Kalasapakkam
Kalasapakkam — AIADMK's Agri Krishnamurthy returns to take seat by 26,740 votes
AIADMK's Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy reclaimed Kalasapakkam by 26,740 votes over sitting DMK MLA P. S. T. Saravanan, returning to a seat he last held in 2011 (when he won by 38,234 votes). Kalasapakkam has been a swing seat through the post-delimitation era — AIADMK held it in 2011 (Krishnamurthy) and 2016 (V. Panneerselvam, by 26,414 votes), DMK flipped it in 2021 (Saravanan, by 9,222), and AIADMK has now flipped it back. Before the 2008 delimitation reshaped Tiruvannamalai's seats, Kalasapakkam alternated between DMK (P. S. Thiruvengadam, 1996) and INC (M. Sundarasami, 1991) and AIADMK (S. Ramachandran, 2001).
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGRI KRISHNAMURTHY. S S | AIADMK | 89,629 | 42.29% |
| 2 | SARAVANAN. P.S.T | DMK | 62,889 | 29.67% |
| 3 | ELUMALAI. P | TVK | 51,666 | 24.38% |
| 4 | SEETHA SIVANANDAM. P | NTK | 5,312 | 2.51% |
| 5 | SANTHAKUMARAN. A | IND | 697 | 0.33% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGRI KRISHNAMURTHY. S S | AIADMK | 1,053 | 88,576 | 89,629 |
| 2 | SARAVANAN. P.S.T | DMK | 759 | 62,130 | 62,889 |
| 3 | ELUMALAI. P | TVK | 575 | 51,091 | 51,666 |
| 4 | SEETHA SIVANANDAM. P | NTK | 139 | 5,173 | 5,312 |
| 5 | KAMARAJ. G | IND | 14 | 184 | 198 |
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.
Kalasapakkam has existed since before the 2008 delimitation, though boundaries were redrawn. Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy is the seat's most recurring winner — he held it in 2006 (pre-delim), 2011, and again in 2026, a 20-year arc with a 14-year gap between his second and third wins. The DMK's only post-delimitation hold here came in 2021 (Saravanan), now reversed.
About Kalasapakkam
Kalasapakkam — AC 65 — covers the western Tiruvannamalai stretch where Polur taluk's small-industry clusters, paddy plots and Javadhu foothill villages overlap. The seat has existed since well before the 2008 delimitation; INC (M. Sundarasami) won here in 1991, DMK (Thiruvengadam) in 1996, and AIADMK has held it more often than not in the post-delimitation era. Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy — a veteran AIADMK figure — has won the seat in 2011 and again in 2026 with a 14-year gap in between.
Kalasapakkam & the Javadhu Foothills
Kalasapakkam is where Tiruvannamalai's plains start to ripple toward the Javadhu Hills — a quieter Eastern Ghats range that climbs to 3,800 feet above the Polur taluk. Drive west into the Javadhu interior for Beemanmadavu Falls and the Mamaram tribal hamlets, or stay on the plains for the Polur jaggery market and the Tiruvannamalai Girivalam circuit 35 km south. The Sathanur Dam crocodile park and the Thenpennai's slow bend at Polur both make easy half-day add-ons.
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