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Assembly constituency 98 · Tamil Nadu

Erode (east) is assembly constituency number 98 in Tamil Nadu, in Erode district, and one of the segments of the Erode Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election M.vijay Balaji of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 42.9% of the vote, 23,966 votes ahead of Gopinath Palaniyappan (INC).

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Erode (east) · 2026AC 98
  1. 01
    M.vijay Balaji
    TVK
    69,747
    42.93%
  2. 02
    Gopinath Palaniyappan
    INC
    45,781
    28.18%
  3. 03
    R.manoharan
    AIADMK
    38,183
    23.50%
  4. 04
    S.thandavamoorthy
    NTK
    4,987
    3.07%
  5. 05
    J.muthu Bava
    Independent
    858
    0.53%
  6. 15 other candidates · 2,018 votesNOTA · 879 (0.54%)

Margin 23,966 votes · 14.75% of valid votes

1,79,592
Registered electors
2026 election
90.5%
Turnout
+23.7 pts vs 2021
23,966
Victory margin
14.8% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 20 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,62,453 valid votes, NOTA included.

Erode (east) 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.vijay BalajiMale · 39 yrsTVK69,747
42.93%
2Gopinath PalaniyappanMale · 51 yrsINC45,781
28.18%
3R.manoharanMale · 65 yrsAIADMK38,183
23.50%
4S.thandavamoorthyMale · 42 yrsNTK4,987
3.07%
—NOTANOTA879
0.54%
5J.muthu BavaMale · 32 yrsIndependent858
0.53%
6H.mohamed GaipeerMale · 52 yrsIndependent321
0.20%
7B.chitraFemale · 30 yrs · SCBSP256
0.16%
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8M.kamal KumarMale · 29 yrsVSHWTMLK227
0.14%
9R.vairamMale · 66 yrsIndependent196
0.12%
10K.manikannanMale · 64 yrsSMKNK173
0.11%
11Nathiya.sFemale · 39 yrs · SCIndependent136
0.08%
12C.thiyagarajanMale · 48 yrsIndependent132
0.08%
13M.dharani KumarMale · 31 yrsIndependent96
0.06%
14A.manikandanMale · 44 yrstavk86
0.05%
15K.dhavasiappanMale · 43 yrsTMNK80
0.05%
16R.dhandapaniMale · 49 yrsVTVTK76
0.05%
17S.lakshmanathanMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent67
0.04%
18M.v.karthyMale · 34 yrsIndependent66
0.04%
19Shanmugam.pMale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent55
0.03%
20M.murugesanMale · 63 yrsIndependent51
0.03%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026TVK 42.9%INC 28.2%AIADMK 23.5%NTK 3.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026M.vijay BalajiTVK · 42.9% · margin 23,966Turnout90.5%
2025 byeChandhirakumar. V.C.DMK · 74.7% · margin 91,558Turnout68.1%
2023 byeE.v.k.s.elangovanINC · 64.6% · margin 66,233Turnout75.0%
2021Thirumahan Everaa,e.INC · 44.3% · margin 8,904Turnout66.8%
2016Thennarasu K SAIADMK · 43.8% · margin 7,794Turnout69.6%
2011Chandhirakumar V.cDMDK · 50.8% · margin 10,644Turnout77.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Erode (east) bye-election, 5 Feb 2025

