Avadi
Avadi 76,311-vote sweep — TVK takes India's tank city, the seat's largest-ever margin
TVK's R. Ramesh Kumar took Avadi by 76,311 votes over sitting DMK MLA S. M. Nasar — the fourth-largest margin anywhere in Tamil Nadu in 2026, and the largest result the seat has produced since it was created by the 2008 delimitation. Avadi has flipped each cycle: AIADMK in 2011 (43,238 margin), AIADMK in 2016 (a knife-edge 1,395-vote hold by K. Pandiarajan), DMK in 2021 (Nasar by 55,275), and now TVK by a 76K landslide. The seat is best known as the home of the Heavy Vehicles Factory — India's main battle-tank plant — and CVRDE, the DRDO lab behind the Arjun MBT.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.RAMESH KUMAR | TVK | 1,80,384 | 52.48% |
| 2 | S.M.NASAR | DMK | 1,04,073 | 30.28% |
| 3 | RAJASIMHA MAHENDRA | BJP | 39,605 | 11.52% |
| 4 | PUNITHA SHANMUGAM | NTK | 16,335 | 4.75% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,533 | 0.45% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK S.M.NASAR led postal ballots (958), but TVK R.RAMESH KUMAR won the seat overall (1,80,384).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.M.NASAR | DMK | 958 | 1,03,115 | 1,04,073 |
| 2 | R.RAMESH KUMAR | TVK | 912 | 1,79,472 | 1,80,384 |
| 3 | RAJASIMHA MAHENDRA | BJP | 435 | 39,170 | 39,605 |
| 4 | PUNITHA SHANMUGAM | NTK | 145 | 16,190 | 16,335 |
| 5 | S. CHARLES | BSP | 15 | 746 | 761 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Top-10 biggest margin in TN 2026 — a 76,311-vote lead.
- Among the highest winner shares in TN 2026 — 52.5% of polled votes.
- Among the highest-turnout seats — 3,43,751 votes cast.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Avadi was created by the 2008 delimitation; its first contest was 2011. The 2016 result was one of TN's tightest that cycle — a 1,395-vote AIADMK win for Pandiarajan over Nasar — and Nasar reversed it decisively in 2021. TVK's 76,311-vote 2026 margin is the largest result the seat has ever produced.
About Avadi
Avadi is a western Chennai suburb in Tiruvallur district, created as an assembly constituency by the 2008 delimitation; before that, the area was split across Tiruvallur, Sriperumbudur and Madhavaram seats. The town is best known as India's tank-manufacturing capital — the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), set up in 1965, has produced T-72, T-90 Bhishma and Arjun main battle tanks for the Indian Army; the adjacent CVRDE (Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment) is DRDO's armoured-vehicle lab. Avadi also holds a place in Dravidian movement history — Periyar's 1956 Avadi conference for the Dravidar Kazhagam was a turning point.
Avadi & North-Western Chennai
Avadi is where India builds its tanks — HVF and CVRDE have made this western Chennai suburb the country's armoured-warfare capital since 1965. Beyond the defence corridor, the same soil hosted Periyar's 1956 Dravidian conference, and a short drive north opens up the Tiruvallur Sri Veeraraghava Perumal temple (one of 108 Divya Desams) and Pulicat Lake's flamingo season from November through March.
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