Sriperumbudur
Sriperumbudur — TVK's Thennarasu fells TNCC chief Selvaperunthagai by 54,246
TVK's K. Thennarasu won Sriperumbudur (SC) by 54,246 votes over Congress's K. Selvaperunthagai, the sitting MLA and TNCC president. The seat — known nationally as where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 — has flipped each cycle: INC's Yasodha in 2006, AIADMK's Perumal in 2011, AIADMK's Palani in 2016, and Selvaperunthagai for INC in 2021 by just 10,879 votes.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THENNARASU.K | TVK | 1,47,611 | 44.90% |
| 2 | K. SELVAPERUNTHAGAI | CONG | 93,365 | 28.40% |
| 3 | K. PALANI | AIADMK | 73,182 | 22.26% |
| 4 | M. SINDHU EZHILARASAN | NTK | 13,150 | 4.00% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,161 | 0.35% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. INC K. SELVAPERUNTHAGAI led postal ballots (867), but TVK THENNARASU.K won the seat overall (1,47,611).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. SELVAPERUNTHAGAI | INC | 867 | 92,498 | 93,365 |
| 2 | K. PALANI | AIADMK | 742 | 72,440 | 73,182 |
| 3 | THENNARASU.K | TVK | 661 | 1,46,950 | 1,47,611 |
| 4 | M. SINDHU EZHILARASAN | NTK | 75 | 13,075 | 13,150 |
| 5 | J. NITHYA | IND | 29 | 147 | 176 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest-turnout seats — 3,28,763 votes cast.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Selvaperunthagai vs Palani has been the rivalry of the last three cycles — close in 2016 (10,716), close in 2021 (10,879), now decisively shifted by TVK's Thennarasu.
About Sriperumbudur
Sriperumbudur (AC 29, SC reserved) is the temple-town turned industrial spine of Kancheepuram district, 40 km west of Chennai on the Bangalore highway. The Adi Kesava Perumal temple here is venerated as the birthplace of Ramanuja (1017 CE), the founding acharya of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta. The town also holds a sombre place in Indian political memory as the site of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in May 1991, marked today by a memorial. Around the temple, the Sriperumbudur–Oragadam–Irungattukottai belt has become Tamil Nadu's auto and electronics capital, with Hyundai's plant since 1998, plus Foxconn, Nokia, Samsung and Daimler lines.
Sriperumbudur & the Auto-Electronics Corridor
Sriperumbudur threads the spiritual and industrial: the Adi Kesava Perumal temple where Ramanuja was born in 1017, the Rajiv Gandhi memorial set in landscaped grounds, and the Hyundai-Foxconn-Samsung lines spread across Oragadam-Irungattukottai. Drive 25 km further to Kancheepuram for silk-weaver streets and the Ekambareswarar temple gopuram.
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