Pattukkottai
Pattukkottai 2026: DMK's Annadurai wins by 13,754 votes
K. Annadurai retained Pattukkottai for the DMK with 65,963 votes, defeating TVK's C. Mathan by 13,754. He had taken the seat in 2021 by 25,269 votes against AIADMK - the new lead is narrower but the alliance hold is unbroken.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANNADURAI K | DMK | 65,963 | 36.08% |
| 2 | MATHAN C | TVK | 52,209 | 28.56% |
| 3 | SEKAR C V | AIADMK | 49,575 | 27.11% |
| 4 | KANNAN S | NTK | 13,145 | 7.19% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 738 | 0.40% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANNADURAI K | DMK | 666 | 65,297 | 65,963 |
| 2 | SEKAR C V | AIADMK | 251 | 49,324 | 49,575 |
| 3 | MATHAN C | TVK | 247 | 51,962 | 52,209 |
| 4 | KANNAN S | NTK | 113 | 13,032 | 13,145 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 9 | 729 | 738 |
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.
TVK replaces AIADMK as the runner-up at Pattukkottai - the first time since 1991 that AIADMK isn't in the top two here.
About Pattukkottai
Pattukkottai is the agricultural hub of southern Thanjavur, halfway between the Cauvery delta and the dryer Pudukkottai uplands. The town built its reputation on coconut, groundnut and the cinema-songwriting legacy of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. Booth politics here usually splits between the irrigated paddy belts in the north and the rainfed groundnut tracts in the south. The seat had been an INC stronghold under N. R. Rengarajan through the 2000s before AIADMK and DMK began trading it - Annadurai's win consolidates the DMK shift that began in 2021.
Around Pattukkottai
The Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram memorial on the Thanjavur road is a quick stop for film-history buffs. Drive out to the coconut groves around Sengipatti for the local pottukadalai-and-coconut roadside stalls.
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