Mayiladuthurai is assembly constituency number 161 in Tamil Nadu, in Nagapattinam * district, and one of the segments of the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Jamal Mohamed Younoos. Y.n of the Indian National Congress won with 36.1% of the vote, 10,845 votes ahead of Palanisamy. A M.com. (PMK).
- 01Jamal Mohamed Younoos. Y.nINC68,01136.09%
- 02Palanisamy. A M.com.PMK57,16630.33%
- 03Haroon Rasheed. S.sTVK52,53827.88%
- 04Kasiraman. KNTK6,8863.65%
- 05Aravaazhi. KAIJYMKG3610.19%
- 15 other candidates · 3,025 votesNOTA · 474 (0.25%)
Margin 10,845 votes · 5.75% of valid votes
All 20 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,88,461 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamal Mohamed Younoos. Y.nMale · 38 yrs | INC | 68,011 | 36.09% |
| 2 | Palanisamy. A M.com.Male · 50 yrs | PMK | 57,166 | 30.33% |
| 3 | Haroon Rasheed. S.sMale · 53 yrs | TVK | 52,538 | 27.88% |
| 4 | Kasiraman. KMale · 53 yrs | NTK | 6,886 | 3.65% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 474 | 0.25% |
| 5 | Aravaazhi. KMale · 60 yrs · SC | AIJYMKG | 361 | 0.19% |
| 6 | Veerasamy. TMale · 58 yrs | Independent | 329 | 0.17% |
| 7 | Saravanan. KMale · 35 yrs · SC | tavk | 312 | 0.17% |
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| 8 | Gangadharan. RMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 307 | 0.16% |
| 9 | ManimaranMale · 64 yrs · SC | VTVTK | 298 | 0.16% |
| 10 | Sampath. LMale · 64 yrs | Independent | 277 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Thimothy. TMale · 63 yrs | Independent | 277 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Navanitham. SFemale · 45 yrs | Independent | 245 | 0.13% |
| 13 | Venkatesan. KMale · 50 yrs | BSP | 206 | 0.11% |
| 14 | Ananthakumar. RMale · 34 yrs · SC | Independent | 198 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Gobala Krishnan. SMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 146 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Natarajan. RMale · 63 yrs | Independent | 106 | 0.06% |
| 17 | Bharathiraja. BMale · 49 yrs · SC | Independent | 104 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Jamal MohamedMale · 62 yrs | Independent | 82 | 0.04% |
| 19 | Karthick. AMale · 43 yrs · SC | SMKNK | 78 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Ramkumar. S Bba.llbMale · 34 yrs · SC | Independent | 60 | 0.03% |
INC held the seat: it also won in 2021.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Mayiladuthurai result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajakumar.s | INC | 73,642 | 42.17% |
| 2 | Palanisamy.a | PMK | 70,900 | 40.60% |
| 3 | Kasiraman.k | NTK | 13,186 | 7.55% |
| 4 | Anbarasan Komal R K | AMMK | 7,282 | 4.17% |
| 5 | Ravichandran.n | MNM | 5,933 | 3.40% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,067 | 0.61% |
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| 6 | Rajkumar.s | TNLK | 651 | 0.37% |
| 7 | Shamsudeen.n | BSP | 526 | 0.30% |
| 8 | Rajendran.m | Independent | 356 | 0.20% |
| 9 | Niranjan.r | Independent | 243 | 0.14% |
| 10 | Manimaran.t | Independent | 208 | 0.12% |
| 11 | Ganesan.s | Independent | 185 | 0.11% |
| 12 | Babusankar.r | Independent | 168 | 0.10% |
| 13 | Loga.sampath | Independent | 155 | 0.09% |
| 14 | Thimothy.t | Independent | 138 | 0.08% |
Mayiladuthurai result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rathakrishnan.v | AIADMK | 70,949 | 42.02% |
| 2 | Anbazhagan.k | DMK | 66,171 | 39.19% |
| 3 | Ayyappan.a | PMK | 13,115 | 7.77% |
| 4 | Arulselvan.r | DMDK | 12,294 | 7.28% |
| 5 | Muthukumarasamy.c | BJP | 1,926 | 1.14% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,688 | 1.00% |
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| 6 | Shahul Hameed.j | NTK | 1,672 | 0.99% |
| 7 | Sampath.l | Independent | 681 | 0.40% |
| 8 | Sivakumar.s | BSP | 360 | 0.21% |
Mayiladuthurai result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.arulselvan | DMDK | 63,326 | 44.64% |
| 2 | S.rajakumar | INC | 60,309 | 42.52% |
| 3 | B. Manimaran | Independent | 6,023 | 4.25% |
| 4 | G.sethuraman | BJP | 4,202 | 2.96% |
| 5 | S.mathiyazhagan | Independent | 1,678 | 1.18% |
| 6 | S.k.jayaraman | IJK | 1,002 | 0.71% |
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| 7 | T.murugan | Independent | 963 | 0.68% |
| 8 | M.maithili | BSP | 790 | 0.56% |
| 9 | R. Thiruganam | RJD | 712 | 0.50% |
| 10 | M.rajaraman | Independent | 555 | 0.39% |
| 11 | A. Abdul Jaleel | Independent | 528 | 0.37% |
| 12 | J.vasudevan | Independent | 523 | 0.37% |
| 13 | R. Thillai Natarajan | Independent | 431 | 0.30% |
| 14 | G.s.bharathidasan | Independent | 304 | 0.21% |
| 15 | T. Timothy | Independent | 263 | 0.19% |
| 16 | M. Kumar | Independent | 238 | 0.17% |
Mayiladuthurai 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 Nagapattinam * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Mayiladuthurai is one of the assembly segments of Mayiladuthurai. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Mayiladuthurai candidates.
- Sudha RINC75,020 46.4%
- Babu PAIADMK37,569 23.2%
- Stalin M KPMK28,195 17.4%
- Kaliyammal PNTK18,146 11.2%
- Karthick ASMKNK645 0.4%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 37,451 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Mayiladuthurai.
Who won the Mayiladuthurai assembly seat in 2026?
Jamal Mohamed Younoos. Y.n of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Mayiladuthurai in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 68,011 votes, which was 36.09% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Mayiladuthurai?
The margin was 10,845 votes (5.75% of valid votes). The runner-up was Palanisamy. A M.com. of the Pattali Makkal Katchi with 57,166 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Mayiladuthurai in 2026?
Turnout was 80.42%: 1,88,691 of 2,34,622 registered electors voted, across 304 polling stations. That is 9.4 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mayiladuthurai part of?
Mayiladuthurai is an assembly segment of the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sudha R got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Mayiladuthurai a reserved constituency?
No. Mayiladuthurai is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Mayiladuthurai?
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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