Senthamangalam
Senthamangalam — TVK's P. Chandrasekar beats AIADMK namesake by 2,655 votes
Senthamangalam has alternated DMK and AIADMK every cycle since 2006 — Ponnusamy (DMK 2006, 2021), Santhi (DMDK 2011), C. Chandrasekaran (AIADMK 2016). TVK's P. Chandrasekar now breaks that pattern, taking 2,655 votes off the same C. Chandrasekaran the AIADMK fielded again.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P CHANDRASEKAR | TVK | 68,815 | 33.27% |
| 2 | C CHANDRASEKARAN | AIADMK | 66,160 | 31.98% |
| 3 | P POOMALAR | DMK | 64,951 | 31.40% |
| 4 | PONNUMANI C | NTK | 6,478 | 3.13% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,211 | 0.59% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK P POOMALAR led postal ballots (1,060), but TVK P CHANDRASEKAR won the seat overall (68,815).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P POOMALAR | DMK | 1,060 | 63,891 | 64,951 |
| 2 | C CHANDRASEKARAN | AIADMK | 999 | 65,161 | 66,160 |
| 3 | P CHANDRASEKAR | TVK | 691 | 68,124 | 68,815 |
| 4 | PONNUMANI C | NTK | 124 | 6,354 | 6,478 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 13 | 1,198 | 1,211 |
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.
DMDK ran with AIADMK in 2011 (alliance lead AIADMK).
About Senthamangalam
Senthamangalam — AC 93 — is a Namakkal-district seat that sits at the foot of the Kolli Hills, on the route from Namakkal town up the 70-hairpin ghat road. The taluk is one of eight in Namakkal district and is the road head most Kolli traffic uses. Below the hills, Senthamangalam slips into the lorry-bodybuilding country that has earned Namakkal its 'Transport Hub of South India' tag — thousands of truck operators, LPG-tanker fabrication yards and a handloom weavers' belt that stretches toward Tiruchengode. The plains grow tapioca and groundnut.
Senthamangalam & Kolli foothills
Senthamangalam is where you turn off for Kolli — the 70-hairpin climb to Arappaleeswarar temple, Agaya Gangai falls and the pepper-and-jackfruit slopes the Sangam poets sang about. Stop on the way back at the lorry-body yards that line the Namakkal road, and end at the Anjaneyar temple under the rock fort in Namakkal town for sunset.
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