Rasipuram
Rasipuram 2026: TVK's Logesh Tamilselvan unseats BJP by 14,511
Rasipuram swung clean out of the AIADMK-BJP camp on counting day. Logesh Tamilselvan D took the seat for TVK with 74,808 votes, pushing BJP's Premkumar S D to second on 60,297 in a 19-candidate field. The 14,511-vote margin is the widest gap Rasipuram has seen since Dhanapal's 2011 sweep.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOGESH TAMILSELVAN D | TVK | 74,808 | 37.15% |
| 2 | PREMKUMAR S D | BJP | 60,297 | 29.94% |
| 3 | MATHIVENTHAN M DR | DMK | 57,854 | 28.73% |
| 4 | SASIKALA S | NTK | 6,415 | 3.19% |
| 5 | MURUGESAN A | IND | 1,292 | 0.64% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK MATHIVENTHAN M DR led postal ballots (1,478), but TVK LOGESH TAMILSELVAN D won the seat overall (74,808).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATHIVENTHAN M DR | DMK | 1,478 | 56,376 | 57,854 |
| 2 | PREMKUMAR S D | BJP | 940 | 59,357 | 60,297 |
| 3 | LOGESH TAMILSELVAN D | TVK | 758 | 74,050 | 74,808 |
| 4 | SASIKALA S | NTK | 132 | 6,283 | 6,415 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 24 | 839 | 863 |
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.
Rasipuram has flipped party every cycle from 2006 onwards; 2026 makes it five different winning parties in five elections.
About Rasipuram
Rasipuram sits on the dry plateau between the Kollimalai foothills and the Cauvery delta, anchoring the western half of Namakkal district. The town has built itself on handloom silk, beedi rolling and a noisy weekly cattle shandy that draws traders from Salem and Erode. The constituency takes in Mallasamudram, Namagiripettai and a string of weaving villages along the Cauvery bank, with poultry farms and small textile units providing most of the wage work. Politically it has flipped between DMK and AIADMK every cycle since 2006, never giving the same party two terms in a row, which is why every leadership treats the seat as a barometer of the western belt.
Things to do in Rasipuram
Rasipuram silk saris are still woven on pit looms in lanes around the bus stand, and a morning walk through the weaver quarter is the cheapest local tour going. Drive 20 km north to the Kolli hills base for the Arapaleeswarar temple at Namagiripettai, or time a Friday visit for the Mallasamudram cattle shandy where Kongu farmers haggle over Kangayam bulls.
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