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Haribaskar P.

P. Haribaskar won Anthiyur (AC 105) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election as the AIADMK candidate, polling 60,042 votes and defeating DMK's M. Sivabalan by a margin of 1,260 in a tight three-way fight. TVK's M. Vijay Venkatesh finished third with 56,372 votes. A first-time legislator at 39, Haribaskar's self-declared occupations are agriculture and politics; his spouse is also engaged in agriculture per the ECI affidavit.

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Haribaskar P.

AIADMKMLA · Anthiyur
Born
Anthiyur belt, Erode district (39 yrs)
Constituency
Anthiyur · AC 105
District
Erode
Party
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Profession
Agriculture; politician; first-time MLA from Anthiyur (AIADMK)
2026 result
won by 1,260 votes

At a glance

2026 votes
60,042
in the assembly election
Margin
1,260
votes ahead of runner-up
Constituency
Anthiyur
AC 105 · Erode
Party
AIADMK
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Field size
15
candidates contested

Education

Career timeline

The 2026 win — Anthiyur

Haribaskar P. polled 60,042 votes, defeating Sivabalan M. (DMK) by a margin of 1,260.

#CandidatePartyVotes
1Haribaskar P.AIADMK60,042
2Sivabalan M.DMK58,782
3Vijay Venkatesh M.TVK56,372
4Aalangattur AnandhiNTK5,287
5Veeran K.IND990

→ Full Anthiyur (AC 105) seat page · district: Erode

Family

Both candidate and spouse declare agriculture as their primary occupation per the 2026 ECI affidavit. Family rooted in Anthiyur, Erode district. Other family details kept private.

Party & ideology

Haribaskar's profile fits AIADMK's 2026 strategy of fielding younger first-time candidates from rural-agrarian constituencies in the Kongu belt. Anthiyur had been won by DMK's N. D. Venkatachalam in 2021 — by a 1,275-vote margin over AIADMK's K. S. Shanmugavel. Haribaskar flipped the seat back to AIADMK in a near-mirror-image margin (1,260 votes) in 2026, with the AIADMK–PMK–BJP alliance helping consolidate the rural backward-class vote against the DMK and TVK.

FAQ

Who is P. Haribaskar?

P. Haribaskar (39) is the first-time AIADMK MLA from Anthiyur (AC 105) in Erode district. He holds a D.T.Ed. (Diploma in Teacher Education, 2005–2007) and lists agriculture and politics as his self-declared occupations.

How close was the 2026 result?

A tight three-way fight. Haribaskar (AIADMK) polled 60,042; DMK's M. Sivabalan 58,782 (margin 1,260); TVK's M. Vijay Venkatesh 56,372; NTK's Aalangattur Anandhi 5,287. The 1,260-vote AIADMK margin in 2026 nearly mirrors the 1,275-vote DMK margin from 2021, when N. D. Venkatachalam won the seat for DMK.

What does the ECI affidavit say?

Per the 2026 ECI affidavit on MyNeta, Haribaskar declared total assets of approximately Rs 3.80 crore and liabilities of about Rs 72.94 lakh. Two pending criminal cases are listed — 1 charge of wrongfully restraining a person (BNS Section-126(2)) and 1 charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly (BNS Section-189(2)). No convictions are recorded; both cases remain pending in court.

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