Srirangam
Srirangam 2026: TVK's Ramesh wins Jayalalithaa's old seat by 33,590
TVK's Ramesh swept Srirangam with 1,03,235 votes, putting 33,590 votes between him and DMK's S. Durairaj in the Ranganathaswamy temple seat. The constituency, held by J. Jayalalithaa in 2011 and by AIADMK's S. Valarmathi through the 2015 by-election and 2016 polls, had flipped to DMK's M. Palaniyandi in 2021 before TVK turned it around in 2026.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMESH | TVK | 1,03,235 | 40.92% |
| 2 | S. DURAIRAJ | DMK | 69,645 | 27.61% |
| 3 | R.MANOHARAN | AIADMK | 65,819 | 26.09% |
| 4 | DHARMARAJ. M | NTK | 11,026 | 4.37% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 929 | 0.37% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK S. DURAIRAJ led postal ballots (922), but TVK RAMESH won the seat overall (1,03,235).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. DURAIRAJ | DMK | 922 | 68,723 | 69,645 |
| 2 | R.MANOHARAN | AIADMK | 792 | 65,027 | 65,819 |
| 3 | RAMESH | TVK | 739 | 1,02,496 | 1,03,235 |
| 4 | DHARMARAJ. M | NTK | 127 | 10,899 | 11,026 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 31 | 898 | 929 |
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.
2015 by-election triggered by J. Jayalalithaa's resignation after her acquittal-and-return as chief minister; S. Valarmathi held the seat for AIADMK.
About Srirangam
Srirangam is the temple-island constituency on the Cauvery-Kollidam delta in Tiruchirappalli district, anchored by the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, the largest functioning Hindu temple complex in the world and the foremost of the 108 Divya Desams. The seat covers the temple town, Tiruvanaikoval's Jambukeswarar shrine and parts of north Tiruchi city. J. Jayalalithaa contested and won here in 2011, the seat she chose for her chief-ministerial return; her successor S. Valarmathi held it through 2015 and 2016. DMK's M. Palaniyandi captured it in 2021. The seat falls under the Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency and remains one of the most temple-defined assembly maps in Tamil Nadu.
Srirangam: world's largest functioning Hindu temple
Srirangam is the first and foremost of the 108 Divya Desams, with the 236-foot Rajagopuram of the Ranganathaswamy temple ranking among the tallest temple towers in Asia. The Vaikunta Ekadasi festival in December-January draws over a million pilgrims through the Paramapada Vasal. Across the Kollidam, the Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari temple at Tiruvanaikoval is one of the five Pancha Bhoota Sthalas, representing the water element.
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