Mettur
Mettur 2026: AIADMK's Venkatachalam wins Mettur by 19,105 votes
AIADMK's G. Venkatachalam took Mettur with 86,498 votes, ahead of DMK's M. Midhun Chakravarthy by 19,105. The seat had a famously tight 2021 result when PMK's S. Sadhasivam won by just 656 votes, and AIADMK's S. Semmalai had carried Mettur in 2016 by 6,282. Before that, DMDK's S. R. Parthiban took the seat in 2011 by 2,594.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENKATACHALAM. G | AIADMK | 86,498 | 37.92% |
| 2 | MIDHUN CHAKRAVARTHY. M | DMK | 67,393 | 29.54% |
| 3 | SELVAM. K | TVK | 65,260 | 28.61% |
| 4 | VIDHYA VEERAPPAN | NTK | 7,109 | 3.12% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 794 | 0.35% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENKATACHALAM. G | AIADMK | 1,151 | 85,347 | 86,498 |
| 2 | MIDHUN CHAKRAVARTHY. M | DMK | 1,097 | 66,296 | 67,393 |
| 3 | SELVAM. K | TVK | 595 | 64,665 | 65,260 |
| 4 | VIDHYA VEERAPPAN | NTK | 122 | 6,987 | 7,109 |
| 5 | DURAIRAJ. V | IND | 18 | 641 | 659 |
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 Mettur
Mettur is the dam town on the Kaveri at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, home to the Stanley Reservoir, Mettur Thermal Power Station and a cluster of chemical and rayon factories. The constituency includes Mettur municipality, Pallipalayam-side villages and the dam colony. Around 2.28 lakh voters polled in 2026. Mettur is famously a knife-edge seat: three of the last four contests were decided by under 7,000 votes, and PMK, DMDK, AIADMK and DMK have all been competitive here. Cauvery release timing, dam tourism upkeep and chemical factory pollution are perennial local pressure points.
Plan a Mettur trip
Walk the Mettur dam top for the Stanley Reservoir view and time it to a release-day crowd. Hogenakkal Falls sits two hours upstream, and the Kolli hills road via Namakkal is a fine day-loop from the dam town.
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