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Assembly constituency 129 · Tamil Nadu

Athoor is assembly constituency number 129 in Tamil Nadu, in Dindigul district, and one of the segments of the Dindigul Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election I. Periasamy of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 44.8% of the vote, 22,368 votes ahead of N. Kalaiselvi (TVK).

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Athoor · 2026AC 129
  1. 01
    I. Periasamy
    DMK
    1,06,240
    44.79%
  2. 02
    N. Kalaiselvi
    TVK
    83,872
    35.36%
  3. 03
    A. Viswanathan
    AIADMK
    32,477
    13.69%
  4. 04
    Dr. A. Simon Justin
    NTK
    9,946
    4.19%
  5. 05
    D. Sankar
    NADLMMKLK
    720
    0.30%
  6. 10 other candidates · 3,116 votesNOTA · 812 (0.34%)

Margin 22,368 votes · 9.43% of valid votes

2,62,329
Registered electors
2026 election
90.5%
Turnout
+11.6 pts vs 2021
22,368
Victory margin
9.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,37,183 valid votes, NOTA included.

Athoor 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1I. PeriasamyMale · 73 yrsDMK1,06,240
44.79%
2N. KalaiselviFemale · 50 yrsTVK83,872
35.36%
3A. ViswanathanMale · 72 yrsAIADMK32,477
13.69%
4Dr. A. Simon JustinMale · 44 yrsNTK9,946
4.19%
—NOTANOTA812
0.34%
5D. SankarMale · 42 yrsNADLMMKLK720
0.30%
6M.K. NagendranMale · 56 yrsAJPK576
0.24%
7K. VisvanathanMale · 62 yrsIndependent538
0.23%
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8S. KarthigaiselvanMale · 30 yrs · SCBSP531
0.22%
9P. ManivelMale · 44 yrs · SCIndependent353
0.15%
10M. PeriyasamyMale · 47 yrsIndependent236
0.10%
11K. JayaprakashMale · 41 yrs · SCPT230
0.10%
12K. KathiresanMale · 48 yrsIndependent200
0.08%
13S. Bala MuruganMale · 36 yrstavk183
0.08%
14D. NagarajMale · 46 yrsIndependent155
0.07%
15K. VelmuruganMale · 47 yrsIndependent114
0.05%
Past results

DMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%80%2011201620212026DMK 44.8%TVK 35.4%AIADMK 13.7%PMK 13.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026I. PeriasamyDMK · 44.8% · margin 22,368Turnout90.5%
2021Periyasamy IDMK · 72.1% · margin 1,35,571Turnout78.9%
2016Periyasamy IDMK · 53.1% · margin 27,147Turnout85.3%
2011Periyasamy.iDMK · 59.6% · margin 53,932Turnout83.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Athoor result 2021

Athoor 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Periyasamy IDMK1,65,809
72.11%
2Thilagabama MPMK30,238
13.15%
3Simon Justin ANTK17,168
7.47%
4Sivasakthivel PMNM3,241
1.41%
5Selvakumar PAMMK3,017
1.31%
6Savadamuthu AIndependent1,722
0.75%
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—NOTANOTA1,564
0.68%
7Palraj RIndependent1,357
0.59%
8Muthulakshmi RAPTADMK1,180
0.51%
9Silambarasan MPT880
0.38%
10Karthigaiselvan KBSP749
0.33%
11Sankar DIndependent700
0.30%
12Anbu AsIndependent535
0.23%
13Silambarasan PIndependent486
0.21%
14Thilagavathy SIndependent349
0.15%
15Karthi MIndependent322
0.14%
16Balamurugan AIndependent190
0.08%
17Veeramalai SIndependent133
0.06%
18Muruganantham CIndependent125
0.05%
19Jeyasekaran RMIDP88
0.04%
20Ragupathi PAMPK87
0.04%

Athoor result 2016

Athoor 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Periyasamy IDMK1,21,738
53.10%
2Viswanathan R NathamAIADMK94,591
41.26%
3Packiya Selvaraj MDMDK3,741
1.63%
—NOTANOTA2,105
0.92%
4Ilanchezhiyan S.pBJP1,365
0.60%
5Mariagunasekaran RNTK1,013
0.44%
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6Nirmala Gnanasoundari IPMK671
0.29%
7Arumugam KLJP650
0.28%
8Viswanathan MIndependent632
0.28%
9Palraj RIndependent521
0.23%
10Periyasamy MIndependent446
0.19%
11Balamurugan ABSP419
0.18%
12Karuppusamy PIndependent416
0.18%
13Peyathevar AAIFB227
0.10%
14Shanmugam VIndependent150
0.07%
15Sankar DIndependent127
0.06%
16Paraman ATMMK126
0.05%
17Selvakumar RKMDK124
0.05%
18Muruganantham CIndependent117
0.05%
19Tamil Nesan RTAVK73
0.03%

Athoor result 2011

Athoor 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Periyasamy.iDMK1,12,751
59.58%
2Balasubramani.sDMDK58,819
31.08%
3Balasubramani. S,Independent6,685
3.53%
4Raja.tIndependent3,207
1.69%
5Bharanidharan.j.BJP2,233
1.18%
6Ramamoorthy.k,Independent1,384
0.73%
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7Raja. B,BSP1,191
0.63%
8Ilanchelian.m.IJK799
0.42%
9Palanisamy.kIndependent591
0.31%
10Muruganantham.m,Independent581
0.31%
11Alagupandian.r,Independent501
0.26%
12Prabhahar.c,Independent308
0.16%
13Sankar.j.l.,Independent195
0.10%
Map

Athoor outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Dindigul district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Athoor is one of the assembly segments of Dindigul. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Dindigul candidates.

  • Sachithanantham RCPI(M)1,39,319 66.3%
  • Mohamed Mubarak M AAIADMK31,720 15.1%
  • Kailai Rajan DNTK18,983 9.0%
  • Thilgabama MPMK16,387 7.8%
  • Rajkumar RIndependent797 0.4%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, CPI(M) led here by 1,07,599 EVM votes.

Open Dindigul Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Athoor.

Who won the Athoor assembly seat in 2026?

I. Periasamy of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Athoor in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,06,240 votes, which was 44.79% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Athoor?

The margin was 22,368 votes (9.43% of valid votes). The runner-up was N. Kalaiselvi of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam with 83,872 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Athoor in 2026?

Turnout was 90.49%: 2,37,388 of 2,62,329 registered electors voted, across 341 polling stations. That is 11.6 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Athoor part of?

Athoor is an assembly segment of the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sachithanantham R got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Athoor a reserved constituency?

No. Athoor is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Athoor?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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