Madurantakam
Madurantakam — AIADMK's Maragatham retains seat by 7,194 votes
K. Maragatham Kumaravel held Madurantakam for the AIADMK with 69,284 votes, beating TVK's Ezhil Katharine Ezhilmalai by 7,194 votes. She had first won the seat in 2021 by 3,570 votes against MDMK's C. E. Sathya. DMK's S. Pugazhenthi held it in 2016 by 2,957 votes; AIADMK's S. Kanitha Sampath carried it in 2011.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARAGATHAM KUMARAVEL.K | AIADMK | 69,284 | 35.31% |
| 2 | EZHIL KATHARINE EZHILMALAI | TVK | 62,090 | 31.64% |
| 3 | S.AMULU PONMALAR | DMK | 59,838 | 30.49% |
| 4 | G.JANAKIRAMAN | NTK | 4,950 | 2.52% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 797 | 0.41% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK S.AMULU PONMALAR led postal ballots (790), but AIADMK MARAGATHAM KUMARAVEL.K won the seat overall (69,284).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.AMULU PONMALAR | DMK | 790 | 59,048 | 59,838 |
| 2 | MARAGATHAM KUMARAVEL.K | AIADMK | 740 | 68,544 | 69,284 |
| 3 | EZHIL KATHARINE EZHILMALAI | TVK | 352 | 61,738 | 62,090 |
| 4 | G.JANAKIRAMAN | NTK | 53 | 4,897 | 4,950 |
| 5 | M.KADIRVEL | IND | 10 | 108 | 118 |
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.
Maragatham Kumaravel becomes the first MLA to win Madurantakam back-to-back since the post-2008 delimitation.
About Madurantakam
Madurantakam sits on the GST Road south of Chennai in Chengalpattu district, built around the long Madurantakam tank and the Kothandaramaswamy temple — one of the largest Rama temples in Tamil Nadu. The constituency takes in paddy belts, the Karunguzhi market town, and parts of the Kalpakkam approach road. Local economy runs on agriculture, the GST-road logistics belt, and seasonal temple tourism. The seat has a sizeable Mudaliar and Vanniyar population that gives it competitive three-cornered contests.
Rama by a 2,500-acre tank
Drive the GST Road south to the Kothandaramaswamy temple for the Rama-Sita-Lakshmana set sculpted by hand, then walk the bund of the Madurantakam tank at sunset. Stop at Karunguzhi for filter coffee and onion rava dosai, or detour to the Kalpakkam beach for a quick salt-air break.
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