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Assembly constituency 229 · Tamil Nadu

Kanniyakumari is assembly constituency number 229 in Tamil Nadu, in Kanniyakumari district, and one of the segments of the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Thalavai Sundaram. N of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 31.4% of the vote, 214 votes ahead of Mahesh.r (DMK).

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Kanniyakumari · 2026AC 229
  1. 01
    Thalavai Sundaram. N
    AIADMK
    75,045
    31.38%
  2. 02
    Mahesh.r
    DMK
    74,831
    31.29%
  3. 03
    Madhavan.s.r
    TVK
    72,977
    30.52%
  4. 04
    Maria Jennifer
    NTK
    13,689
    5.72%
  5. 05
    Rajan. S
    Independent
    454
    0.19%
  6. 9 other candidates · 1,329 votesNOTA · 825 (0.34%)

Margin 214 votes · 0.09% of valid votes

2,89,561
Registered electors
2026 election
82.9%
Turnout
+6.1 pts vs 2021
214
Victory margin
0.1% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,39,150 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kanniyakumari 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Thalavai Sundaram. NMale · 67 yrsAIADMK75,045
31.38%
2Mahesh.rMale · 60 yrsDMK74,831
31.29%
3Madhavan.s.rMale · 47 yrsTVK72,977
30.52%
4Maria JenniferFemale · 44 yrsNTK13,689
5.72%
—NOTANOTA825
0.34%
5Rajan. SMale · 39 yrsIndependent454
0.19%
6Reagon Anto.jMale · 35 yrstavk301
0.13%
7Srikrishnakumar.kMale · 31 yrsTPMK206
0.09%
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8Sivalingam.cMale · 32 yrsNIDP194
0.08%
9Manavai Kannan. MMale · 39 yrsCPI(M)140
0.06%
10David Sahaya BascarMale · 56 yrsIndependent117
0.05%
11Ramakrishnan.cMale · 53 yrsIndependent107
0.04%
12Sudhagar.rMale · 43 yrsIndependent93
0.04%
13Thanuneelan . SMale · 31 yrsIndependent90
0.04%
14Kanagaraj.tMale · 67 yrsIndependent81
0.03%
Past results

ADMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026AIADMK 31.4%DMK 31.3%TVK 30.5%NTK 5.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Thalavai Sundaram. NAIADMK · 31.4% · margin 214Turnout82.9%
2021Thalavai Sundaram N.AIADMK · 48.8% · margin 16,210Turnout76.8%
2016Austin. SDMK · 42.4% · margin 5,912Turnout75.1%
2011Patchaimal.k.tAIADMK · 48.2% · margin 17,804Turnout75.8%

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

Kanniyakumari result 2021

Kanniyakumari 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Thalavai Sundaram N.AIADMK1,09,828
48.79%
2Austin S.DMK93,618
41.59%
3Sasikala R.NTK14,197
6.31%
4Selvakumar P.T.MNM3,109
1.38%
5Senthil Murugan P.AMMK1,599
0.71%
—NOTANOTA1,097
0.49%
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6Sutharman C.J.BSP684
0.30%
7Augustin A.Independent447
0.20%
8Manickavasagam Pillai Na.Independent142
0.06%
9Makesh N.Independent121
0.05%
10Thanu Neelan S.Independent95
0.04%
11Subash S.Independent79
0.04%
12Chelliah Pillai I.Independent55
0.02%
13Sundara Nathan Y.Independent50
0.02%

Kanniyakumari result 2016

Kanniyakumari 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Austin. SDMK89,023
42.41%
2Thalavai Sundaram. NAIADMK83,111
39.59%
3Meena Dev. MBJP24,638
11.74%
4Aathilinga Perumal. DDMDK6,914
3.29%
5Balasubramaniam. VNTK1,732
0.83%
—NOTANOTA1,570
0.75%
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6Hilman Bruce Edwin. SPMK712
0.34%
7Vettivelayuthaperumal. PIndependent526
0.25%
8Sankararamamurthy. PBSP481
0.23%
9Sreetharan. RIndependent331
0.16%
10Kumaresan. TIndependent285
0.14%
11Makesh. NIndependent165
0.08%
12Raghunathan. AIndependent125
0.06%
13Johnson. DIndependent124
0.06%
14Rajesh Kannan. SGMI100
0.05%
15Bavani. VIndependent87
0.04%

Kanniyakumari result 2011

Kanniyakumari 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Patchaimal.k.tAIADMK86,903
48.22%
2Suresh Rajan.nDMK69,099
38.34%
3Gandhi.m.rBJP20,094
11.15%
4Vetti Velayutha Perumal.pABHM734
0.41%
5Manik PrabhuIndependent538
0.30%
6Ramanathan.k.sIndependent532
0.30%
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7Vasu.sIndependent461
0.26%
8Rajesh.kIndependent459
0.25%
9Suresh Ananth.pBSP418
0.23%
10Vadivelpillai.sIndependent198
0.11%
11Patchaimal.yIndependent167
0.09%
12Ramaswamy.kIndependent159
0.09%
13Sundaranathan.yIndependent154
0.09%
14Gandhi.cIndependent108
0.06%
15Balakrishnan.sIndependent102
0.06%
16Sathasivan.rIndependent80
0.04%
Map

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Other seats in Kanniyakumari district

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

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay VasanthINC96,189 47.0%
  • Radhakrishnan PBJP77,658 38.0%
  • Pasilian NazerathAIADMK15,767 7.7%
  • Maria Jennifer Clara MichaelNTK11,116 5.4%
  • Nagoor Meeran Peer Mohamed UIndependent963 0.5%

In the assembly election ADMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 18,531 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kanniyakumari assembly seat in 2026?

Thalavai Sundaram. N of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) won Kanniyakumari in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 75,045 votes, which was 31.38% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kanniyakumari?

The margin was 214 votes (0.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Mahesh.r of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 74,831 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kanniyakumari in 2026?

Turnout was 82.88%: 2,39,978 of 2,89,561 registered electors voted, across 363 polling stations. That is 6.1 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kanniyakumari part of?

Kanniyakumari is an assembly segment of the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kanniyakumari a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kanniyakumari?

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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