Natham
Natham 2026: Natham Viswanathan retains, 11,869 margin
AIADMK's Natham R. Viswanathan held Natham with 85,708 votes, defeating DMK's K. Selvakumar by 11,869 votes. Viswanathan had taken the seat back from DMK in 2021 by 11,932 votes after losing it in 2016, and his fresh margin tracks almost identically with that 2021 number.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATHAM VISWANATHAN R | AIADMK | 85,708 | 36.01% |
| 2 | SELVAKUMAR K | DMK | 73,839 | 31.03% |
| 3 | RAMESH L N | TVK | 64,997 | 27.31% |
| 4 | ALAGAMMAL A | NTK | 9,677 | 4.07% |
| 5 | ALEX S | IND | 715 | 0.30% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK SELVAKUMAR K led postal ballots (503), but AIADMK NATHAM VISWANATHAN R won the seat overall (85,708).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SELVAKUMAR K | DMK | 503 | 73,336 | 73,839 |
| 2 | NATHAM VISWANATHAN R | AIADMK | 493 | 85,215 | 85,708 |
| 3 | RAMESH L N | TVK | 394 | 64,603 | 64,997 |
| 4 | ALAGAMMAL A | NTK | 107 | 9,570 | 9,677 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 11 | 585 | 596 |
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 Natham
Natham lies in the eastern part of Dindigul district, taking in Natham town, Sanarpatti and parts of the Sirumalai foothills. The seat is the political home of Natham R. Viswanathan, AIADMK's former forests minister, who has won here in 2011, 2021 and now 2026, with a 2016 loss to DMK's M. A. Andi Ambalam in between. The constituency runs a cotton, banana and dairy economy, and Sanarpatti is part of the Madurai-Trichy textile feeder belt. Polled votes were 237,988 in a 22-candidate field. Natham sits within the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency.
Natham travel
Natham anchors the road to Karur via Sanarpatti and links south to Dindigul fort and the Sirumalai hill bananas. The drive east drops into the Cumbum valley grape belt past Sirumalai's viewpoints.
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