Jamal Mohamed Younoos . Y. N.
Jamal Mohamed Younoos . Y. N.
CONGMLA · Mayiladuthurai- Constituency
- Mayiladuthurai · AC 161
- District
- Mayiladuthurai
- Party
- Indian National Congress
- Profession
- Politician (INC); sitting MLA Mayiladuthurai (2021–)
- 2026 result
- won by 10,845 votes
- Education
- B.A., L.L.B.,(Hons) National Law School, 2014-2019
At a glance
Education
- B.A
- LL.B(Hons) National Law School, 2014-2019
ECI affidavit (2026)
1 pending criminal case declared in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Total declared assets: ₹9.56 cr.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Total declared assets | ₹9.56 cr |
| Liabilities | ₹52.30 L |
Career timeline
- 2021Wins Mayiladuthurai (AC 161) on INC ticket — his first Assembly term as part of the DMK-led alliance government.
- 2021–2026Serves a full term as MLA from the Cauvery-delta seat; one of Congress's 18 sitting MLAs in the 15th Assembly.
- Apr 2026Renominated by Congress for Mayiladuthurai — among the 12 of 18 sitting MLAs that Congress kept on its slate for 2026.
- 23 Apr 2026Re-wins Mayiladuthurai (AC 161) by 10,845 votes against PMK — one of Congress's five 2026 winners.
- May 2026Part of the 5-MLA Congress bloc that pivoted from DMK to TVK on 6 May 2026 ahead of government formation.
The 2026 win — Mayiladuthurai
Jamal Mohamed Younoos . Y. N. polled 68,011 votes, defeating Palanisamy . A M COM. (PMK) by a margin of 10,845.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamal Mohamed Younoos . Y. N. | CONG | 68,011 |
| 2 | Palanisamy . A M COM. | PMK | 57,166 |
| 3 | Haroon Rasheed . S. S. | TVK | 52,538 |
| 4 | Kasiraman . K | NTK | 6,886 |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 474 |
→ Full Mayiladuthurai (AC 161) seat page · district: Mayiladuthurai
Family
S/o · D/o · W/o M Jafer Ali. Spouse: NIL.
Party & ideology
Younoos sits in Congress's traditional secular-pluralist tradition. His Mayiladuthurai constituency is a Cauvery-delta agricultural seat where the Muslim and Christian minority votes pair with farming concerns to produce reliable Congress returns. The 2026 hold against the year's TVK wave reflects a personal-record-and-incumbency factor as much as the alliance arithmetic.
FAQ
Who is Jamal Mohamed Younoos?
Two-term Congress MLA from Mayiladuthurai (AC 161) in Nagapattinam district. First elected in 2021 and re-elected in 2026 with 68,011 votes (margin 10,845 over PMK).
Is he a sitting MLA?
Yes — he was the sitting MLA for Mayiladuthurai when Congress renominated him for the 2026 election. He was one of 12 of Congress's 18 sitting Tamil Nadu MLAs to keep their tickets for 2026.
What is Younoos's significance to the 16th Assembly?
He is one of the few Muslim MLAs in the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly, and one of just five Congress winners. His re-election was part of Congress's small but valuable five-MLA bloc — without which TVK could not have crossed 118 in the Governor's letter count.
Sources
- Jamal Mohamed Younoos myneta affidavit (2026) — https://myneta.info/TamilNadu2026/candidate.php?candidate_id=1191
- Ummid · 2026 TN Muslim MLAs list — https://ummid.com/news/2026/5/5/2026-tamil-nadu-elections-final-results-list-of-muslim-mlas.html
- India TV · Congress 5-of-28 performance — https://www.indiatvnews.com/tamil-nadu/news-tamil-nadu-election-results-2026-congress-performance-2026-05-04-1039869
- Election Commission of India · TN 2026 — https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/