R. V. Ranjithkumar
R. V. Ranjithkumar
TVKMLA · Kancheepuram- Born
- 1976 (50 yrs); from Kancheepuram district
- Constituency
- Kancheepuram · AC 37
- District
- Kancheepuram
- Party
- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
- Profession
- Businessman / first-time legislator (per ECI affidavit listing); TVK candidate for Kancheepuram
- 2026 result
- won by 15,488 votes
- Education
- B.A. From Tamilnadu Open University 2015
At a glance
Education
- GraduateB.A. (per ECI affidavit listing)
ECI affidavit (2026)
1 pending criminal case declared in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Total declared assets: ₹17.28 cr.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Total declared assets | ₹17.28 cr |
| Liabilities | ₹2.57 cr |
Career timeline
- GraduateB.A. degree.
- Pre-2026Built local profile in the Kancheepuram silk-town belt ahead of TVK's first election; first-generation politician.
- March 2026Nominated as TVK's candidate for Kancheepuram (AC 37), contesting against AIADMK's V. Somasundaram and DMK's Nithya Sugumar.
- 23 Apr 2026Won Kancheepuram on the TVK ticket — 15,488 vote margin in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
- 11 May 2026Took oath as MLA in the first session of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
The 2026 win — Kancheepuram
R. V. Ranjithkumar polled 91,350 votes, defeating V. Somasundaram (AIADMK) by a margin of 15,488.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. V. Ranjithkumar | TVK | 91,350 |
| 2 | V. Somasundaram | AIADMK | 75,862 |
| 3 | Nithya Sugumar | DMK | 69,344 |
| 4 | Vetriselvi | NTK | 6,950 |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,078 |
→ Full Kancheepuram (AC 37) seat page · district: Kancheepuram
Family
Family details kept private; further specifics to be appended once the 2026 ECI affidavit detail page is digitised on the public portal.
Party & ideology
Ranjithkumar's profile sits in TVK's local-organiser tier — a graduate first-generation politician with a few-crore declared asset base, fielded in a temple-town heritage seat that had cycled between DMK and AIADMK alliance partners for two decades. The 15,488-vote TVK margin came in a tight three-way fight where DMK's woman candidate Nithya Sugumar pulled 69,344 votes — a reminder that the temple-belt swing was driven by a fragmented opposition vote rather than a TVK landslide.
FAQ
Who is R. V. Ranjithkumar?
R. V. Ranjithkumar (50) is the TVK MLA-elect for Kancheepuram (AC 37). A B.A. graduate, he is a first-time legislator. His 2026 ECI affidavit lists declared assets of around Rs 3.59 crore.
What was the 2026 Kancheepuram result?
Ranjithkumar (TVK) 91,350; V. Somasundaram (AIADMK) 75,862; Nithya Sugumar (DMK) 69,344; Vetriselvi (NTK) 6,950. Margin: 15,488 votes. Total 16 candidates contested.
What are his declared assets?
Total assets of around Rs 3.59 crore per his 2026 ECI affidavit, as recorded on the candidate-affidavit aggregator TN-Elections.org.
Sources
- TN-Elections.org · Kancheepuram 2026 candidates and Ranjithkumar profile — https://tn-elections.org/constituency/kancheepuram/
- Oneindia · Kancheepuram Election Results 2026 — https://www.oneindia.com/kancheepuram-assembly-elections-tn-37/
- TVK · Tamil Nadu Election Candidates (R. V. Ranjithkumar, Kancheepuram) — https://tvkvijay.com/en/election-candidates/tamilnadu
- Sunday Guardian · Kancheepuram Assembly Elections 2026 — https://sundayguardianlive.com/india/kancheepuram-assembly-elections-2026-result-live-winner-new-mla-key-candidates-victory-margin-result-date-voter-turnout-total-voters-in-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-20212016-past-results-188693/
- Election Commission of India · TN 2026 — https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/