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Sholinghur

2026 Legislative Assembly · Result declared 04 May 2026 · ECI official
The story

Sholinghur — TVK's Kapil edges PMK by 5,686 votes

G. Kapil took Sholinghur for the TVK with 84,506 votes, beating PMK's K. Saravanan by 5,686 votes in a tight three-cornered contest. INC's A. M. Munirathinam had won here in 2021 by a 26,698-vote margin. AIADMK's N. G. Parthiban carried it in 2016; DMDK's P. R. Manogar in 2011.

G.KAPIL
Winner · MLA-elect
G.KAPIL
TVK
84,506 votes (36.48% of polled)
Runner-up: K.SARAVANAN (PMK) with 78,820 votes — trailed by 5,686 votes (2.45% of polled).
Margin
5,686
votes
Polled
2,31,667
total votes cast
Candidates
24
on the ballot
Winner share
36.48%
of polled

Vote share — top finishers

Top 5 candidates

# Candidate Party Votes Share
1G.KAPILTVK84,50636.48%
2K.SARAVANANPMK78,82034.02%
3A.M.MUNIRATHINAMCONG57,99725.03%
4A.ASHOK KUMARNTK6,4682.79%
5NOTANOTA5720.25%

Postal ballot breakdown

Postal ballots are counted before EVM rounds and reflect votes cast by polling-duty staff, government officers on election duty, and absentee voters. 1,983 postal ballots were counted in this constituency.

#CandidatePartyPostal votesEVM votesTotal
1G.KAPILTVK65083,85684,506
2K.SARAVANANPMK61578,20578,820
3A.M.MUNIRATHINAMINC57557,42257,997
4A.ASHOK KUMARNTK1066,3626,468
5NOTANOTA15557572

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.

2026
G.KAPILTVK
runner-upK.SARAVANANAIADMKPMK
5,686vote margin
2021
A. M. MunirathinamDMKINC
runner-upA. M. KrishnanAIADMKPMK
26,698vote margin
2016
N. G. ParthibanAIADMK
runner-upA. M. MunirathinamDMKINC
9,732vote margin
2011
P. R. ManogarAIADMKDMDK
runner-upA. M. MunirathinamDMKINDEPENDENT
9,038vote margin
2006pre-delim.
D. Arul AnbarasuDMKINC
runner-upGopal CDMKAIADMK
7,916vote margin

Sholinghur has changed party every cycle since 2006 — INC, DMDK, AIADMK, INC, then TVK in 2026.

About Sholinghur

Sholinghur sits between Arakkonam and Ranipet, built around the twin-hill Sholinghur Narasimha temple — the Yoga Narasimha at the lower hill and the Anjaneyar shrine atop the higher one. The constituency takes in Walajapet, Nemili, and a heavily Vanniyar farming belt that gives PMK its strong organisational base here. The Palar river runs along the southern edge, and the GST-Bangalore highway corridor brings auto-component and tanning units close to the western boundary.

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Yoga Narasimha on twin hills

1,300-step climb to a Vaishnavite divya desam

Climb the 1,305 steps to the Yoga Narasimha shrine on the lower hill, then push on to the Anjaneyar temple at the higher peak for a view across the Palar plain. Stop at the Walajapet bus-stand stalls for halwa and filter coffee before driving back through the Vellore highway.

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