Thiruvallur
Thiruvallur (SC) — TVK ousts DMK three-termer V.G. Raajendran by 24,760 votes
TVK's Dr T. Arunkumar took Thiruvallur (SC) by 24,760 votes over sitting MLA V. G. Raajendran — ending the DMK veteran's hold on a seat he had carried in both 2016 (margin 5,138) and 2021 (margin 22,701). The constituency had alternated tightly through the 2000s: AIADMK's B. V. Ramanaa won it in 2011 by 23,648, DMK's E. A. P. Sivaji took it in 2006. Thiruvallur is the SC-reserved district headquarters seat north-west of Chennai, anchored by the Veera Raghava Perumal temple and the booming Manali-Ennore industrial spillover.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR. T. ARUNKUMAR | TVK | 92,190 | 41.03% |
| 2 | V.G. RAAJENDRAN | DMK | 67,430 | 30.01% |
| 3 | BE VEE RAMANAH | AIADMK | 56,562 | 25.17% |
| 4 | K. SENTHILKUMAR | NTK | 5,513 | 2.45% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,132 | 0.50% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK V.G. RAAJENDRAN led postal ballots (701), but TVK DR. T. ARUNKUMAR won the seat overall (92,190).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.G. RAAJENDRAN | DMK | 701 | 66,729 | 67,430 |
| 2 | DR. T. ARUNKUMAR | TVK | 507 | 91,683 | 92,190 |
| 3 | BE VEE RAMANAH | AIADMK | 476 | 56,086 | 56,562 |
| 4 | K. SENTHILKUMAR | NTK | 61 | 5,452 | 5,513 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 10 | 1,122 | 1,132 |
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.
Thiruvallur was reconfigured as an SC-reserved seat in the 2008 delimitation; the pre-2008 row covers the predecessor general seat.
About Thiruvallur
Thiruvallur — AC 4, reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates — is the headquarters seat of Thiruvallur district, set 45 km west of Chennai on the Chennai-Tirupati rail line. The town is built around the Veera Raghava Perumal temple, one of the 108 Divya Desams sung by the Vaishnavite Alvars, with the Cooum river rising in nearby reservoirs. The constituency mixes the colonial-era town core, paddy and groundnut villages along the Arani basin, and the eastward sprawl of the Manali-Ennore industrial corridor that has pushed Chennai's factory frontier into the district.
Thiruvallur temple town
Thiruvallur's draw is the Veera Raghava Perumal temple — a Divya Desam where Vishnu is said to have rested on the serpent Ananta. The town's tank, the weekly santhai market and the colonial-era district court make for an easy half-day. From here it is 90 km up NH-716 to Tirupati and Tirumala, or south to the Poondi reservoir on the Kosasthalaiyar.
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