Tiruppur (South)
Tiruppur South 2026: TVK win by 12,901
TVK's S. Balamurugan won Tamil Nadu's knitwear capital seat with 73,793 votes, edging out DMK's N. Dineshkumar by 12,901 votes. The seat had flipped DMK in 2021 after AIADMK's S. Gunasekaran held it through 2016, and now turns again in a 25-candidate contest.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALAMURUGAN. S | TVK | 73,793 | 41.28% |
| 2 | DINESHKUMAR. N | DMK | 60,892 | 34.06% |
| 3 | THANGARAJ. S | BJP | 34,617 | 19.36% |
| 4 | DINESH. P.N | NTK | 6,956 | 3.89% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 644 | 0.36% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK DINESHKUMAR. N led postal ballots (500), but TVK BALAMURUGAN. S won the seat overall (73,793).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DINESHKUMAR. N | DMK | 500 | 60,392 | 60,892 |
| 2 | BALAMURUGAN. S | TVK | 321 | 73,472 | 73,793 |
| 3 | THANGARAJ. S | BJP | 218 | 34,399 | 34,617 |
| 4 | DINESH. P.N | NTK | 38 | 6,918 | 6,956 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 8 | 636 | 644 |
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.
About Tiruppur South
Tiruppur South is the southern half of India's knitwear export hub, covering the older textile clusters around Kumaran Road, Anupparpalayam and the Avinashi Road industrial belt. The seat was carved out in the 2008 delimitation and has alternated between AIADMK and DMK since. Tiruppur city contributes the bulk of the state's hosiery exports, and migrant labour from northern districts and other states forms a sizeable section of the electorate. Polled votes have historically been lower than rural seats, with this cycle's 178,781 votes reflecting the city's mobile workforce. The seat is part of the Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.
Tiruppur South travel
Buyers visit Tiruppur's hosiery showrooms along Kumaran Road and Khaderpet for export-grade T-shirts at factory rates. The Noyyal river runs through the southern fringe, and the Avinashi Road corridor links the city to Coimbatore airport in under an hour.
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