Thirumayam
Thirumayam — DMK's S. Regupathy wins third straight term by 1,492 votes
S. Regupathy of the DMK takes Thirumayam for a third consecutive term, but by just 1,492 votes against TVK's C. Chinthamani. Regupathy beat AIADMK's P.K. Vairamuthu in both 2016 and 2021; the 2021 contest finished with Regupathy on 71,349 votes and a 1,382-vote lead. Before his return, AIADMK's P.K. Vairamuthu had won the seat in 2011 with 78,913 votes, defeating Congress's R.M. Subburam by 31,135. The 2026 narrow result shows TVK siphoning AIADMK's anti-DMK vote in the southern Pudukkottai belt.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REGUPATHY.S | DMK | 58,201 | 32.15% |
| 2 | CHINTHAMANI.C | TVK | 56,709 | 31.33% |
| 3 | VAIRAMUTHU.PK | AIADMK | 55,464 | 30.64% |
| 4 | LAKSHMI SRINIVASAN | NTK | 9,102 | 5.03% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 945 | 0.52% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REGUPATHY.S | DMK | 525 | 57,676 | 58,201 |
| 2 | VAIRAMUTHU.PK | AIADMK | 391 | 55,073 | 55,464 |
| 3 | CHINTHAMANI.C | TVK | 246 | 56,463 | 56,709 |
| 4 | LAKSHMI SRINIVASAN | NTK | 65 | 9,037 | 9,102 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 937 | 945 |
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.
Regupathy's third straight win; AIADMK's Vairamuthu the perennial challenger 2011-21.
About Thirumayam
Thirumayam is a Pudukkottai-district seat dominated by the 40-acre Thirumayam Fort, raised in 1687 by Vijaya Ragunatha Sethupathi of Ramanathapuram and used in turn by the Marathas, the British and the Polygar rebel chieftains in the South Indian Wars of the 1790s. Inside the fort hill sits a rock-cut Shiva shrine with rare Tamil inscriptions on music. The 9th-century Sathyamurthi Perumal temple — one of the 108 Divya Desams of Vaishnavite tradition, sung in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham — anchors the town below. The constituency runs through Pudukkottai drylands and Kallar villages where caste arithmetic still moves the vote.
Fort Hill & Divya Desam
Thirumayam Fort, built in 1687 by Vijaya Ragunatha Sethupathi, is a 40-acre hill stronghold that the Marathas, British and Polygar rebels all held in turn. Climb to the rock-cut Shiva shrine with rare Tamil inscriptions on music, then descend to the 9th-century Sathyamurthi Perumal temple — a Divya Desam sung in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham — and end with kuzhi paniyaram at a Pudukkottai roadside mess.
Plan your trip on TN Explorer →