Tirupattur
Tirupattur — TVK's Dr Thirupathi unseats two-term DMK MLA Nallathambi by 48,263
TVK's Dr N. Thirupathi won Tirupattur by 48,263 votes over A. Nallathambi (DMK), who had taken the seat in 2016 and held it with a 28,240-vote margin in 2021. The constituency has rotated through PMK (2006), AIADMK (2011) and DMK (2016/2021) and now goes to TVK in its first contest.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR.THIRUPATHI. N | TVK | 1,05,098 | 52.27% |
| 2 | NALLATHAMBI. A | DMK | 56,835 | 28.27% |
| 3 | GNANASEKAR. A | AMMK | 30,003 | 14.92% |
| 4 | ARUMUGAM. V | NTK | 5,482 | 2.73% |
| 5 | RAJESH. S | IND | 486 | 0.24% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR.THIRUPATHI. N | TVK | 895 | 1,04,203 | 1,05,098 |
| 2 | NALLATHAMBI. A | DMK | 571 | 56,264 | 56,835 |
| 3 | GNANASEKAR. A | AMMK | 186 | 29,817 | 30,003 |
| 4 | ARUMUGAM. V | NTK | 122 | 5,360 | 5,482 |
| 5 | THIRUPATHI. S | IND | 8 | 331 | 339 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest winner shares in TN 2026 — 52.3% of polled votes.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
T.K. Raja (PMK) has contested across cycles — won 2006, runner-up 2021. Nallathambi is the back-to-back DMK MLA from 2016.
About Tirupattur
Tirupattur (AC 50) is the headquarters of Tamil Nadu's youngest district, carved out of Vellore in 2019, and the gateway to the Yelagiri hills. The 14 hairpin bends up to Yelagiri — each named after a Tamil personality — open onto Punganur Lake and Swamimalai viewpoint at roughly 1,100 metres. Deep in the Javadi range nearby, the Vainu Bappu Observatory at Kavalur, run by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, houses India's largest optical telescope, the 2.3-metre Vainu Bappu. Tirupattur town itself is a long-standing leather and tannery centre on the Chennai-Bangalore line, with the Hazrat Yusufuddin Bukhari dargah drawing pilgrims across communities.
Tirupattur & the Yelagiri Climb
Tirupattur is the foot of the Yelagiri climb — 14 named hairpin bends up to Punganur Lake, Swamimalai viewpoint and the cool 1,100-metre plateau. Deeper in the Javadis, the Vainu Bappu Observatory at Kavalur opens its 2.3-metre telescope to visitors on Saturday nights. Back in town, the Bukhari dargah and the tannery quarter round off a slow day.
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