Viluppuram district · 7 seats · April 2026 election
Viluppuram MLAs and 2026 election results
April 2026 Assembly election: AIADMK won 2 of Viluppuram's 7 seats; DMK 2, PMK 2, VCK 1. By votes: TVK 31.2%, AIADMK 23.4%, DMK 23.0%. The same seats went DMK 4, AIADMK 2, PMK 1 in 2021.
AIADMK 2 DMK 2 PMK 2 VCK 1
Votes counted
14,35,989
Turnout
89.8%
Seats that changed party since 2021
6 of 7
Viluppuram's 7 MLAs, elected April 2026
| AC | Seat | MLA elected | Margin | Runner-up | Turnout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Gingee | A. Ganeshkumar PMK | 12,645 | DMK | 89.3% | Booths |
| 71 | Mailam | C. Ve. Shanmugam AIADMK | 30,041 | TVK | 90.5% | Booths |
| 72 | Tindivanam (SC) | Vanni Arasu VCK | 734 | AIADMK | 89.4% | Booths |
| 73 | Vanur (SC) | D. Gowtham DMK | 7,034 | TVK | 91.6% | Booths |
| 74 | Viluppuram | R. Lakshmanan DMK | 4,119 | TVK | 87.6% | Booths |
| 75 | Vikravandi | C. Sivakumar PMK | 910 | TVK | 91.4% | Booths |
| 76 | Tirukkoyilur | S. Palanisamy AIADMK | 285 | TVK | 89.4% | Booths |
Viluppuram in numbers
| Measure | Viluppuram | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | 7 | =12th | 6 |
| Electors | 15,98,762 | 14th | 13,16,624 |
| Turnout | 89.8% | 9th | 86.5% |
| Women among electors | 50.7% | 30th | 51.1% |
| Median winning margin, votes | 4,119 | 36th | 9,838 |
| Seats that changed party since 2021 | 6 of 7 | =11th | 71% |
| NOTA share of votes | 0.24% | 37th | 0.38% |
| Closest seat | Tirukkoyilur, won by 285 votes | ||
| Biggest margin | Mailam, won by 30,041 | ||
Seats that changed party since 2021 (6 of 7)
- Gingee 2021 DMK → 2026 PMK
- Mailam 2021 PMK → 2026 AIADMK
- Tindivanam 2021 AIADMK → 2026 VCK
- Vanur 2021 AIADMK → 2026 DMK
- Vikravandi 2021 DMK → 2026 PMK
- Tirukkoyilur 2021 DMK → 2026 AIADMK
What each seat is
- GingeeGingee, the Senji of Tamil chronicle and Maratha-era fortress, lies in Viluppuram district and is famed for its three-hilled Gingee Fort, one of the toughest forts in southern India.
- MailamMailam (AC 71) covers a stretch of north-eastern Viluppuram district, named for the 200-foot Mailam hill that holds the Subramanya Swamy temple.
- TindivanamTindivanam (AC 72) is a Scheduled-Caste-reserved seat in Viluppuram district, anchoring the highway town that has long sat halfway between Chennai and Trichy on NH-32.
- VanurVanur is a coastal-adjacent SC-reserved constituency in Viluppuram district, hugging the East Coast Road belt south of Pondicherry.
- ViluppuramViluppuram is the district headquarters and a major railway junction on the Chennai-Tiruchi line, anchoring the Tindivanam-Cuddalore corridor.
- VikravandiVikravandi (AC 75) sits in Viluppuram district on the spine of the PMK heartland, where the Vanniyar Sangam's politics first took organised form in the 1980s.
- TirukkoyilurTirukkoyilur is an assembly constituency filed under Viluppuram district (the town itself went to the new Kallakurichi district in 2019) and sits on the Then Pennaiyar (South Pennar) river.
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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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