellore 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.
MeasureVelloreRankMedian
Seats5=21st6
Electors11,48,84725th13,16,624
Turnout89.6%10th86.5%
Women among electors51.5%9th51.1%
Median winning margin, votes7,08131st9,838
Seats that changed party since 20215 of 5=1st71%
NOTA share of votes0.43%12th0.38%
Closest seatKatpadi, won by 5,870 votes
Biggest marginKilvaithinankuppam, won by 20,255

Vote share in Vellore, 2026 against 2021

  • TVK35.3% 2026— 2021
  • AIADMK29.5% 202644.9% 2021
  • DMK24.4% 202646.2% 2021
  • DMDK7.1% 20260.2% 2021
  • NTK2.3% 20265.2% 2021

Share of the 10,29,310 votes counted in the district's seats in 2026 (ECI, postal votes and NOTA included) and of 9,49,704 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 (5 of 5)

What each seat is

  • KatpadiKatpadi sits on the northern edge of Vellore city along the Palar river, centred on the Katpadi Junction railway hub that links Chennai with Bengaluru and Tirupati.
  • VelloreVellore is a fort city on the Palar that doubles as a regional medical and education hub.
  • AnaikattuAnaikattu, also written Anaicut, is a rural-leaning seat in Vellore district that takes in Pallikonda, Odugathur and the Anaicut taluk villages along the Palar.
  • KilvaithinankuppamKilvaithinankuppam, also called K. V. Kuppam, is an SC-reserved seat in Vellore district carved out in the 2008 delimitation.
  • GudiyattamGudiyattam is an SC-reserved seat in Vellore district known for its matchstick and fireworks workshops, beedi rolling units and a long-running weaving tradition.

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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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