Madurai South
All 6 candidates
| # | Candidate | Votes · share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. M. GopisonWonTVK Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 62,41544.11% |
| 2 | M. BoominathanDMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 40,88628.89% |
| 3 | Raama SreenivasanBJP Bharatiya Janata Party | 31,10021.98% |
| Below this line, candidates lost their deposit: 23,481 votes or fewer, one-sixth of the 1,40,891 votes for all candidates | ||
| 4 | B. M. Sumathy (lost deposit)NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi | 5,8634.14% |
| NOTANone of the above: not a candidate | 6120.43% | |
| 5 | S. Iruthyaraj (lost deposit)TVAK Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 3700.26% |
| 6 | K. Jeya (lost deposit)IND Independent | 2570.18% |
Madurai South — TVK's Gopison takes the Meenakshi temple's southern edge
TVK's M.M. Gopison won Madurai South over DMK's M. Boominathan — ending Boominathan's single-term hold on the seat he had carried for the DMK alliance in 2021 (then on an MDMK ticket, by a 6,515-vote margin over AIADMK's S. S. Saravanan).
Madurai South covers the southern edge of the temple-city — the Vandiyur tank precinct and the southern approach to the Meenakshi Amman temple that anchors central Madurai.
AIADMK's S. S. Saravanan held the seat in 2016 by 23,763 votes, and CPI(M)'s R. Annadurai took it in 2011 on the AIADMK alliance ticket by a thumping 45,451 votes — still the seat's largest post-2008 margin.
Where Madurai South was won
| Led by | Booths of 236 |
|---|---|
| M. M. Gopison TVK | 198 |
| M. Boominathan DMK | 26 |
| Others | 12 |
Counted from Form 20, booth by booth (vote leads are in votes cast at the booth; postal ballots are counted for the whole seat only).
Every village and booth
The constituency
- Reservation
- General seat (not reserved)
- Lok Sabha seat
- Madurai
- Electors, 2026
- 1,79,919women 91,604 (50.9%) · men 88,266 (49.1%) · third gender 49
Sources · electoral roll, reservation: ECI · Lok Sabha seat: 2008 delimitation order
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK M.BOOMINATHAN led postal ballots (286), but TVK M.M.GOPISON won the seat overall (62,415).
802 postal ballots · from polling staff, election-duty officers, absentee voters · counted before EVM rounds
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Boominathan | DMK | 286 | 40,600 | 40,886 |
| 2 | M. M. Gopison | TVK | 253 | 62,162 | 62,415 |
| 3 | Raama Sreenivasan | BJP | 200 | 30,900 | 31,100 |
| 4 | B. M. Sumathy | NTK | 55 | 5,808 | 5,863 |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 6 | 606 | 612 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
| Measure | This seat | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning margin, votes | 21,529 | 58th | 11,416 |
| Winner’s share | 44.1% | 43rd | 37.4% |
| Turnout | 78.6% | 214th | 86.9% |
| Votes cast | 1,41,503 | 226th | 2,08,471 |
| Candidates | 6 | =228th | 15 |
| NOTA votes | 612 | =176th | 784 |
| Since 2021 | TVK took the seat from DMK. In 2021 M. Boominathan won it by 6,515 votes. | ||
Winners and runners-up, 2011–2026
2011, 2016 and 2021 rows: checked against the ECI detailed results. Earlier rows: secondary sources. Two-part pill: alliance leader first, then the candidate's party.
In 2011, CPI(M)'s R. Annadurai won in the AIADMK alliance and the runner-up was INC, in the DMK alliance. In 2021 Boominathan, an MDMK member, won on the DMK's symbol. The 2026 TVK win was the first here by a party outside the DMK and AIADMK alliances since the 2008 delimitation reorganised this part of Madurai city.
About Madurai South
Madurai South (AC 192) covers the southern approaches of Madurai city, including the Vandiyur tank precinct (site of the famed Float Festival, Theppam), parts of Tirumalai Nayak's old fortified palace district, and the city's southern industrial fringes.
The constituency sits within the temple city whose 14-gopuram Meenakshi Amman temple has been the spiritual heart of southern Tamil Nadu for over a millennium. The seat has flipped each election — CPI(M) on AIADMK alliance in 2011, AIADMK in 2016, DMK alliance (MDMK) in 2021, and TVK in 2026.
Madurai South & the Meenakshi City
Madurai South is the city's southern face — Vandiyur tank with its January Float Festival, the painted ceilings of Tirumalai Nayak's 1636 palace, and the southern gopurams of the Meenakshi temple rising over a 2,500-year-old urban core.
Pair the Meenakshi temple's pre-dawn Suprabhatam with a Tirumalai Nayak sound-and-light evening, and slip out to the Pazhamudhir Solai Murugan shrine on the Alagar Hills 20 km north — one of the six abodes of Murugan ringing the city.
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Who won Madurai South in the 2026 Tamil Nadu election?
M. M. Gopison of TVK won Madurai South (AC 192) in the April 2026 Assembly election with 62,415 votes, 44.11% of the votes polled, ahead of M. Boominathan of DMK by 21,529 votes.
Who is the MLA of Madurai South?
M. M. Gopison of TVK was elected MLA for Madurai South in April 2026 and sits in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly.
What was the turnout in Madurai South in 2026?
Turnout was 78.6%: 1,41,503 of 1,79,919 electors voted.
Which district is Madurai South in?
Madurai South (constituency number 192) is in Madurai district, part of the Madurai Lok Sabha seat.
Who won Madurai South before 2026?
In 2021 M. Boominathan of DMK won by 6,515 votes over S. S. Saravanan. In 2016 S. S. Saravanan of AIADMK won by 23,763 votes over M. Balachandran.
Sources: Form 20, booth-wise result (PDF)ECI result, AC 192
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