Kilvelur
Kilvelur — CPM's Latha holds the SC seat by 2,278 votes against TVK
Latha T of the CPM wins Kilvelur by 2,278 votes over TVK's P. Senthil Pandian, one of the few Left victories in the 2026 assembly. CPM's Maali had taken the seat in 2021 with 67,988 votes and a 16,985-vote lead over PMK's S. Vadivel Ravanan. In 2016 the AIADMK wave saw DMK's U. Mathivanan still hold Kilvelur with 61,999 votes, defeating AIADMK's N. Meena by 10,170. Latha is among a small handful of CPM women MLAs in Tamil Nadu.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LATHA. T | CPM | 56,108 | 37.39% |
| 2 | SENTHIL PANDIAN. P | TVK | 53,830 | 35.87% |
| 3 | VADIVEL RAVANAN. S | PMK | 31,675 | 21.11% |
| 4 | KARTHIKA. M | NTK | 8,069 | 5.38% |
| 5 | SURENTHAR. K | IND | 563 | 0.38% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LATHA. T | CPM | 699 | 55,409 | 56,108 |
| 2 | SENTHIL PANDIAN. P | TVK | 497 | 53,333 | 53,830 |
| 3 | VADIVEL RAVANAN. S | PMK | 353 | 31,322 | 31,675 |
| 4 | KARTHIKA. M | NTK | 127 | 7,942 | 8,069 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 537 | 545 |
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.
SC-reserved Cauvery delta seat created in the 2008 delimitation. CPM has held it twice — 2011 by 724 votes (with AIADMK alliance backing) and 2021/2026 (under DMK alliance) — bracketing U. Mathivanan's 2016 DMK win.
About Kilvelur
Kilvelur is a reserved (SC) seat in Nagapattinam district, sitting deep in the Cauvery delta where two crops of paddy a year are still possible on the alluvial plain. The constituency contains Velankanni — the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, one of the largest Catholic pilgrimage sites in Asia — and runs to the coast that bore the brunt of the December 2004 tsunami. Nagore Dargah, the 16th-century Sufi shrine of Hazrat Meeran Sahib, sits just up the coast at Nagore. The seat is shaped by fisher and Dalit votes, the church-mosque-temple pluralism of the coast, and the slow recovery of tsunami-hit hamlets.
Velankanni & the Tsunami Coast
Kilvelur opens onto the deepest Cauvery delta — paddy that yields two crops a year. Drive 20 km to Velankanni's Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, one of Asia's largest Catholic pilgrim sites, then up the coast to Nagore Dargah, the 16th-century Sufi shrine of Meeran Sahib. Walk the tsunami-rebuilt fishing hamlets and end with crab masala at a Nagapattinam seafront mess.
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