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Assembly constituency 189 · Tamil Nadu

Madurai East is assembly constituency number 189 in Tamil Nadu, in Madurai district, and one of the segments of the Madurai Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Karthikeyan S of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 43.7% of the vote, 16,547 votes ahead of Moorthy P (DMK).

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Madurai East · 2026AC 189
  1. 01
    Karthikeyan S
    TVK
    1,18,777
    43.74%
  2. 02
    Moorthy P
    DMK
    1,02,230
    37.64%
  3. 03
    Mahendran K
    AIADMK
    31,016
    11.42%
  4. 04
    Selvam K
    NTK
    13,629
    5.02%
  5. 05
    Prince S
    RPPRINAT
    1,591
    0.59%
  6. 10 other candidates · 3,146 votesNOTA · 1,177 (0.43%)

Margin 16,547 votes · 6.09% of valid votes

3,36,738
Registered electors
2026 election
80.8%
Turnout
+8.5 pts vs 2021
16,547
Victory margin
6.1% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,71,566 valid votes, NOTA included.

Madurai East 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karthikeyan SMale · 57 yrsTVK1,18,777
43.74%
2Moorthy PMale · 67 yrsDMK1,02,230
37.64%
3Mahendran KMale · 68 yrsAIADMK31,016
11.42%
4Selvam KMale · 42 yrsNTK13,629
5.02%
5Prince SMale · 45 yrs · SCRPPRINAT1,591
0.59%
—NOTANOTA1,177
0.43%
6Karthikeyan GMale · 51 yrsIndependent750
0.28%
7Bharathiraja AMale · 39 yrs · SCPT594
0.22%
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8Mugeshkumar MMale · 29 yrsIndependent561
0.21%
9Pitchai VMale · 59 yrsIndependent240
0.09%
10Arun Pandian A JMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent217
0.08%
11Arasu SMale · 50 yrsIndependent196
0.07%
12Ajay Kannan AMale · 27 yrsIndependent163
0.06%
13Boomirajan KMale · 41 yrstavk159
0.06%
14Velladurai AMale · 60 yrsIndependent145
0.05%
15Chandra Mouliswaran AMale · 49 yrsIndependent121
0.04%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 43.7%DMK 37.6%AIADMK 11.4%NTK 5.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Karthikeyan STVK · 43.7% · margin 16,547Turnout80.8%
2021Moorthy PDMK · 51.6% · margin 49,604Turnout72.3%
2016Moorthy PDMK · 50.6% · margin 32,772Turnout74.9%
2011Tamilarasan KAIADMK · 55.3% · margin 28,755Turnout77.2%

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

Madurai East result 2021

Madurai East 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Moorthy PDMK1,22,729
51.59%
2Gopalakrishnan RAIADMK73,125
30.74%
3Latha JNTK17,668
7.43%
4Muthukrishnan IMNM11,993
5.04%
5Saravanan TAMMK6,729
2.83%
—NOTANOTA1,944
0.82%
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6Balamurugan APT1,755
0.74%
7Palaniammal PIndependent349
0.15%
8Chandrasekaran VIndependent346
0.15%
9Mustak Mohamed.a.kTPSTP308
0.13%
10Gandhi KIndependent233
0.10%
11Jeyakumar PIndependent232
0.10%
12Muthu Krishnan MAMPK152
0.06%
13Raja PMIDP122
0.05%
14Prabaharan MBHUDRP112
0.05%
15Dinesh GIndependent95
0.04%

Madurai East result 2016

Madurai East 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Moorthy PDMK1,08,569
50.62%
2P PandiAIADMK75,797
35.34%
3Kalithasan, P.CPI11,599
5.41%
4Suseendran MBJP6,181
2.88%
5SengannanNTK3,296
1.54%
—NOTANOTA3,246
1.51%
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6AlagurajaPMK1,113
0.52%
7Rajaram.sIndependent870
0.41%
8Marichamy.sIndependent763
0.36%
9Ayannar STMMK569
0.27%
10K.selvakumarGOKMK407
0.19%
11Radha TBSP402
0.19%
12Ramamoorthi.sIndependent289
0.13%
13Raghavan.cIndependent265
0.12%
14Balamurugan.kETMK240
0.11%
15Thiruvenkadam .sRTRJP210
0.10%
16Ravichandran.bIndependent194
0.09%
17Kannan.mSASAP163
0.08%
18Pandi.cIndependent153
0.07%
19Thathuperumal.cYSP147
0.07%

Madurai East result 2011

Madurai East 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tamilarasan KAIADMK99,447
55.29%
2Moorthy PDMK70,692
39.30%
3Srinivasan KBJP2,677
1.49%
4Govindaraj VIndependent2,287
1.27%
5Gnanasekaran K.gIJK1,008
0.56%
6Dhavamani ABSP929
0.52%
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7Rajkumar PIndependent826
0.46%
8Tamilselvi KJMM697
0.39%
9Ramar V.pIndependent472
0.26%
10Mahalingam SIndependent350
0.19%
11Prakasam RIndependent291
0.16%
12Thirubbathi VIndependent193
0.11%
Map

Madurai 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 Madurai 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

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

  • Venkatesan SCPI(M)1,15,201 50.9%
  • Raama SreenivasanBJP43,120 19.0%
  • Saravanan PAIADMK39,499 17.4%
  • Sathyadevi TNTK22,712 10.0%
  • Velmurugan ABHRTPRJAIK1,216 0.5%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, CPI(M) led here by 72,081 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Madurai East.

Who won the Madurai East assembly seat in 2026?

Karthikeyan S of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Madurai East in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,18,777 votes, which was 43.74% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Madurai East?

The margin was 16,547 votes (6.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Moorthy P of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 1,02,230 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Madurai East in 2026?

Turnout was 80.77%: 2,72,000 of 3,36,738 registered electors voted, across 400 polling stations. That is 8.5 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Madurai East part of?

Madurai East is an assembly segment of the Madurai Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Venkatesan S got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Madurai East a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Madurai 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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