Gingee
Gingee 2026: PMK's Ganeshkumar takes the seat back with a 12,645 lead
PMK's A. Ganeshkumar won Gingee with 78,201 votes, beating DMK's Gingee Masthan K. S. by 12,645. The result undoes Masthan's runaway 35,803-vote 2021 win and his 22,057-vote 2016 victory, and returns Ganeshkumar to the seat he last held in 2011 by a wafer-thin 1,811 votes.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GANESHKUMAR A | PMK | 78,201 | 36.41% |
| 2 | GINGEE MASTHAN K S | DMK | 65,556 | 30.52% |
| 3 | CHANDRASEKARAN B | TVK | 61,609 | 28.68% |
| 4 | ADVOCATE KRISHNAN E | NTK | 6,371 | 2.97% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 508 | 0.24% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GANESHKUMAR A | PMK | 877 | 77,324 | 78,201 |
| 2 | GINGEE MASTHAN K S | DMK | 761 | 64,795 | 65,556 |
| 3 | CHANDRASEKARAN B | TVK | 400 | 61,209 | 61,609 |
| 4 | ADVOCATE KRISHNAN E | NTK | 75 | 6,296 | 6,371 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 13 | 495 | 508 |
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 Gingee
Gingee, the Senji of Tamil chronicle and Maratha-era fortress, lies in Viluppuram district and is famed for its three-hilled Gingee Fort, one of the toughest forts in southern India. The town sits on the Tindivanam-Tiruvannamalai road and anchors a Vanniyar-heavy rural belt where PMK has historically been competitive. Around 2.15 lakh voters polled this cycle. The seat has rotated between PMK, DMK and DMDK over the last four assemblies, with margins swinging from under 2,000 in 2011 to over 35,000 in 2021. Local issues here cluster around irrigation tanks, groundnut pricing and tourism around the fort complex.
Plan a Gingee trip
Climb Rajagiri and Krishnagiri at Gingee Fort for the granite-cut citadels, kalyana mahal and Pattabhi Raman shrine, best done before 10 a.m. The Sathanur dam and Singavaram rock-cut temple sit within an hour's drive.
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