Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Tirunelveli

Assembly constituency 224 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#224 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants20

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,18,425

Turnout78.9%

NOTA717

WinnerMurughan.R.S.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam75,84034.7% of votes

MARGIN11,414 votes · 5.2 pp75,840 − 64,426

Runner-upSubramanian.S Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam64,42629.5% of votes

TVK 54.1% of top-two votesDMK 45.9%

All candidates 20

01 Murughan.R.S.TVK75,840 34.7%
02 Subramanian.SDMK64,426 29.5%
03 Thachai GanesarajaAIADMK47,504 21.8%
04 Sathya. B.NTK15,108 6.9%
05 Dr.Shyam KrishnasamyPT10,634 4.9%
06 Arumugaraj. S.TVK556 0.3%
07 Thalabathi Murugan. M.IND476 0.2%
08 Murugan.S.IND428 0.2%
09 Chendur MaharajanPMTDK346 0.2%
10 Mugesh SubramanianIND346 0.2%
11 Veerabaghu. M.IND337 0.2%
12 Kannan. G.AJPK290 0.1%
13 Subramanian. E.IND260 0.1%
14 Athisaya Pndiyan. V.IND230 0.1%
15 Velayutham. P.IND221 0.1%
16 Murugan. P.TPMK210 0.1%
17 MurugalakshmananIND171 0.1%
18 Eswara Vadivu. S.NIP114 0.1%
19 Selvakumar SinghBDP109 0.1%
20 Esakkiraja. V.IND102 0.1%

Turnout 78.9%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total717
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 20 candidates = 2,17,708Verified

Seat history 2026–1967

2026
5.2 pp
Murughan.R.S.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
11.8 pp
Nainar NagenthranBharatiya Janata Party
2016
0.3 pp
Lakshmanan A.L.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
24.5 pp
Nainar NagenthranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
17.8 pp
Rani VenkatesanIndian National Congress
2003
Margin not recorded
Neelamegavarnam L.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2003
17.4 pp
Neelamegavarnam L.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
7.4 pp
Maninadar .S.STamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1996
29.7 pp
Mani Nadar, S.S.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1991
48.0 pp
Kumari AnathanIndian National Congress
1989
1.4 pp
Kumari AnathanIndian National Congress
1984
11.5 pp
Ramasami S.N.Gandhi Kamraj National Congress
1980
1.7 pp
Ramasamy, S. N.Gandhi Kamraj National Congress
1977
1.3 pp
R. JebamaniJanata Party
1971
7.9 pp
EdmundDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
15.1 pp
E.FernandoDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 48.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AIADMK polled 47,504 votes, 4.2× the 11,414-vote margin.
47,504 ÷ 11,414 = 4.2
The top two polled 64.2% of votes; the other 18 candidates 35.5% between them.
(75,840 + 64,426) ÷ 2,18,425 = 64.2% · 77,442 ÷ 2,18,425 = 35.5%
Turnout of 78.9% was 7.7 pp below the state's median seat (86.6%).
78.9 − 86.6 = −7.7
The margin narrowed from 11.8 pp in 2021 to 5.2 pp.
5.2 − 11.8 = −6.6 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2021, TVK in 2026.
2021 BJP · 2026 TVK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 20 candidate lines2,17,708
NOTAcounted within the total717
Published totalVotes polled2,18,425
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates20 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 233 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database