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Assembly constituency 85 · Tamil Nadu

Mettur is assembly constituency number 85 in Tamil Nadu, in Salem district, and one of the segments of the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Venkatachalam. G of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 37.4% of the vote, 19,105 votes ahead of Midhun Chakravarthy. M (DMK).

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Mettur · 2026AC 85
  1. 01
    Venkatachalam. G
    AIADMK
    86,498
    37.43%
  2. 02
    Midhun Chakravarthy. M
    DMK
    67,393
    29.16%
  3. 03
    Selvam. K
    TVK
    65,260
    28.24%
  4. 04
    Vidhya Veerappan
    NTK
    7,109
    3.08%
  5. 05
    Ramkumar. D.m
    Independent
    706
    0.31%
  6. 13 other candidates · 3,345 votesNOTA · 794 (0.34%)

Margin 19,105 votes · 8.27% of valid votes

2,55,869
Registered electors
2026 election
90.5%
Turnout
+14.2 pts vs 2021
19,105
Victory margin
8.3% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 18 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,31,105 valid votes, NOTA included.

Mettur 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkatachalam. GMale · 61 yrsAIADMK86,498
37.43%
2Midhun Chakravarthy. MMale · 35 yrsDMK67,393
29.16%
3Selvam. KMale · 42 yrsTVK65,260
28.24%
4Vidhya VeerappanFemale · 35 yrsNTK7,109
3.08%
—NOTANOTA794
0.34%
5Ramkumar. D.mMale · 34 yrsIndependent706
0.31%
6Durairaj. VMale · 46 yrsIndependent659
0.29%
7Venkatasalam. GMale · 39 yrsIndependent471
0.20%
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8Periyaponnu. OMale · 62 yrstavk403
0.17%
9Dr.padmarajan. KMale · 65 yrsIndependent390
0.17%
10Prabakaran. SMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent251
0.11%
11Krishnamoorthy. PMale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent237
0.10%
12Saravanakumar. MMale · 47 yrsIndependent223
0.10%
13Murugan. PMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent192
0.08%
14Jaganathan. AMale · 71 yrsIndependent121
0.05%
15Velu. AMale · 40 yrsVTNMK107
0.05%
16Chidambaram. AMale · 42 yrsIndependent104
0.05%
17Kannan. MMale · 40 yrsIndependent99
0.04%
18Kannan. RMale · 45 yrsIndependent88
0.04%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026AIADMK 37.4%DMK 29.2%TVK 28.2%PMK 44.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Venkatachalam. GAIADMK · 37.4% · margin 19,105Turnout90.5%
2021Sadhasivam.sPMK · 44.4% · margin 656Turnout76.3%
2016Semmalai.sAIADMK · 35.0% · margin 6,282Turnout78.9%
2011Parthiban.s.r.DMDK · 44.6% · margin 2,594Turnout79.8%

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

Mettur result 2021

Mettur 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sadhasivam.sPMK97,055
44.43%
2Srinivasaperumal.sDMK96,399
44.13%
3Manikandan.cNTK9,109
4.17%
4Anusuya.pMNM4,605
2.11%
5SelvanIndependent2,823
1.29%
—NOTANOTA2,247
1.03%
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6Ramesh Aravind.mDMDK1,874
0.86%
7Thangavel. KDAMK1,783
0.82%
8Ambika.aIndependent738
0.34%
9Banupriya.pGPI435
0.20%
10Sadhasivam.pIndependent386
0.18%
11Dr.padmarajan.kIndependent325
0.15%
12Sekar.pIndependent269
0.12%
13Rasappan.kMIDP226
0.10%
14Arivazhagan.pIndependent168
0.08%

Mettur result 2016

Mettur 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Semmalai.sAIADMK72,751
35.05%
2Parthiban.s.rDMK66,469
32.02%
3Mani.g.kPMK49,939
24.06%
4Boopathy.rDMDK5,892
2.84%
—NOTANOTA1,829
0.88%
5Balasubramanian.pBJP1,428
0.69%
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6Rajagounder.aKMDK1,345
0.65%
7Venkatachalam.nNTK981
0.47%
8Gopalan.mNCP826
0.40%
9Sevanthi.vGMI783
0.38%
10Parthiban.rIndependent707
0.34%
11Nanga Gounder.dIndependent572
0.28%
12Paranthaman.kIndependent544
0.26%
13Subramaniam.pIndependent526
0.25%
14Nanthakumar.nIndependent515
0.25%
15Padmarajan.k.drIndependent359
0.17%
16Palanisamy.kIndependent340
0.16%
17Bakkiyam.aIndependent309
0.15%
18Karunakaran M.vGPI268
0.13%
19Prabhu.sIndependent238
0.11%
20Siva.aIndependent236
0.11%
21Jaganathan.vIndependent226
0.11%
22Mathayan.cBSP174
0.08%
23Usha Rani.rIndependent160
0.08%
24Parthiban.iIndependent157
0.08%

Mettur result 2011

Mettur 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Parthiban.s.r.DMDK75,672
44.62%
2Mani.g.k.PMK73,078
43.09%
3Padmarajan.(dr).k.Independent6,273
3.70%
4Pakkiam.(tmt) A.Independent2,738
1.61%
5Senthilkumar.r.IJK2,487
1.47%
6Balasubramanian.p.BJP2,286
1.35%
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7Parthiban.s.k.Independent1,338
0.79%
8Mani.r.Independent1,254
0.74%
9Ranjith.v.Independent1,254
0.74%
10Murugan.p.Independent1,110
0.65%
11Parthipan.p.Independent672
0.40%
12Partheeban.g.Independent605
0.36%
13Palani.k.Independent473
0.28%
14Palanisamy.k.Independent367
0.22%
Map

Mettur 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 Salem 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

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

  • Mani. A.DMK67,824 32.9%
  • Sowmiya AnbumaniPMK63,265 30.7%
  • Asokan. R. Dr.AIADMK56,044 27.2%
  • AbinayaNTK13,075 6.3%
  • Thangavel. K.DAMK1,192 0.6%

In the assembly election ADMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 4,559 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Mettur assembly seat in 2026?

Venkatachalam. G of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) won Mettur in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 86,498 votes, which was 37.43% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Mettur?

The margin was 19,105 votes (8.27% of valid votes). The runner-up was Midhun Chakravarthy. M of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 67,393 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Mettur in 2026?

Turnout was 90.54%: 2,31,663 of 2,55,869 registered electors voted, across 327 polling stations. That is 14.2 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mettur part of?

Mettur is an assembly segment of the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Mani. A. got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Mettur a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Mettur?

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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