Pollachi
Pollachi 2026: DMK takes seat by 4,627
DMK's K. Nithyanandhan won Pollachi with 62,013 votes, ending three-time AIADMK MLA Pollachi V. Jayaraman's hold by a margin of 4,627 votes. Jayaraman had retained the seat by 13,368 votes in 2016 and survived a 1,725-vote scare in 2021, but slipped this cycle.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. NITHYANANDHAN | DMK | 62,013 | 34.51% |
| 2 | POLLACHI V. JAYARAMAN | AIADMK | 57,386 | 31.94% |
| 3 | G. RAMANATHAN | TVK | 53,819 | 29.95% |
| 4 | N. SENTHIL KUMAR | NTK | 4,866 | 2.71% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 849 | 0.47% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. NITHYANANDHAN | DMK | 666 | 61,347 | 62,013 |
| 2 | POLLACHI V. JAYARAMAN | AIADMK | 544 | 56,842 | 57,386 |
| 3 | G. RAMANATHAN | TVK | 214 | 53,605 | 53,819 |
| 4 | N. SENTHIL KUMAR | NTK | 40 | 4,826 | 4,866 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 841 | 849 |
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.
Nithyanandhan, runner-up in 2011, takes the seat fifteen years on.
About Pollachi
Pollachi is the coconut and dairy capital of Tamil Nadu, set on the Anaimalai foothills south-west of Coimbatore. The town runs the largest cattle market in the state on Wednesdays and the Pollachi market is one of the country's biggest copra trading centres. The seat has long swung between AIADMK and DMK, with V. Jayaraman holding it for AIADMK in 2016 and 2021, and M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy winning in 2011. Polled votes this cycle were 179,678 in a 14-candidate field. The constituency lends its name to the Pollachi Lok Sabha seat that covers six assembly segments in Coimbatore and Tiruppur.
Pollachi travel
Pollachi is the staging point for the Valparai ghat road that climbs the Anaimalai range past Aliyar dam and Monkey Falls. The town's coconut groves doubled as the backdrop for several Tamil cinema classics, and the Wednesday cattle shandy is among India's largest.
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