Pallavaram
Pallavaram 54,693-vote sweep — TVK woman MLA J. Kamatchi takes Chennai's airport seat
TVK's J. Kamatchi won Pallavaram by 54,693 votes over DMDK's D. Murugesan, ending two consecutive DMK terms in this fast-growing south Chennai suburb on the airport doorstep. Pallavaram was created by the 2008 delimitation; AIADMK's P. Dhansingh took the first contest in 2011 (17,374 margin), DMK's I. Karunanithi flipped it in 2016 (22,165 margin) and held it in 2021 by 37,783 votes. Kamatchi joins TVK's slate of women MLAs in the Vijay-led party's debut assembly cohort.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.KAMATCHI | TVK | 1,33,611 | 47.41% |
| 2 | D.MURUGESAN | DMDK | 78,918 | 28.00% |
| 3 | V.VENKATESAN | AIADMK | 48,921 | 17.36% |
| 4 | DR.R.KARTHIKEYAN | NTK | 14,065 | 4.99% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,602 | 0.57% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. AIADMK V.VENKATESAN led postal ballots (612), but TVK J.KAMATCHI won the seat overall (1,33,611).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.VENKATESAN | AIADMK | 612 | 48,309 | 48,921 |
| 2 | D.MURUGESAN | DMDK | 576 | 78,342 | 78,918 |
| 3 | J.KAMATCHI | TVK | 492 | 1,33,119 | 1,33,611 |
| 4 | DR.R.KARTHIKEYAN | NTK | 104 | 13,961 | 14,065 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 22 | 1,580 | 1,602 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest-turnout seats — 2,81,802 votes cast.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Pallavaram was created by the 2008 delimitation from parts of the older Tambaram and Alandur seats; its first contest was 2011. AIADMK won the inaugural contest, DMK's I. Karunanithi held the seat through 2016 and 2021, and TVK's J. Kamatchi flipped it in 2026 with the seat's largest margin yet.
About Pallavaram
Pallavaram — AC 30 — sits in southern Chennai's airport belt, a fast-urbanising suburb in Chengalpattu district. The constituency was created by the 2008 delimitation, carved from the older Tambaram and Alandur seats. Chennai International Airport's main runway lies on its eastern edge, the Pallavaram Cantonment is one of the oldest in the south, and the rock-cut cave temples on Pallavaram hill (Pallava-era, 7th century) gave the town its name. The Tambaram-Pallavaram-Chromepet stretch is one of TN's densest residential corridors.
Pallavaram & Chennai's South
Pallavaram is where Chennai climbs its first hill — the Pallava-era rock-cut cave temple on Pallavaram hill is among the oldest in the Tamil country, dating to the 7th-century reign of Mahendravarman I. Below it, the cantonment laid out by the British in the 1820s still keeps its grid, the airport's main runway runs along the eastern flank, and a short hop south takes you to Tambaram's Vandalur zoo and onward to the Chengalpattu lakes. Stop at Chromepet's GST Road biryani belt on the way back.
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