Turnout 68.1% · 1,54,908 of 2,27,569 electors voted

Erode (east) bye-election 2025-02-05 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chandhirakumar. V.C.DMK1,15,709
74.70%
2M.K. SeethalakshmiNTK24,151
15.59%
—NOTANOTA6,109
3.94%
3K.kalaiyarasanIndependent963
0.62%
4M.arumugamBHRTPRJAIK890
0.57%
5H.mohammed GaipeerIndependent533
0.34%
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6M.panchatcharamIndependent437
0.28%
7V.s.anandIndependent415
0.27%
8M. KanthasamyNADLMMKLK392
0.25%
9V.sowndaryaSP383
0.25%
10N.dhananjeyanIndependent347
0.22%
11K.maduraivinayagamVKVIP293
0.19%
12Pa.savicthaSMKNK286
0.18%
13Chellakumarasamy.t.sIndependent270
0.17%
14P.esakkimuthu NadarIndependent238
0.15%
15Agni AalvarIndependent222
0.14%
16S.vennilaIndependent222
0.14%
17S.madhumathiIndependent213
0.14%
18K.paramasivamIndependent207
0.13%
19R.loganathanIndependent189
0.12%
20P.chellapandianDMSK156
0.10%
21V.paulrajIndependent150
0.10%
22AmutharasuIndependent149
0.10%
23Dr.k.padmarajan.Independent149
0.10%
24Anand SubramaniMLJK148
0.10%
25C.raviIndependent136
0.09%
26N.pandianIndependent129
0.08%
27R.sathyaIndependent124
0.08%
28S.dharmalingamGPI122
0.08%
29A.noor MuhamadIndependent112
0.07%
30J.gopalakrishnanIndependent100
0.06%
31S.krishnamoorthiIndependent92
0.06%
32M.saminathanIndependent92
0.06%
33K.muniyappanAPNP85
0.05%
34D.prabakaranAIJYMKG78
0.05%
35S.muthaiahTK78
0.05%
36Sankarkumar. K.aIndependent68
0.04%
37M.v.karthyIndependent64
0.04%
38C.parameswaranIndependent64
0.04%
39C.rajamanickamIndependent61
0.04%
40M.r.senguttuvanIndependent55
0.04%
41Logesh SekarIndependent50
0.03%
42R.thirumalaiIndependent42
0.03%
43R.subramanianIndependent37
0.02%
44R.rajasekaranIndependent30
0.02%
45N.ramasamyIndependent26
0.02%
46K.muruganIndependent24
0.02%

Erode (east) bye-election, 27 Feb 2023

Turnout 75.0% · 1,70,588 of 2,27,569 electors voted

Erode (east) bye-election 2023-02-27 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1E.v.k.s.elangovanINC1,10,156
64.58%
2K.s ThennarasuAIADMK43,923
25.75%
3Menaka NavaneethanNTK10,827
6.35%
4Anand.sDMDK1,432
0.84%
—NOTANOTA798
0.47%
5J.muthubavaIndependent364
0.21%
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6Deepan ChakkravarthiIndependent349
0.20%
7Dhanalakshmi.vNADLMMKLK324
0.19%
8R.g.annaadhuraiIDMK183
0.11%
9M.panneerselvamRPPRINAT144
0.08%
10E.maniRPI(S)138
0.08%
11M.mohamed Ali JinnaIndependent107
0.06%
12K.thangavelDAMK104
0.06%
13M.s.arumugamIndependent103
0.06%
14Keerthana.mIndependent100
0.06%
15N.dhanajeyanIndependent93
0.05%
16G.arun KumarTNLK69
0.04%
17K.mathanGPI62
0.04%
18P.arumugamIndependent60
0.04%
19S.premnathAIJYMKG59
0.03%
20A.arulramTMTHK58
0.03%
21M.kannanIndependent48
0.03%
22K.a.manoharanIndependent47
0.03%
23Ramesh.tIndependent44
0.03%
24M.velumaniViswa Bharath People's Party43
0.03%
25M.mohammed HafeelIndependent43
0.03%
26M.karunakaranSP42
0.02%
27M.dharani KumarIndependent39
0.02%
28T.anbu ManickamIndependent33
0.02%
29H.shemsutheenIndependent32
0.02%
30R.kabagandhiACDP31
0.02%
31R.thirumalaiIndependent28
0.02%
32Senthilkumar.mIndependent27
0.02%
33R.thangavelIndependent27
0.02%
34V.kumarasamyJD(S)26
0.02%
35K.mani VannanIndependent26
0.02%
36D.mylvakananIndependent26
0.02%
37A.sundrrajanAMGRDMK25
0.01%
38K.p.m.rajaKDMMK25
0.01%
39P.esakkimuthuIndependent25
0.01%
40P.kuppusamyUMK23
0.01%
41K.manikannanIndependent23
0.01%
42S.a.palanisamyIndependent21
0.01%
43V.krishnamoorthiVTVTK20
0.01%
44P.sasikumarAPTADMK19
0.01%
45V.ram KumarINDSRJP19
0.01%
46K.sundhara MoorthyIndependent19
0.01%
47K.muniyappanAPNP18
0.01%
48P.vijayakumariDMSK18
0.01%
49C.siva KumarIndependent18
0.01%
50P.prathapkumarIndependent18
0.01%
51P.jaisankarIndependent18
0.01%
52K.george FernandazMNNMTHRGK17
0.01%
53M.mohamed HanifaTamil Thayaga Makkal Munnetra Katchi15
0.01%
54Agni SriramachandranIndependent13
0.01%
55P.sudhakarIndependent13
0.01%
56M.narendranathIndependent13
0.01%
57K.gopalakrishnanIndependent12
0.01%
58D.prabakaranIndependent12
0.01%
59S.logeshIndependent12
0.01%
60R.sathish KumarIndependent11
0.01%
61S.srinivasanIndependent11
0.01%
62S.chitraIndependent10
0.01%
63S.rajaIndependent10
0.01%
64S.veerakumarIndependent10
0.01%
65Dr.k.padmarajanIndependent9
0.01%
66R.vijayakumarVKK8
0.00%
67G.purushothamanIndependent8
0.00%
68S.p.ramkumarIndependent8
0.00%
69R.sasikumarIndependent7
0.00%
70C.m.raghavanIndependent7
0.00%
71P.gunasekaranIndependent6
0.00%
72A.noor MuhamadIndependent6
0.00%
73S.balrajIndependent5
0.00%
74A.raviIndependent5
0.00%
75R.rajendranIndependent5
0.00%
76R.kumarIndependent3
0.00%
77M.prabakaranIndependent3
0.00%

