Thousand Lights
Thousand Lights — TVK's Prabhakar takes Stalin's old seat by 15,141
J. C. D. Prabhakar opened Thousand Lights for the TVK with 58,965 votes, beating DMK's Ezhilan Naganathan by 15,141 votes. Naganathan had held the seat since 2021, when he beat the BJP's Khushbu Sundar by 32,462 votes. Before him, K. K. Selvam (DMK, 2016), B. Valarmathi (AIADMK, 2011) and M. K. Stalin (DMK, 2006) carried it.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRABHAKAR.J.C.D | TVK | 58,965 | 45.05% |
| 2 | EZHILAN NAGANATHAN | DMK | 43,824 | 33.48% |
| 3 | VALARMATHI.B | AIADMK | 23,320 | 17.82% |
| 4 | KALANCHIYAM.MU | NTK | 3,717 | 2.84% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 815 | 0.62% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK EZHILAN NAGANATHAN led postal ballots (600), but TVK PRABHAKAR.J.C.D won the seat overall (58,965).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EZHILAN NAGANATHAN | DMK | 600 | 43,224 | 43,824 |
| 2 | PRABHAKAR.J.C.D | TVK | 420 | 58,545 | 58,965 |
| 3 | VALARMATHI.B | AIADMK | 349 | 22,971 | 23,320 |
| 4 | KALANCHIYAM.MU | NTK | 37 | 3,680 | 3,717 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 15 | 800 | 815 |
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.
Stalin won here in 2006 before moving to Kolathur; the seat had since alternated between DMK and AIADMK every cycle until TVK broke through in 2026.
About Thousand Lights
Thousand Lights sits in central Chennai around the Anna Salary spine — Royapettah, parts of Triplicane, Gopalapuram and Wallajah Road — taking its name from the 19th-century Saheb Mohammed Ibrahim mosque whose oil lamps once lit the precinct. The seat covers Apollo Hospital, Kalaignar TV's old base on Gopalapuram, the Music Academy, and the consulate row near Cathedral Road. It was M. K. Stalin's home seat in 2006 before he moved to Kolathur.
Anna Salai's mosque to the Music Academy
Walk Anna Salai from the Thousand Lights mosque past the LIC building to Cathedral Road, dropping into the Music Academy for an evening kutcheri. Cross to Royapettah for grilled chicken and Mughlai parathas, or visit the Devi cinema for a first-day-first-show old-Madras experience.
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