Tittakudi
Tittakudi — DMK's C.V. Ganesan holds the SC seat by 2,629 votes against TVK
C.V. Ganesan returns to Tittakudi for a second term, edging out TVK's A. Rajasekar by 2,629 votes. Ganesan first won the SC-reserved seat in 2021 with a 49.78 per cent vote share, and the 2026 contest was much tighter as TVK split the anti-incumbency vote that would normally have gone to AIADMK. Tittakudi is a delimited constituency that came into existence in 2008.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GANESAN C.V | DMK | 63,106 | 36.24% |
| 2 | RAJASEKAR A | TVK | 60,477 | 34.73% |
| 3 | MURUGUMARAN N | AIADMK | 42,502 | 24.41% |
| 4 | MAHALAKSHMI V | NTK | 5,709 | 3.28% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 584 | 0.34% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GANESAN C.V | DMK | 1,020 | 62,086 | 63,106 |
| 2 | MURUGUMARAN N | AIADMK | 343 | 42,159 | 42,502 |
| 3 | RAJASEKAR A | TVK | 324 | 60,153 | 60,477 |
| 4 | MAHALAKSHMI V | NTK | 50 | 5,659 | 5,709 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 14 | 570 | 584 |
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.
SC-reserved; constituency created in the 2008 delimitation, so no pre-2008 history applies. C. V. Ganesan has now won three straight cycles for DMK (2016, 2021, 2026).
About Tittakudi
Tittakudi is a reserved (SC) seat in Cuddalore district, anchored by the Vriddhachalam taluk in what the state calls the Sugar Bowl of Tamil Nadu. The constituency runs through paddy and sugarcane country fed by the Vellar, with cane crushing at the Vriddhachalam co-operative belt and the ceramic-refractory cluster that is unique to the town. The Vriddhagireeswarar temple, a Paadal Petra Sthalam where all three Tevaram saints sang, sits at the centre of Vriddhachalam, and Tittakudi itself is built around the Vaidyanathar shrine 30 km southwest. Caste arithmetic and cane prices have decided this seat for two decades.
Sugar Bowl & the Old Hill
Start at Vriddhachalam's Vriddhagireeswarar temple — a Paadal Petra Sthalam sung by Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar — then walk the bazaar past the ceramic-refractory units the town is known for. Drive 30 km southwest to Tittakudi's Vaidyanathar Koil, cross Vellar paddy and sugarcane fields, and end at a roadside mess for Cuddalore-style mutton kuzhambu and idiyappam.
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