Valparai
All 6 candidates
| # | Candidate | Votes · share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. Sudhakar (Kutty)WonDMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 54,67136.34% |
| 2 | Dr. A. SridharanTVK Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 45,30030.11% |
| 3 | D. Lekshmana SinghAIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 43,72829.07% |
| Below this line, candidates lost their deposit: 24,959 votes or fewer, one-sixth of the 1,49,756 votes for all candidates | ||
| 4 | P. Umadevi (lost deposit)NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi | 5,2563.49% |
| NOTANone of the above: not a candidate | 6750.45% | |
| 5 | K. Perumal (lost deposit)IND Independent | 4790.32% |
| 6 | N. Lakshmi (lost deposit)IND Independent | 3220.21% |
Valparai 2026: DMK win in tea hill seat
DMK's A. Sudhakar (alias Kutty) took the Valparai SC seat with 54,671 votes, defeating TVK's Dr. A. Sridharan. AIADMK had held Valparai in both 2016 and 2021, the last by T. K. Amulkandasami over CPI's M. Arumugham, a streak broken in 2026.
Where Valparai was won
| Led by | Booths of 251 | Villages of 28 |
|---|---|---|
| A. Sudhakar (Kutty) DMK | 132 | 12 |
| Dr. A. Sridharan TVK | 54 | 4 |
| Others | 65 | 12 |
| Closest village | Marappagoundenpudur: AIADMK ahead by 24 | |
A. Sudhakar (Kutty)’s biggest leads
- Valparai+8,18970 booths
- Anaimalai+52819 booths
- Ramanamudalipudur+3302 booths
Dr. A. Sridharan’s best villages
- Kottur+86029 booths
- Odayakulam+24515 booths
- Somandurai+1984 booths
Counted from Form 20, booth by booth (vote leads are in votes cast at the booth; postal ballots are counted for the whole seat only).
Every village and booth
The constituency
- Reservation
- Reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC)
- Lok Sabha seat
- Pollachi
- Electors, 2026
- 1,73,608women 91,487 (52.7%) · men 82,100 (47.3%) · third gender 21
Sources · electoral roll, reservation: ECI · Lok Sabha seat: 2008 delimitation order
Postal ballot breakdown
1,171 postal ballots · from polling staff, election-duty officers, absentee voters · counted before EVM rounds
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. Kutty Sudhakar | DMK | 575 | 54,096 | 54,671 |
| 2 | D. Lekshmana Singh | AIADMK | 335 | 43,393 | 43,728 |
| 3 | Dr. A. Sridharan | TVK | 201 | 45,099 | 45,300 |
| 4 | P. Umadevi | NTK | 53 | 5,203 | 5,256 |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 4 | 671 | 675 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
| Measure | This seat | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning margin, votes | 9,371 | 137th | 11,416 |
| Winner’s share | 36.3% | 137th | 37.4% |
| Turnout | 86.6% | 123rd | 86.9% |
| Votes cast | 1,50,431 | 222nd | 2,08,471 |
| Candidates | 6 | =228th | 15 |
| NOTA votes | 675 | 156th | 784 |
| Since 2021 | DMK took the seat from AIADMK. In 2021 T. K. Amulkandasami won it by 12,223 votes. | ||
Winners and runners-up, 2011–2026
2011, 2016 and 2021 rows: checked against the ECI detailed results. Earlier rows: secondary sources. Two-part pill: alliance leader first, then the candidate's party.
About Valparai
Valparai is a Scheduled Caste-reserved hill constituency in Coimbatore district, perched on the Anaimalai range at over 3,500 feet. The economy runs on tea, coffee and cardamom estates, and a sizeable Tamil-origin repatriate population from Sri Lanka's hill plantations forms part of the electorate.
The constituency has alternated between CPI, AIADMK and DMK over recent decades, with CPI's M. Arumugham winning in 2011 and AIADMK winning it in 2016 and keeping it in 2021. Polled votes are typically the lowest in the district given the small electorate spread across plantations. The seat sits within the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.
Valparai travel
Valparai is reached by the famous 40-hairpin ghat road from Aliyar, climbing past the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve where lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri tahr cross the road. The town is ringed by tea estates, the Sholayar reservoir and treks to the Grass Hills above 7,000 feet.
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Who won Valparai in the 2026 Tamil Nadu election?
A. Sudhakar (Kutty) of DMK won Valparai (AC 124) in the April 2026 Assembly election with 54,671 votes, 36.34% of the votes polled, ahead of Dr. A. Sridharan of TVK by 9,371 votes.
Who is the MLA of Valparai?
A. Sudhakar (Kutty) of DMK was elected MLA for Valparai in April 2026 and sits in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly.
What was the turnout in Valparai in 2026?
Turnout was 86.6%: 1,50,431 of 1,73,608 electors voted.
Which district is Valparai in?
Valparai (constituency number 124) is in Coimbatore district, part of the Pollachi Lok Sabha seat.
Who won Valparai before 2026?
In 2021 T. K. Amulkandasami of AIADMK won by 12,223 votes over M. Arumugham. In 2016 V. Kasthuri Vasu of AIADMK won by 8,244 votes over T. Paulpandi.
Sources: Form 20, booth-wise result (PDF)ECI result, AC 124
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