Manachanallur
Manachanallur 2026: Kathiravan holds for DMK by 12,364 votes
DMK's S. Kathiravan retained Manachanallur with 81,447 votes, beating TVK's V. Saravanan on 69,083. The 12,364-vote margin is sharply down from the 59,618-vote sweep he posted here in 2021, with TVK eating into the DMK base in its first outing.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KATHIRAVAN. S | DMK | 81,447 | 39.30% |
| 2 | V.SARAVANAN | TVK | 69,083 | 33.33% |
| 3 | R.V. BHARATHAN | AIADMK | 46,066 | 22.23% |
| 4 | THENMOZHI. R | NTK | 9,289 | 4.48% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 599 | 0.29% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KATHIRAVAN. S | DMK | 1,393 | 80,054 | 81,447 |
| 2 | V.SARAVANAN | TVK | 533 | 68,550 | 69,083 |
| 3 | R.V. BHARATHAN | AIADMK | 380 | 45,686 | 46,066 |
| 4 | THENMOZHI. R | NTK | 102 | 9,187 | 9,289 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 591 | 599 |
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.
Seat created in 2008 delimitation; no pre-2011 results.
About Manachanallur
Manachanallur sits on the north bank of the Cauvery in Tiruchirappalli district and is famous for its parboiled rice mills, which give the town its 'rice city' tag. The constituency was carved out in the 2008 delimitation from parts of the old Lalgudi seat, and covers the Manachanallur and Andanallur blocks along with Tiruverumbur fringes. Around 207,000 voters polled this cycle across roughly 290 booths. AIADMK won the maiden 2011 contest and again in 2016 by a thin 7,522-vote margin; DMK's Kathiravan flipped it in 2021 and has now defended it through a much tighter four-way fight.
Rice mills and Kallanai backwaters
Manachanallur town is the obvious stop for the parboiled-rice mill cluster, but the surrounding belt rewards a longer drive. Kallanai (Grand Anicut), the second-century Chola dam, is a short hop south on the Cauvery, and Samayapuram Mariamman temple sits on the Trichy-Chennai NH-38 just east of the constituency.
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