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Assembly constituency 218 · Tamil Nadu

Kovilpatti is assembly constituency number 218 in Tamil Nadu, in Thoothukkudi district, and one of the segments of the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Karunanithi.k of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 31.7% of the vote, 843 votes ahead of Balasubramanian.s (TVK).

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Kovilpatti · 2026AC 218
  1. 01
    Karunanithi.k
    DMK
    61,643
    31.74%
  2. 02
    Balasubramanian.s
    TVK
    60,800
    31.30%
  3. 03
    Kadambur Raju.c
    AIADMK
    53,014
    27.29%
  4. 04
    Pandi.p
    NTK
    11,919
    6.14%
  5. 05
    Athikumar Kudumbar.b
    Independent
    2,992
    1.54%
  6. 16 other candidates · 3,271 votesNOTA · 593 (0.31%)

Margin 843 votes · 0.43% of valid votes

2,42,359
Registered electors
2026 election
80.3%
Turnout
+11.9 pts vs 2021
843
Victory margin
0.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 21 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,94,232 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kovilpatti 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karunanithi.kMale · 50 yrsDMK61,643
31.74%
2Balasubramanian.sMale · 41 yrsTVK60,800
31.30%
3Kadambur Raju.cMale · 66 yrsAIADMK53,014
27.29%
4Pandi.pMale · 35 yrsNTK11,919
6.14%
5Athikumar Kudumbar.bMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent2,992
1.54%
—NOTANOTA593
0.31%
6Kannan.sMale · 48 yrsAIPTMMK446
0.23%
7Poundurai.kMale · 31 yrsIndependent398
0.20%
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8Premkumar.kMale · 55 yrsIndependent378
0.19%
9Pandimuneeswari.kFemale · 38 yrs · SCIndependent367
0.19%
10Saravanan.sMale · 38 yrsTMZPRSUKTC356
0.18%
11Paramasivan.sMale · 64 yrs · SCIndependent275
0.14%
12Ramachandran.rMale · 68 yrs · SCBSP194
0.10%
13Sekar.cMale · 53 yrs · SCIndependent177
0.09%
14Hari Balakrishnan.gMale · 28 yrsPMTDK139
0.07%
15Gurusamy.kMale · 50 yrsIndependent104
0.05%
16Chinna Maharaja.kMale · 40 yrsIndependent94
0.05%
17Renganayagalu.sMale · 47 yrsIndependent90
0.05%
18Ponnusamy.mMale · 59 yrs · SCIndependent77
0.04%
19Muneeswaran.rMale · 27 yrs · SCIndependent69
0.04%
20Gunasekaran.pMale · 64 yrsIndependent55
0.03%
21Arumugavel.tMale · 38 yrsNIDP52
0.03%
Past results

The seat changed hands: ADMK won in 2021, DMK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026DMK 31.7%TVK 31.3%AIADMK 27.3%AMMK 31.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Karunanithi.kDMK · 31.7% · margin 843Turnout80.3%
2021Kadambur RajuAIADMK · 37.9% · margin 12,403Turnout68.3%
2016C. Kadambur RajuAIADMK · 39.0% · margin 428Turnout66.8%
2011Kadambur Raju CAIADMK · 55.9% · margin 26,480Turnout72.3%

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

Kovilpatti result 2021

Kovilpatti 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kadambur RajuAIADMK68,556
37.89%
2Ttv DhinakaranAMMK56,153
31.04%
3K.srinivasanCPI(M)37,380
20.66%
4M.gomathiNTK9,213
5.09%
5K.kathiravanMNM3,667
2.03%
—NOTANOTA1,124
0.62%
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6Athikaran @ AthikumarIndependent643
0.36%
7RameshkannanIndependent499
0.28%
8SubashIndependent448
0.25%
9SivasubramanianIndependent417
0.23%
10P.gunasekaranIndependent411
0.23%
11A.kalirajIndependent318
0.18%
12K.shanmugasundaramBHUDRP246
0.14%
13M.g.r.nambbiAIMGRMMK244
0.13%
14J.ravisankar JayachanthiranIndependent205
0.11%
15Ramachandiran.rBSP203
0.11%
16S.udaiyarNIDP175
0.10%
17M.marimuthuIndependent133
0.07%
18A.patturaniIndependent133
0.07%
19M.ponnusamyIndependent121
0.07%
20KannanIndependent121
0.07%
21ManthirasudamaniIndependent104
0.06%
22Rajkumar PoliahUBM100
0.06%
23RenganayagaluIndependent90
0.05%
24RajaIndependent79
0.04%
25K.pandimuneeswariIndependent79
0.04%
26P.ramasamyIndependent66
0.04%

Kovilpatti result 2016

Kovilpatti 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1C. Kadambur RajuAIADMK64,514
38.96%
2A.subramanianDMK64,086
38.70%
3Vinayaka RameshMDMK28,512
17.22%
—NOTANOTA2,350
1.42%
4T. Muthu MariNTK2,070
1.25%
5G. RamachandiranPMK1,075
0.65%
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6M. RavikumarTMMK826
0.50%
7T.S.K. MuthurajBSP709
0.43%
8S.A. SubburajIndependent388
0.23%
9A. VeilumuthupandianIndependent383
0.23%
10R. MurugesanAIFB255
0.15%
11S. SeetharamanIndependent228
0.14%
12V.G. RadhakrishnanABHM211
0.13%

Kovilpatti result 2011

Kovilpatti 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kadambur Raju CAIADMK73,007
55.85%
2Ramachandran GPMK46,527
35.59%
3Mariappan PIndependent2,685
2.05%
4Rengarajan VBJP2,186
1.67%
5Visuvasam EIndependent1,232
0.94%
6Arumairaj SBSP1,107
0.85%
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7Kennady VIndependent1,068
0.82%
8Ramasamy PIndependent679
0.52%
9Maheshwaran RIndependent566
0.43%
10Karthick Rajan PIndependent452
0.35%
11Annadurai KIndependent397
0.30%
12Baskar MIndependent370
0.28%
13Kannammal GIndependent260
0.20%
14Ganapathi MIndependent187
0.14%
Map

Kovilpatti 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 Thoothukkudi 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

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

  • Kanimozhi KarunanidhiDMK87,263 54.1%
  • Sivasamy Velumani RAIADMK27,561 17.1%
  • Vijayaseelan SdrTMC(M)20,306 12.6%
  • Rowena Ruth Jane JNTK19,354 12.0%
  • Rajha N PNIDP1,106 0.7%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 59,702 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kovilpatti assembly seat in 2026?

Karunanithi.k of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Kovilpatti in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 61,643 votes, which was 31.74% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kovilpatti?

The margin was 843 votes (0.43% of valid votes). The runner-up was Balasubramanian.s of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam with 60,800 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kovilpatti in 2026?

Turnout was 80.25%: 1,94,497 of 2,42,359 registered electors voted, across 318 polling stations. That is 11.9 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kovilpatti part of?

Kovilpatti is an assembly segment of the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kovilpatti a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kovilpatti?

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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