Mettuppalayam is assembly constituency number 111 in Tamil Nadu, in Coimbatore district, and one of the segments of the Nilgiris Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Sunilanand of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 31.0% of the vote, 7,768 votes ahead of Smt.kavitha Kalyanasundaram (DMK).
- 01SunilanandTVK75,66430.97%
- 02Smt.kavitha KalyanasundaramDMK67,89627.79%
- 03O.k.chinnarajAIADMK61,73625.27%
- 04T.r.shanmugasundaramIndependent26,75610.95%
- 05S.gopalakrishnanNTK6,5082.66%
- 17 other candidates · 4,920 votesNOTA · 839 (0.34%)
Margin 7,768 votes · 3.18% of valid votes
All 22 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,44,319 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SunilanandMale · 53 yrs | TVK | 75,664 | 30.97% |
| 2 | Smt.kavitha KalyanasundaramFemale · 47 yrs | DMK | 67,896 | 27.79% |
| 3 | O.k.chinnarajMale · 72 yrs | AIADMK | 61,736 | 25.27% |
| 4 | T.r.shanmugasundaramMale · 64 yrs | Independent | 26,756 | 10.95% |
| 5 | S.gopalakrishnanMale · 42 yrs | NTK | 6,508 | 2.66% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 839 | 0.34% |
| 6 | V.senthil KumarMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 612 | 0.25% |
| 7 | V.anandkumarMale · 32 yrs | Independent | 596 | 0.24% |
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| 8 | R.chinnarajMale · 60 yrs | Independent | 586 | 0.24% |
| 9 | S.abdul RahimanMale · 57 yrs | VTVTK | 458 | 0.19% |
| 10 | Sivaraj,r.Male · 50 yrs | APTADMK | 387 | 0.16% |
| 11 | R.sangeethaFemale · 44 yrs | NADLMMKLK | 356 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Dhamotharan,v.Male · 33 yrs | AIPTMMK | 296 | 0.12% |
| 13 | S.kavithaFemale · 46 yrs | Independent | 263 | 0.11% |
| 14 | N.saravana KumarMale · 32 yrs | Independent | 252 | 0.10% |
| 15 | A.sathiyaleelaFemale · 67 yrs | Independent | 238 | 0.10% |
| 16 | C.mahendranMale · 65 yrs | Independent | 190 | 0.08% |
| 17 | C.nagarajMale · 61 yrs | PFTROOBC | 161 | 0.07% |
| 18 | M.palanichamiMale · 57 yrs | Independent | 120 | 0.05% |
| 19 | T.amirthalingamMale · 67 yrs | Independent | 119 | 0.05% |
| 20 | Rangasamy,p.Male · 83 yrs | Independent | 99 | 0.04% |
| 21 | ManoharanMale · 65 yrs | Independent | 98 | 0.04% |
| 22 | P.ravichandranMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 89 | 0.04% |
The seat changed hands: ADMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Mettuppalayam result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selvaraj A K | AIADMK | 1,05,231 | 46.75% |
| 2 | Shanmugasundaram T R | DMK | 1,02,775 | 45.66% |
| 3 | Yasmin K | NTK | 10,954 | 4.87% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,733 | 1.21% |
| 4 | Saravanan P | AMMK | 1,864 | 0.83% |
| 5 | Srinivasan S | Independent | 660 | 0.29% |
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| 6 | Maheshwaran K | VTVTK | 274 | 0.12% |
| 7 | Shanmugasundaram P | Independent | 184 | 0.08% |
| 8 | Liakathali O | Independent | 183 | 0.08% |
| 9 | Shanmugasundaram K | Independent | 115 | 0.05% |
| 10 | Mariappan T | Independent | 110 | 0.05% |
Mettuppalayam result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinnaraj.o.k | AIADMK | 93,595 | 44.41% |
| 2 | Surendran. S. | DMK | 77,481 | 36.76% |
| 3 | Shanmuga Sundaram.t.r | TMC(M) | 13,324 | 6.32% |
| 4 | Jaganathan. P. | BJP | 11,036 | 5.24% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,408 | 1.62% |
| 5 | Mohammed Rafi. S | SDPI | 2,209 | 1.05% |
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| 6 | Moorthi. K | PMK | 1,870 | 0.89% |
| 7 | Vellingiri. K | KMDK | 1,604 | 0.76% |
| 8 | Abdul Vahab. A | NTK | 1,509 | 0.72% |
| 9 | Venkatesh. K | Independent | 1,264 | 0.60% |
| 10 | Poongundran M.k | Independent | 1,145 | 0.54% |
| 11 | Natarajan.p | CPI(ML)(L) | 622 | 0.30% |
| 12 | Bhaskaran. K. | BSP | 563 | 0.27% |
| 13 | Baladhandayutham.r | Independent | 406 | 0.19% |
| 14 | Shanmugasundram. P.s | Independent | 248 | 0.12% |
| 15 | Dharmaraj. M | Independent | 208 | 0.10% |
| 16 | Arumugam. P | Independent | 153 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Ganeshkumar. E | Independent | 116 | 0.06% |
Mettuppalayam result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinnaraj O K | AIADMK | 93,700 | 54.53% |
| 2 | Arunkumar B | DMK | 67,925 | 39.53% |
| 3 | Nandhakumar K R | BJP | 5,647 | 3.29% |
| 4 | Janaki Raman R | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,433 | 0.83% |
| 5 | Ravichandran B | Independent | 1,382 | 0.80% |
| 6 | Kumar P | Independent | 708 | 0.41% |
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| 7 | Gandhi Kumar S A | UMK | 647 | 0.38% |
| 8 | Rajendran S | IJK | 394 | 0.23% |
Mettuppalayam 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 Coimbatore district
- Avanashi
- Tiruppur (north)
- Tiruppur (south)
- Palladam
- Sulur
- Kavundampalayam
- Coimbatore (north)
- Thondamuthur
- Coimbatore (south)
- Singanallur
- Kinathukadavu
- Pollachi
- Valparai
- Udumalaipettai
- Madathukulam
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Mettuppalayam is one of the assembly segments of Nilgiris. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Nilgiris candidates.
- Raja ADMK95,737 43.9%
- Logesh Tamilselvan DAIADMK54,022 24.8%
- Dr Murugan LBJP52,324 24.0%
- Jayakumar ANTK12,364 5.7%
- Vijayakumar DIndependent716 0.3%
In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 41,715 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Mettuppalayam.
Who won the Mettuppalayam assembly seat in 2026?
Sunilanand of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Mettuppalayam in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 75,664 votes, which was 30.97% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Mettuppalayam?
The margin was 7,768 votes (3.18% of valid votes). The runner-up was Smt.kavitha Kalyanasundaram of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 67,896 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Mettuppalayam in 2026?
Turnout was 86.64%: 2,44,535 of 2,82,235 registered electors voted, across 360 polling stations. That is 10.7 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mettuppalayam part of?
Mettuppalayam is an assembly segment of the Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Raja A got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Mettuppalayam a reserved constituency?
No. Mettuppalayam is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Mettuppalayam?
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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