Ambasamudram
All 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Votes · share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Esakki SubayaWonAIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 65,58934.30% |
| 2 | V. P. DuraiINC Indian National Congress | 55,34428.95% |
| 3 | S. RajagopalTVK Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 53,61128.04% |
| Below this line, candidates lost their deposit: 31,689 votes or fewer, one-sixth of the 1,90,135 votes for all candidates | ||
| 4 | Dr. V. Sivasankaran (lost deposit)NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi | 14,9067.80% |
| NOTANone of the above: not a candidate | 1,0600.55% | |
| 5 | R. Esaikannan (lost deposit)BSP Bahujan Samaj Party | 6850.36% |
Ambasamudram 2026: Subaya held the AIADMK fort
Dr Esakki Subaya held Ambasamudram for the AIADMK with 65,589 votes, fending off Congress challenger V.P. Durai who polled 55,344. The margin is the slimmest of his three wins here since 2011, but the Tamirabarani belt stayed loyal to the cadre that had not lost this seat in fifteen years.
Where Ambasamudram was won
Dr. Esakki Subaya (AIADMK) came first in 169 of the 321 polling booths, V. P. Durai (INC) in 80, other candidates in 72.
By village, AIADMK was ahead in 29 of 37, INC in 7, others in 1.
Dr. Esakki Subaya’s biggest leads
- Ambasamudram+1,29337 booths
- Gopalasamudram+54510 booths
- Melacheval+52910 booths
V. P. Durai’s best villages
- Pathamadai+1,81718 booths
- Karisalpatti+4283 booths
- Ulagankulam+1373 booths
Closest village: South Pappankulam, where INC was ahead by 14 votes.
Counted from Form 20, booth by booth (vote leads are in votes cast at the booth; postal ballots are counted for the whole seat only).
Every village and booth
The constituency
- Reservation
- General seat (not reserved)
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tirunelveli
- Electors, 2026
- 2,27,878women 1,17,509 (51.6%) · men 1,10,357 (48.4%) · third gender 12
Sources · electoral roll, reservation: ECI · Lok Sabha seat: 2008 delimitation order
Voters by age (roll of 6 April 2026)
Age in years · registered electors
- 18–196,1412.7%
- 20–2942,08518.5%
- 30–3944,45819.5%
- 40–4946,88520.6%
- 50–5940,55017.8%
- 60–6928,00912.3%
- 70–7915,3316.7%
- 80+4,4191.9%
Source: Tirunelveli District Election OfficerAge-cohort table for the roll at the last date of filing nominations, 6 April 2026
Postal ballot breakdown
2,464 postal ballots · from polling staff, election-duty officers, absentee voters · counted before EVM rounds
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Esakki Subaya | AIADMK | 957 | 64,632 | 65,589 |
| 2 | V. P. Durai | INC | 722 | 54,622 | 55,344 |
| 3 | S. Rajagopal | TVK | 524 | 53,087 | 53,611 |
| 4 | Dr. V. Sivasankaran | NTK | 237 | 14,669 | 14,906 |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 14 | 1,046 | 1,060 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
Winners and runners-up, 2011–2026
2011, 2016 and 2021 rows: checked against the ECI detailed results. Earlier rows: secondary sources.
AIADMK has won Ambasamudram in every assembly election since 2011.
About Ambasamudram
Ambasamudram sits on the south bank of the Tamirabarani in Tirunelveli district, an old paddy and banana belt that built itself around the river's spillway and the Papanasam reservoir feeders upstream. The town is a temple stop on the Madurai-Tirunelveli line, anchored by the Kasi Viswanathar shrine and the cluster of old agraharams that gave it the local nickname Madurantakam-of-the-south.
The constituency stitches together the Ambasamudram and Cheranmahadevi taluks, mixing rice farmers, mill workers from the long-shuttered cotton units and a quietly prosperous remittance class with Singapore links. Politically it was an AIADMK stronghold at every election from 2011 to 2026.
Travel from Ambasamudram
Drive 14 km upstream to Papanasam dam and the falls below it, then push another 30 km into the Western Ghats for Agasthiyar Falls and the trek to Kalyana Theertham. Back in town the Kasi Viswanathar temple and the riverbank ghats at Sorimuthu Ayyanar are easy half-day stops before the Tirunelveli halwa shops on the way home.
Plan your trip on TN Explorer →Sources: Form 20, booth-wise result (PDF)ECI result, AC 225
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