Saidapet
Saidapet — TVK ends Ma. Subramanian's DMK run with a 28,514-vote win
TVK's M. Arul Prakasam won Saidapet by 28,514 votes over DMK Health Minister Ma. Subramanian — unseating a two-term MLA who had carried the seat in 2016 (margin 16,255) and 2021 (margin 29,408). Before Ma. Subramanian's run, AIADMK's G. Senthamizhan won Saidapet twice — in 2006 (margin 5,905) and 2011 (margin 12,071). The seat covers the heart of central Chennai's commercial belt, taking in T. Nagar's shopping district, the Saidapet bus terminus and the Adyar river crossings on Anna Salai.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARUL PRAKASAM. M | TVK | 81,205 | 51.10% |
| 2 | SUBRAMANIAN. MA | DMK | 52,691 | 33.15% |
| 3 | SENTHAMIZHAN. G | AMMK | 17,839 | 11.22% |
| 4 | SRIVIDYA. G | NTK | 5,918 | 3.72% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 924 | 0.58% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK SUBRAMANIAN. MA led postal ballots (681), but TVK ARUL PRAKASAM. M won the seat overall (81,205).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUBRAMANIAN. MA | DMK | 681 | 52,010 | 52,691 |
| 2 | ARUL PRAKASAM. M | TVK | 467 | 80,738 | 81,205 |
| 3 | SENTHAMIZHAN. G | AMMK | 207 | 17,632 | 17,839 |
| 4 | SRIVIDYA. G | NTK | 54 | 5,864 | 5,918 |
| 5 | KUMARAN. G.P | BSP | 11 | 560 | 571 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest winner shares in TN 2026 — 51.1% of polled votes.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Ma. Subramanian served as DMK Health Minister in the 2021-26 government before losing his Saidapet seat in 2026.
About Saidapet
Saidapet — AC 23 — sits at the geographic centre of Chennai, straddling the Adyar river and taking in T. Nagar's wholesale-and-retail belt, Saidapet town with its 18th-century Wallajah-era origins, the Little Mount and Mambalam railway-colony quarters, and parts of Nandanam. Anna Salai (Mount Road) cuts the constituency in two and the Madras Race Club at Guindy borders its southern edge. Saidapet itself is one of the oldest urban settlements in the city — a colonial-era taluk headquarters that grew around the Adyar river crossing and the Marmalong bridge first built in 1726.
T. Nagar and Saidapet
Saidapet anchors central Chennai — Ranganathan Street in T. Nagar is the city's busiest retail spine, and the 1726 Marmalong bridge over the Adyar is one of the oldest in south India. Walk the Saidapet old town past the colonial taluk office and the Little Mount cave where St Thomas is said to have prayed, then end with filter coffee at a T. Nagar tiffin classic.
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