Sivakasi
Sivakasi 2026: TVK's Keerthana wins fireworks capital by 11,670
TVK's S. Keerthana won Sivakasi with 68,709 votes, beating DMK ally Congress's G. Ashokan on 57,039 — the same Ashokan who took the seat in 2021. The 11,670-vote margin reverses Congress's 17,319-vote 2021 win in a constituency built around the country's fireworks and matchbox industry.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KEERTHANA S | TVK | 68,709 | 35.81% |
| 2 | ASHOKAN G | CONG | 57,039 | 29.73% |
| 3 | RAJENTHRABHALAJI K T | AIADMK | 51,078 | 26.62% |
| 4 | ESTHER MARY DIANA A | NTK | 10,191 | 5.31% |
| 5 | KANIPANDI M | IND | 2,513 | 1.31% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. AIADMK RAJENTHRABHALAJI K T led postal ballots (483), but TVK KEERTHANA S won the seat overall (68,709).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAJENTHRABHALAJI K T | AIADMK | 483 | 50,595 | 51,078 |
| 2 | ASHOKAN G | INC | 443 | 56,596 | 57,039 |
| 3 | KEERTHANA S | TVK | 436 | 68,273 | 68,709 |
| 4 | ESTHER MARY DIANA A | NTK | 104 | 10,087 | 10,191 |
| 5 | GANESAN M | AIPTMM | 34 | 1,695 | 1,729 |
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 Sivakasi
Sivakasi (AC 205) is the country's fireworks and matchbox capital — over 90 per cent of India's safety matches and a similar share of its crackers come from the small and mid-sized units in and around this constituency. It also runs a deep offset-printing industry on calendars and notebooks. The seat takes in Sivakasi town, Thiruthangal (a Vishnu divya desam), Anaikuttam and Vembakottai. AIADMK's K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji held it in 2011 and 2016 before INC's G. Ashokan won in 2021.
When you are in Sivakasi
A guided tour of one of the licensed fireworks factories on the Sattur road is a once-in-a-lifetime visit — book ahead through the local industry association. Stop at the Thiruthangal Nindra Narayana Perumal temple, one of the 108 divya desams, before picking up a fresh stack of Sivakasi calendars from any of the offset shops along the bazaar.
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