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S. Madhar Badhurudeen
  • Won 2026 by 19,128

S. Madhar Badhurudeen

மதார் பதுருதீன் எஸ். (வி.என்.எஸ். முஸ்தபா)

MLA for Madurai Central since May 2026MLA for Madurai Central, 2026–31TVK

  • AC 193 · Madurai district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 42 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹2.59 cr
pending criminal cases
0
education
10th pass
times elected MLA
1

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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Career

S. Madhar Badhurudeen: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  • Party
  1. Pre-2026

    Active in Madurai-area civic and community work; runs a trading business per his 2026 ECI affidavit. Earlier political affiliations are not on the public record.

  2. 2025-2026

    Joins Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) ahead of the party's first Assembly contest under chief Vijay; fielded as TVK's candidate from Madurai Central, a high-profile DMK-held urban seat.

  3. 4 May 2026

    Won Madurai Central for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  4. Post-counting

    Tells reporters: 'It is the victory of the people here.

  5. 11 May 2026

    Took oath as MLA in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly — his first term.

Profile

About S. Madhar Badhurudeen

The win — over a high-profile incumbent in a key urban seat — was among the marquee giant-killings in TVK's first-ever Assembly election.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
Aged 42 in 2026 (per ECI affidavit); from Madurai
Profession
Trader (meat shop business per ECI affidavit, 2026); first-term MLA
District
Madurai

Education

  • 200110th Standard, Muslim Higher Secondary School, Thiruvallikeni, Chennai (per ECI affidavit, 2026)

Party & ideology

His Madurai Central win unseated DMK's Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, a former Finance Minister considered one of the DMK's intellectual faces, and demonstrated TVK's ability to flip urban seats with high incumbent name-recognition.

Family

Family details kept private; per ECI affidavit, his spouse is also engaged in the trading business.

Notable statements

“It is the victory of the people here. The people of Tamil Nadu have voted for Vijay so that he can do good work here.”

— Madhar Badhurudeen · post-result interview to IANS, 5 May 2026

“Our party gave opportunities to a wide range of candidates including 70 from Dalit backgrounds and several Muslim representatives — that is the change Tamil Nadu wanted.”

— Madhar Badhurudeen · post-result remarks (per The News Minute, 5 May 2026)

Questions people ask

Who is Madhar Badhurudeen, the TVK MLA from Madurai Central?

Madhar Badhurudeen S. (also known as VNS Mustafa) was elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA from Madurai Central (AC 193). He is a trader by profession per his 2026 ECI affidavit. The 2026 win is his first elected office. He defeated former DMK Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan by 19,128 votes.

Why is the Madurai Central result significant?

It was a marquee giant-killing — DMK's Palanivel Thiaga Rajan was Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu (2021-23) and is widely seen as one of the DMK's most articulate urban faces. Losing the seat to a first-time TVK candidate by 19,128 votes signalled TVK's strength in southern Tamil Nadu's urban centres.

What are his declared assets and cases?

Per the 2026 ECI affidavit, Badhurudeen declared total assets of approximately ₹2.59 crore — primarily a residential building in Madurai purchased in June 2022. Liabilities are nil. No criminal cases are listed in the affidavit.

Other MLAs from Madurai district

P. ViswanathanMelur · INCS. KarthikeyanMadurai East · TVKM. V. KaruppaiahSholavandan · TVKA. KallanaiMadurai North · TVKM. M. GopisonMadurai South · TVKS. R. ThangapandiMadurai West · TVKR. NirmalkumarThiruparankundram · TVKM. ManimaranThirumangalam · DMKM. VijayUsilampatti · TVK

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