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N. Senthil Kumar
  • Won 2026 by 53,564

N. Senthil Kumar

என். செந்தில் குமார்

MLA for Thiruvottiyur since May 2026MLA for Thiruvottiyur, 2026–31TVK

  • AC 10 · Thiruvallur district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 46 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹1.47 cr
pending criminal cases
0
education
Professional degree
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

N. Senthil Kumar: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  • Party
  1. 2014

    Completes LLB at Sri Venkateswara University; sets up legal practice.

  2. 2024–2025

    Joins TVK as the party builds its Chennai cadre; named to the Thiruvottiyur district executive committee.

  3. Mar 2026

    Announced by Vijay as TVK candidate for Thiruvottiyur (AC 10) in the party's full 234-seat list.

  4. 4 May 2026

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

    See the full 2026 result
  5. 11 May 2026

    Took oath as MLA in the first session of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About N. Senthil Kumar

A practising lawyer from north Chennai, Senthil Kumar served in 2026 on TVK's Thiruvottiyur district executive committee. The seat — a working-class belt that fronts the Bay of Bengal between Ennore and the Chennai port — was a DMK seat in 2021 (held by K.P. Shankar) and one of the more striking TVK flips in the city.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
Around 1979; son of Nallam Sivam; voter enrolment in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai
Profession
Lawyer (LLB, Sri Venkateswara University, 2014); TVK Thiruvottiyur district executive committee member; first-time MLA of 2026
District
Thiruvallur

Education

  • 2014LLB — Sri Venkateswara University.

Party & ideology

Senthil Kumar fits TVK's Chennai-cadre profile — first-generation professional, lawyer background, recruited to anchor a working-class coastal seat. The Thiruvottiyur agenda runs heavily on civic and environmental issues — Ennore-creek pollution, fly-ash and thermal-plant grievances, port-belt employment, and welfare delivery for the fishing-village wards along the coast — themes that map directly onto TVK's manifesto chapters on coastal welfare and clean industry.

Family

Married; spouse listed as housewife in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Father's name: Nallam Sivam.

Questions people ask

Who is N. Senthil Kumar?

N. Senthil Kumar was elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA for Thiruvottiyur (AC 10) in north Chennai. A practising lawyer (LLB, Sri Venkateswara University, 2014), he served in 2026 on TVK's Thiruvottiyur district executive committee. He won his debut Assembly election with 1,10,067 votes — defeating CPM's L. Sundararaj by 53,564.

What does his 2026 affidavit show?

Total assets of around Rs 1.47 crore against Rs 13.11 lakh in liabilities. No criminal cases. The asset mix is mostly bank deposits, insurance and personal loans extended; two residential properties valued at Rs 55 lakh combined.

How did Thiruvottiyur swing to TVK?

Thiruvottiyur was a DMK seat in 2021. In 2026, with the DMK alliance squeezed and the DMK leaving the seat to its ally the CPM, Senthil Kumar took 1,10,067 against CPM's 56,503 — a 53,564 margin in a 15-candidate field. The TVK Chennai sweep gave him a clean win.

Other MLAs from Thiruvallur district

S. VijayakumarGummidipoondi · TVKDr. M. S. RaviPonneri · TVKG. HariTiruttani · AIADMKDr. T. ArunkumarThiruvallur · TVKR. PrakasamPoonamallee · TVKR. Ramesh KumarAvadi · TVKRhevanth CharanMaduravoyal · TVKG. BalamuruganAmbattur · TVKM. L. VijayprabhuMadavaram · TVK

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