Bhavanisagar
Bhavanisagar 2026: TVK's V.P. Tamilselvi wins by 4,569 votes
Bhavanisagar gave TVK its narrowest western-belt win. V.P. Tamilselvi polled 72,391 votes against AIADMK's A. Bannari, the sitting MLA, on 67,822 in a 13-way race. The 4,569-vote margin ends Bannari's single-term hold and continues the seat's habit of changing party most cycles.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.P.TAMILSELVI | TVK | 72,391 | 34.03% |
| 2 | A.BANNARI | AIADMK | 67,822 | 31.88% |
| 3 | P.L.SUNDARAM | CPI | 63,107 | 29.67% |
| 4 | S.SOUNDARYA | NTK | 5,832 | 2.74% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,804 | 0.85% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. CPI P.L.SUNDARAM led postal ballots (929), but TVK V.P.TAMILSELVI won the seat overall (72,391).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.L.SUNDARAM | CPI | 929 | 62,178 | 63,107 |
| 2 | A.BANNARI | AIADMK | 706 | 67,116 | 67,822 |
| 3 | V.P.TAMILSELVI | TVK | 512 | 71,879 | 72,391 |
| 4 | S.SOUNDARYA | NTK | 66 | 5,766 | 5,832 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 17 | 1,787 | 1,804 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
About Bhavanisagar
Bhavanisagar takes its name from the dam built across the Bhavani river in 1955, which irrigates a 2-lakh-acre delta running through the constituency. The reserved-forest country around Sathyamangalam and Talavadi falls inside the seat, including hill villages where Soliga tribal families farm coffee and pepper. The economy mixes Lower Bhavani Project paddy farmers, Kongu textile units near Anthiyur and forest-dependent communities up the Talavadi block. The seat has flipped between AIADMK, CPI and DMK across the last five cycles, with no party winning it twice in a row since 2001.
Things to do in Bhavanisagar
Bhavanisagar dam, built in 1955, was the largest earthen dam in Asia at the time and the gardens around its spillway are open to visitors. The Talavadi block on the Karnataka border has Soliga tribal villages growing organic coffee and pepper; homestays at Hasanur run guided walks into the Sathyamangalam tiger reserve buffer.
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