Tenkasi

No. 222 · Tenkasi district · General

Member of the Legislative Assembly now

Dr. Kalai Kathiravan
Dr. Kalai Kathiravan
Won this seat at the 2026 general election.
Member since 4 May 2026 (date of the Returning Officer’s declaration, Form 21-C).
No. 45, Lotus Colony, 2nd street,, Nandhanam,, Chennai – 600 035.
99629 69268

All members of the Legislative Assembly · As shown on the Legislative Assembly website on 10 October 2026. Photographs and member details: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat (assembly.tn.gov.in).

2026 general election

DR.KALAI KATHIRAVAN
WINNER
DR.KALAI KATHIRAVAN
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · 79,699 votes · won by 10,299 votes
Electors
282,002
Turnout
83.41%
235,213 votes counted
NOTA
673
Rejected votes
226
RankCandidatePartyVotesShare
1DR.KALAI KATHIRAVANDMK79,69933.92%
2S.SELVA MOHANDAS PANDIANAIADMK69,40029.53%
3A. RAJAPRAKASHTVK55,54323.64%
4P. PUSHPALATHANTK16,3946.98%
5M.POOSA DURAIAIPTMMK7,7153.28%
6S.THIRUMALAI KUMARPT1,3650.58%
7G. POORANA SELVANIndependent5480.23%
8ISAKI PANDIANBSP5180.22%
9S. THANGAPALAMIndependent4320.18%
10DURAIRAJIndependent4240.18%
11M. PONNUDURAIIndependent3110.13%
12SHAHUL HAMEEDIndependent2950.13%
13S.MANOGARANKamarajar Deseeya Congress2440.10%
14P.NOBLE KRISHNAIndependent2390.10%
15GOMATHI SANKARTamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi2340.10%
16R. RAMKUMARIndependent2240.10%
17R.KRISHNANIndependent2040.09%
18K.M.KALIAPPANIndependent1300.06%
19K.MUTHUIndependent1140.05%
20A.MARIAPPANIndependent1110.05%
21GANESHAN. SIndependent900.04%
22R. SELVAKUMARNaam Indiar Party800.03%

Share is of candidate votes plus NOTA. Candidates are listed in order of votes; names are as printed in the official forms. Party affiliation is as printed for this election only: candidates can change party between elections.

Download data (CSV)Source: Form 7A and Form 21E, Public (Elections) Department, Tamil Nadu

Votes at each polling station

359 rows of Form 20 (polling-station results). They add up to the printed polling-station total, and with the postal votes to the published result of every candidate.

  1. DMK 1 DR.KALAI KATHIRAVAN
  2. AIADMK 2 S.SELVA MOHANDAS PANDIAN
  3. TVK 3 A. RAJAPRAKASH
  4. NTK 4 P. PUSHPALATHA
  5. AIPTMMK 5 M.POOSA DURAI
  6. PT 6 S.THIRUMALAI KUMAR
  7. IND 7 G. POORANA SELVAN (Independent)
  8. BSP 8 ISAKI PANDIAN
  9. IND 9 S. THANGAPALAM (Independent)
  10. IND 10 DURAIRAJ (Independent)
  11. IND 11 M. PONNUDURAI (Independent)
  12. IND 12 SHAHUL HAMEED (Independent)
  13. KDC 13 S.MANOGARAN (Kamarajar Deseeya Congress)
  14. IND 14 P.NOBLE KRISHNA (Independent)
  15. TVK 15 GOMATHI SANKAR (Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi)
  16. IND 16 R. RAMKUMAR (Independent)
  17. IND 17 R.KRISHNAN (Independent)
  18. IND 18 K.M.KALIAPPAN (Independent)
  19. IND 19 K.MUTHU (Independent)
  20. IND 20 A.MARIAPPAN (Independent)
  21. IND 21 GANESHAN. S (Independent)
  22. NIP 22 R. SELVAKUMAR (Naam Indiar Party)
No.Polling stationDMK 1AIADMK 2TVK 3NTK 4AIPTMMK 5PT 6IND 7BSP 8IND 9IND 10IND 11IND 12KDC 13IND 14TVK 15IND 16IND 17IND 18IND 19IND 20IND 21NIP 22NOTARejectedTotal
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At polling stations78,53568,62654,92916,1217,6391,32154751542542031128024023822822120013011410989796510231,968
+ Postal votes1,164774614273764413740154163400211
= Official result (Form 21E)79,69969,40055,54316,3947,7151,3655485184324243112952442392342242041301141119080

Columns are the candidates in the order of the final result (hover a heading for the name; the list above gives the key; the small number is the rank). Postal votes are counted separately and are not tied to a polling station; adding them gives the official result of each candidate. Source: Form 20, Public (Elections) Department, Tamil Nadu; station buildings from the official polling-station list.

Download data (CSV)Source: Form 20, Public (Elections) Department, Tamil Nadu

Earlier elections (2021) and the results of by-elections will appear on this page when added from the official forms.

Source: Government of Tamil Nadu budget documents. Extracted and checked by tamilnadudata.org; every figure traces to a page of the cited document.

  • Form 7A: list of contesting candidates, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2026, Public (Elections) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu
  • Form 21E: return of election, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2026, Public (Elections) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu
  • Form 20: final result sheet, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2026 (used only to settle Form 21E problems in six constituencies), Public (Elections) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

Data version 21bb4c7b8f50 · generated 2026-11-02

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