Kurinjipadi
Kurinjipadi 2026: Panneerselvam holds for DMK by 7,589
DMK's M. R. K. Panneerselvam won a third straight Kurinjipadi term with 76,695 votes, ahead of AIADMK's A. Bhuvanenthiran on 69,106. The 7,589-vote margin is sharply down from his 17,527-vote 2021 win and 28,108-vote 2016 sweep.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.R.K.PANNEERSELVAM | DMK | 76,695 | 36.21% |
| 2 | A BHUVANENTHIRAN | AIADMK | 69,106 | 32.62% |
| 3 | RAJKUMAR D | TVK | 53,110 | 25.07% |
| 4 | T KANNAN | IND | 7,113 | 3.36% |
| 5 | KAVITHA RENGANATHAN | NTK | 4,813 | 2.27% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.R.K.PANNEERSELVAM | DMK | 917 | 75,778 | 76,695 |
| 2 | A BHUVANENTHIRAN | AIADMK | 662 | 68,444 | 69,106 |
| 3 | RAJKUMAR D | TVK | 487 | 52,623 | 53,110 |
| 4 | KAVITHA RENGANATHAN | NTK | 69 | 4,744 | 4,813 |
| 5 | T KANNAN | TVK | 48 | 7,065 | 7,113 |
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 Kurinjipadi
Kurinjipadi is an inland Cuddalore seat just north of Panruti, covering the Kurinjipadi and Kammapuram belts on the Vellar tributary plain. It is sugar, cashew and groundnut country with a strong Vanniyar-Dalit demographic mix. Around 211,800 voters polled this cycle. Panneerselvam has been the DMK's face here since 2006: he won by 1,915 votes that year, lost to AIADMK's R. Rajendran in 2011, and has now won three in a row (2016, 2021, 2026). The shrinking margin signals tighter ground than the headline suggests.
Vellar river country and cashew groves
Kurinjipadi town is best paired with a Vellar riverside drive to Sethiyathope and the small Vriddhachalam ghats. The Pataleeswarar temple at Tirupathiripuliyur (just east on the way to Cuddalore town) is a Chola-era seven-storey gopuram complex and one of the lesser-visited Padal Petra Sthalam shrines.
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