Erode (east) result 2021

Erode (east) 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Thirumahan Everaa,e.INC67,300
44.27%
2Yuvaraja,m.AIADMK58,396
38.41%
3Gomathi,s.NTK11,629
7.65%
4Rajakumar,a.m.rMNM10,005
6.58%
—NOTANOTA1,546
1.02%
5Muthukumaran,s.a.AMMK1,204
0.79%
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6Arumuga Ac KannanAPoI373
0.25%
7Govindaraj,s.BSP372
0.24%
8Meenakshi,v.Independent299
0.20%
9Shajahan,i.Independent256
0.17%
10Yuvaraj,m.Independent235
0.15%
11Shanmugavel,s.MGRMKKT151
0.10%
12Raja,p.MTMK102
0.07%
13Antony Peter,l.Independent96
0.06%
14Minnal Murugesh,r.Independent73
0.05%

Erode (east) result 2016

Erode (east) 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Thennarasu K SAIADMK64,879
43.83%
2Chandhirakumar V CDMK57,085
38.57%
3PonchairmanDMDK6,776
4.58%
4Rajeshkumar PBJP5,549
3.75%
—NOTANOTA3,096
2.09%
5Jaganathan SKMDK2,721
1.84%
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6Alaudeen ANTK2,262
1.53%
7Sadhik Basha KSDPI2,176
1.47%
8RajendranPMK2,111
1.43%
9Kannan RIndependent406
0.27%
10Loganathan P TIndependent294
0.20%
11Krishnan PBSP234
0.16%
12Ramesh MSMK220
0.15%
13Senthilkumar KUMK109
0.07%
14Perumalraj RGMI100
0.07%

Erode (east) result 2011

Erode (east) 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chandhirakumar V.cDMDK69,166
50.83%
2Muthusamy SDMK58,522
43.01%
3Rajeshkumar PBJP3,244
2.38%
4Minnal Murugash RIndependent2,439
1.79%
5Mayavan CBSP628
0.46%
6Sangamithirai SIndependent456
0.34%
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7Karunanithi GIndependent441
0.32%
8Selvaraj SIndependent408
0.30%
9Nagarajan ArIndependent363
0.27%
10Thayalan GIndependent214
0.16%
11Siraj AIndependent190
0.14%
Map

Erode (east) 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 Erode district

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

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Erode (east) is one of the assembly segments of Erode. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Erode candidates.

  • K.e.prakashDMK86,646 57.5%
  • Ashok KumarAIADMK34,817 23.1%
  • M.karmeganNTK12,802 8.5%
  • P.vijayakumarTMC(M)12,784 8.5%
  • P.eswaranBSP475 0.3%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 51,829 EVM votes.

Open Erode Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Erode (east).

Who won the Erode (east) assembly seat in 2026?

M.vijay Balaji of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Erode (east) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 69,747 votes, which was 42.93% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Erode (east)?

The margin was 23,966 votes (14.75% of valid votes). The runner-up was Gopinath Palaniyappan of the Indian National Congress with 45,781 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Erode (east) in 2026?

Turnout was 90.52%: 1,62,573 of 1,79,592 registered electors voted, across 259 polling stations. That is 23.7 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Erode (east) part of?

Erode (east) is an assembly segment of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, K.e.prakash got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Erode (east) had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 5 Feb 2025, Chandhirakumar. V.C. (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) won by 91,558 votes. In the bye-election on 27 Feb 2023, E.v.k.s.elangovan (Indian National Congress) won by 66,233 votes.

Is Erode (east) a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Erode (east)?

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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