Ulundurpettai
Ulundurpettai — DMK's Vasanthavel wins by 2,277 votes, ten years after losing here by 1.83%
G. R. Vasanthavel lost Ulundurpettai to AIADMK's R. Kumaraguru by 1.83% in 2016; in 2026 he turns the tables, taking the seat by 2,277 votes against the same opponent. DMK's A. J. Manikannan held it 2021–26; AIADMK's Kumaraguru had won 2011 by 28 points, and DMK's K. Thirunavu Karasu had the pre-delimitation 2006 seat.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VASANTHAVEL G R | DMK | 98,471 | 36.60% |
| 2 | KUMARAGURU R | AIADMK | 96,194 | 35.75% |
| 3 | SUDHAKAR M | TVK | 66,208 | 24.61% |
| 4 | LOGESHWARI S | NTK | 6,525 | 2.43% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,051 | 0.39% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. AIADMK KUMARAGURU R led postal ballots (1,180), but DMK VASANTHAVEL G R won the seat overall (98,471).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUMARAGURU R | AIADMK | 1,180 | 95,014 | 96,194 |
| 2 | VASANTHAVEL G R | DMK | 887 | 97,584 | 98,471 |
| 3 | SUDHAKAR M | TVK | 469 | 65,739 | 66,208 |
| 4 | LOGESHWARI S | NTK | 76 | 6,449 | 6,525 |
| 5 | SASIKUMAR N | IND | 8 | 102 | 110 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest-turnout seats — 2,69,065 votes cast.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
2011/2016/2021 vote-share margins were verified but absolute counts not all available; entries above carry verified winners with placeholder 0 margins where exact counts could not be established.
About Ulundurpettai
Ulundurpettai — AC 77 — is a Kallakurichi-district seat carved out when the new district was notified in 2019; before that it sat under Viluppuram. The constituency is groundnut-and-sugarcane country in central Tamil Nadu, where the Kallakurichi Co-operative Sugar Mills at Moongilthuraipattu have crushed cane since the 1970s. The Then Pennai catchment that drains south here eventually feeds Veeranam Lake, the Cuddalore-irrigation reservoir and Chennai's secondary drinking-water source. Ulundurpettai town is also the NH-38 junction where the Salem-Chennai expressway peels off toward Trichy.
Ulundurpettai & the cane belt
Ulundurpettai is best read as a working-country detour — the Kallakurichi co-op sugar mill, roadside groundnut markets, and the ribbon of cane fields along the Then Pennai. Drive south-east to Veeranam Lake, the 16-km-long Chola-era reservoir that still waters Cuddalore's paddy. Stop in town for hot ulundu vadai — the dish the place is named after.
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