Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri 20,896-vote win — Sowmiya Anbumani holds PMK's Vanniyar fortress
Sowmiya Anbumani — wife of former Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss and daughter-in-law of PMK founder S. Ramadoss — took Dharmapuri for PMK by 20,896 votes over TVK's M. Sivan. The seat has finished with PMK in either first or second place every election since 2006: it is the headline constituency of the Vanniyar-belt Dharmapuri-Krishnagiri-Salem arc that S. Ramadoss has built the party on. DMK did not make the top three in 2026 — DMDK's V. Elangovan finished third with 56,905 votes.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOWMIYA ANBUMANI | PMK | 93,713 | 40.18% |
| 2 | SIVAN. M. | TVK | 72,817 | 31.22% |
| 3 | DR. ELANGOVAN. V. | DMDK | 56,905 | 24.40% |
| 4 | SHANTHALAKSHMI. K. | NTK | 6,758 | 2.90% |
| 5 | SARAVANAN. A. | IND | 1,078 | 0.46% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOWMIYA ANBUMANI | PMK | 2,244 | 91,469 | 93,713 |
| 2 | DR. ELANGOVAN. V. | DMDK | 1,448 | 55,457 | 56,905 |
| 3 | SIVAN. M. | TVK | 1,330 | 71,487 | 72,817 |
| 4 | SHANTHALAKSHMI. K. | NTK | 200 | 6,558 | 6,758 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 52 | 889 | 941 |
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.
PMK has finished in the top two at Dharmapuri every cycle since 2006 — winning in 2006 (DMK alliance), 2021 (AIADMK alliance) and 2026 (AIADMK alliance), and finishing second in 2011 (DMK alliance) and 2016 (PMK solo with Anbumani Ramadoss as CM candidate). DMK held the seat just once in this span (2016). The 2011 winner A. Baskar (DMDK) and 2011 runner-up P. Santhamoorthy (PMK) were both junior partners — DMDK in the AIADMK alliance, PMK in the DMK alliance.
About Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri is the headline assembly constituency of the Vanniyar belt that PMK has built its political base around. The district sits at TN's northern threshold — agriculture, sandalwood reserves in the Harur-Kottapatti forests, pink-granite quarries, and the Cauvery's Hogenakkal gorge to the east. The Adhiyamankottai Fort just outside Dharmapuri town was the seat of the Sangam-era Adiyaman dynasty, the legendary patrons of the poetess Avvaiyar.
Dharmapuri & Avvaiyar Country
Dharmapuri is the threshold where Tamil Nadu shades into the Cauvery's wildest stretch — Adhiyamankottai's Sangam-era ramparts whisper of Avvaiyar and her royal patron, while 50 km east the Cauvery thunders through Hogenakkal's black gorge. Beyond the headline waterfall lies a sandalwood-and-granite hinterland dotted with hill shrines like Theerthamalai and the celebrated Lambadi craft village of Sittilingi.
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