Tindivanam
Tindivanam — VCK takes the seat by 734 votes, the second-tightest fight in 2026
Tindivanam has changed hands every cycle since 2008 — DMK by 101 votes in 2016, AIADMK by 9,753 in 2021 — and now VCK's Vanni Arasu joins the list with a 734-vote squeak past sitting MLA P. Arjunan. C. V. Shanmugam (AIADMK) had taken the pre-delimitation seat in 2006.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VANNI ARASU | VCK | 63,833 | 32.87% |
| 2 | ARJUNAN. P | AIADMK | 63,099 | 32.50% |
| 3 | SAKTHIVEL. S | TVK | 61,159 | 31.50% |
| 4 | PACHIMUTHU. P | NTK | 5,242 | 2.70% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 714 | 0.37% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. AIADMK ARJUNAN. P led postal ballots (774), but VCK VANNI ARASU won the seat overall (63,833).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARJUNAN. P | AIADMK | 774 | 62,325 | 63,099 |
| 2 | VANNI ARASU | VCK | 739 | 63,094 | 63,833 |
| 3 | SAKTHIVEL. S | TVK | 323 | 60,836 | 61,159 |
| 4 | PACHIMUTHU. P | NTK | 37 | 5,205 | 5,242 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 10 | 704 | 714 |
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.
Pre-2008 boundaries differ; 2016 was decided by just 101 votes.
About Tindivanam
Tindivanam — AC 72 — is a Scheduled-Caste-reserved seat in Viluppuram district, anchoring the highway town that has long sat halfway between Chennai and Trichy on NH-32. The constituency is the political heart of the Vanniyar belt that rolls west toward Gingee. Once a Lok Sabha seat, Tindivanam was made defunct at parliamentary level after the 2008 delimitation and now sends its MP through Viluppuram. The taluk's economy runs on paddy, cashew and the cement-and-trucking traffic that pours through its junction.
Tindivanam & Gingee country
Tindivanam is the gateway to Gingee, 30 km west — the triple-hill Vijayanagara fortress the British called the 'Troy of the East', with its Rajagiri citadel, Kalyana Mahal and Venkataramana temple. Drive on to Mailam's Murugan hill shrine, or east toward the paddy plains and Perumukkal's small rock fort. End in Tindivanam town for hot kothu parotta on the Chennai-Trichy strip.
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