Pappireddipatti
Pappireddipatti — AIADMK's Maragatham Vetrivel holds the seat by 33,114
AIADMK's Maragatham Vetrivel held Pappireddipatti by 33,114 votes over DMK's P. Palaniappan — one of the few seats AIADMK retained. Created at the 2008 delimitation, Pappireddipatti has been an unbroken AIADMK seat: P. Palaniappan won 2011 and 2016, A. Govindasamy in 2021 (by 36,943).
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARAGATHAM VETRIVEL | AIADMK | 1,01,829 | 43.91% |
| 2 | PALANIAPPAN. P | DMK | 68,715 | 29.63% |
| 3 | THILAGAVATHI. S | TVK | 57,619 | 24.85% |
| 4 | ARCHANA TAMILARUVI | NTK | 5,216 | 2.25% |
| 5 | GANESAN. S | IND | 770 | 0.33% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK PALANIAPPAN. P led postal ballots (1,885), but AIADMK MARAGATHAM VETRIVEL won the seat overall (1,01,829).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALANIAPPAN. P | DMK | 1,885 | 66,830 | 68,715 |
| 2 | MARAGATHAM VETRIVEL | AIADMK | 1,733 | 1,00,096 | 1,01,829 |
| 3 | THILAGAVATHI. S | TVK | 953 | 56,666 | 57,619 |
| 4 | ARCHANA TAMILARUVI | NTK | 156 | 5,060 | 5,216 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 16 | 661 | 677 |
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.
Pappireddipatti was created at the 2008 delimitation. P. Palaniappan won this seat for AIADMK in 2011/2016 before crossing to DMK; in 2026 he was the DMK runner-up to Maragatham Vetrivel.
About Pappireddipatti
Pappireddipatti (AC 60) is a hilly, semi-arid taluk of Dharmapuri district on the Salem–Dharmapuri belt, framed by the Chitteri hills and the dry Vaniyar river basin. The constituency sits inside one of Tamil Nadu's mango heartlands — Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri together account for over 60% of the state's mango output — and its blocks supply high-grade black granite from the Pennagaram-Harur quarries to export markets. Hogenakkal Falls on the Cauvery, where the river drops through black-rock gorges and coracle ferries cross between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, lies about 50 km away, and the Krishnagiri reservoir reads as the region's other water spine.
Pappireddipatti & the Dharmapuri Hills
Pappireddipatti sits in dry, hilly Dharmapuri country — mango orchards in summer, black-granite quarries year-round, and the Chitteri hills rising to the south. Drive 50 km to Hogenakkal Falls on the Cauvery for a coracle ride through the gorge and a hot oil massage on the rocks, or detour to the Krishnagiri reservoir on the way back.
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