Sholavandan
Sholavandan — TVK's M. V. Karuppaiah reclaims a Madurai seat he last won in 2011
Sholavandan has bounced between Dravidian fronts every cycle. AIADMK's V. R. Rajangam took it in 2001; DMK's P. Moorthy in 2006; AIADMK's M. V. Karuppiah won by a 36,608-vote landslide in 2011; AIADMK's K. Manickam held it in 2016. DMK's A. Venkatesan flipped it in 2021 by 17,045. In 2026 the same M. V. Karuppiah returned under the TVK banner and ousted Venkatesan by 2,678 votes — closing a 15-year loop.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KARUPPAIAH.M.V | TVK | 63,907 | 34.11% |
| 2 | VENKATESAN.A | DMK | 61,229 | 32.68% |
| 3 | MANICKAM.K | AIADMK | 49,494 | 26.42% |
| 4 | NAGALAKSHMI THIRUMARAN.T | NTK | 10,430 | 5.57% |
| 5 | BALAMURUGAN.K | IND | 2,091 | 1.12% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KARUPPAIAH.M.V | TVK | 673 | 63,234 | 63,907 |
| 2 | VENKATESAN.A | DMK | 608 | 60,621 | 61,229 |
| 3 | MANICKAM.K | AIADMK | 414 | 49,080 | 49,494 |
| 4 | NAGALAKSHMI THIRUMARAN.T | NTK | 204 | 10,226 | 10,430 |
| 5 | BALAMURUGAN.K | AIPTMM | 56 | 2,035 | 2,091 |
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.
About Sholavandan
Sholavandan is the Vaigai-plain belt on Madurai's western edge, a stretch of paddy, banana and the state's earliest organic-farming experiments. Tiruvedagam, just across the river, holds the Naganathaswamy temple where Tamil Saiva tradition places one of Tirugnana Sambandar's miracles — the palm-leaf hymns that floated upstream against the Vaigai's current. The constituency runs from Vadipatti's drylands to the canals fed off the Periyar-Vaigai project, and the Madurai-Theni highway threads through its market towns. Cane sugar, jasmine and Madurai-bound vegetables move through Sholavandan's mandis every morning.
Sholavandan on the Vaigai plain
Sholavandan is Madurai's western farm belt — Vaigai-fed paddy, banana groves and one of Tamil Nadu's first organic clusters. Cross to Tiruvedagam for the Naganathaswamy temple where Sambandar's palm-leaf hymns floated upstream, then follow the Periyar-Vaigai canal toward Vadipatti before joining the Madurai-Theni highway.
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