Namakkal
Namakkal 2026: TVK's Dilip C S beats AIADMK by 11,008 votes
The lorry-town capital broke for TVK. Dilip C S polled 79,744 votes against AIADMK's Sridevi Mohan P S on 68,736, closing out a 28-candidate slugfest by 11,008 votes. DMK's two-term hold on the seat snapped after one cycle.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DILIP C S | TVK | 79,744 | 38.22% |
| 2 | SRIDEVI MOHAN P S | AIADMK | 68,736 | 32.95% |
| 3 | RANI P | DMK | 52,808 | 25.31% |
| 4 | PRAVEENKUMAR K | NTK | 6,286 | 3.01% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 760 | 0.36% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. AIADMK SRIDEVI MOHAN P S led postal ballots (1,386), but TVK DILIP C S won the seat overall (79,744).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRIDEVI MOHAN P S | AIADMK | 1,386 | 67,350 | 68,736 |
| 2 | RANI P | DMK | 1,306 | 51,502 | 52,808 |
| 3 | DILIP C S | TVK | 828 | 78,916 | 79,744 |
| 4 | PRAVEENKUMAR K | NTK | 114 | 6,172 | 6,286 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 30 | 730 | 760 |
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 Namakkal
Namakkal town is best known for two things: the giant Anjaneyar statue that stares at the rock fort, and the lorry-body fabrication yards that ring the bypass. The district headquarters runs on poultry (Namakkal supplies a quarter of India's table eggs), truck transport and education, with a cluster of medical colleges and CBSE schools drawing students from across the Kongu belt. The constituency wraps the town and a ring of villages towards Mohanur on the Cauvery. AIADMK held the seat in 2011 and 2016 before DMK's Ramalingam swept it in 2021; 2026 hands it to TVK.
Things to do in Namakkal
Climb the 8th-century Namakkal rock fort at sunrise for a view that takes in the entire poultry plain, then walk down to the rock-cut Narasimhar and Ranganathar cave temples at its base. The 18-foot Anjaneyar statue facing the fort is among the tallest in the country, and from Namakkal it's a 50-km drive east to the Kolli hills 70-hairpin-bend road.
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