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Assembly constituency 190 · Tamil Nadu · SC

Sholavandan is assembly constituency number 190 in Tamil Nadu, in Madurai district, and one of the segments of the Theni Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Karuppaiah.m.v of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 33.8% of the vote, 2,678 votes ahead of Venkatesan.a (DMK).

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Sholavandan · 2026AC 190
  1. 01
    Karuppaiah.m.v
    TVK
    63,907
    33.80%
  2. 02
    Venkatesan.a
    DMK
    61,229
    32.38%
  3. 03
    Manickam.k
    AIADMK
    49,494
    26.18%
  4. 04
    Nagalakshmi Thirumaran.t
    NTK
    10,430
    5.52%
  5. 05
    Balamurugan.k
    AIPTMMK
    2,091
    1.11%
  6. 9 other candidates · 1,358 votesNOTA · 571 (0.30%)

Margin 2,678 votes · 1.42% of valid votes

2,15,348
Registered electors
2026 election
87.9%
Turnout
+7.7 pts vs 2021
2,678
Victory margin
1.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,89,080 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sholavandan 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karuppaiah.m.vMale · 61 yrs · SCTVK63,907
33.80%
2Venkatesan.aMale · 50 yrs · SCDMK61,229
32.38%
3Manickam.kMale · 60 yrs · SCAIADMK49,494
26.18%
4Nagalakshmi Thirumaran.tFemale · 38 yrs · SCNTK10,430
5.52%
5Balamurugan.kMale · 52 yrs · SCAIPTMMK2,091
1.11%
—NOTANOTA571
0.30%
6Raghu.kMale · 37 yrs · SCPT265
0.14%
7Balamurugan.rMale · 41 yrs · SCIndependent203
0.11%
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8Thangapandi.pMale · 55 yrs · SCtavk195
0.10%
9Ranjith Kumar.sMale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent187
0.10%
10Gunasekaran.pMale · 66 yrs · SCIndependent186
0.10%
11Balamurugan.cMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent143
0.08%
12Ajay Subash.bMale · 26 yrs · SCIndependent72
0.04%
13Ramadoss.cMale · 49 yrs · SCIDMK65
0.03%
14Krishnasamy.pMale · 59 yrs · SCIndependent42
0.02%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 33.8%DMK 32.4%AIADMK 26.2%NTK 5.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Karuppaiah.m.vTVK · 33.8% · margin 2,678Turnout87.9%
2021Venkatesan ADMK · 48.0% · margin 17,045Turnout80.2%
2016Manickam KAIADMK · 52.3% · margin 24,857Turnout80.6%
2011Karuppiah M VAIADMK · 59.8% · margin 36,608Turnout82.7%

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

Sholavandan result 2021

Sholavandan 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkatesan ADMK84,240
48.04%
2Manickam KAIADMK67,195
38.32%
3Sengannan GNTK13,936
7.95%
4Jeyalakshmi MDMDK3,582
2.04%
5Yoganathan SMNM3,031
1.73%
—NOTANOTA961
0.55%
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6Moorthi MIndependent363
0.21%
7Rajkumar VIndependent353
0.20%
8Kandavel SIndependent294
0.17%
9Indurani SPT250
0.14%
10Moorthy PIndependent200
0.11%
11Silambarasan PBHUDRP146
0.08%
12Malaichamy AIndependent133
0.08%
13Eswari TCPI(ML)(L)125
0.07%
14Kathiresan PIndependent104
0.06%
15Varatharajan CIndependent89
0.05%
16Dhanagopal SIndependent88
0.05%
17Krishnasamy PIndependent84
0.05%
18Rajkumar KMIDP71
0.04%
19Sekar NIndependent70
0.04%
20Vetrivel JIndependent46
0.03%

Sholavandan result 2016

Sholavandan 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manickam KAIADMK87,044
52.33%
2Bhavani.cDMK62,187
37.39%
3Pandiyammal RVCK7,357
4.42%
4Palanivel Swamy SBJP2,766
1.66%
—NOTANOTA1,930
1.16%
5Sakthi CNTK1,553
0.93%
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6Muthaiah SPMK857
0.52%
7Jayakumar VBSP556
0.33%
8Kandavel SIndependent519
0.31%
9Periyakaruppan CAIFB508
0.31%
10Sekar NIndependent282
0.17%
11Kannan SGAPP265
0.16%
12Remesh KIndependent225
0.14%
13Silambarasan PIndependent138
0.08%
14Seenivasan MIndependent137
0.08%

Sholavandan result 2011

Sholavandan 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karuppiah M VAIADMK86,376
59.84%
2Ilanseliyan MPMK49,768
34.48%
3Palanivelswamy SBJP2,002
1.39%
4Veeran AIndependent1,998
1.38%
5Vazhipiranthal.mIndependent975
0.68%
6Aananthakumar ABSP806
0.56%
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7Krishnaveni NIndependent424
0.29%
8Pitchai KIndependent421
0.29%
9Revathi KIndependent349
0.24%
10Sagundaladevi MTMMK335
0.23%
11Murugesan SCPI(ML)(L)247
0.17%
12Muthukrishnan PIndependent196
0.14%
13Sasikumar AIndependent181
0.13%
14Alagarsamy AIndependent136
0.09%
15Sathiamoorthy NIndependent134
0.09%
Map

Sholavandan 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

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

  • Thanga TamilselvanDMK86,966 52.3%
  • Narayanasamy V TAIADMK31,404 18.9%
  • Ttv DhinakaranAMMK28,189 17.0%
  • MadhanNTK14,908 9.0%
  • Prakash PIndependent682 0.4%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 55,562 EVM votes.

Open Theni Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Sholavandan assembly seat in 2026?

Karuppaiah.m.v of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Sholavandan in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 63,907 votes, which was 33.80% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sholavandan?

The margin was 2,678 votes (1.42% of valid votes). The runner-up was Venkatesan.a of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 61,229 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sholavandan in 2026?

Turnout was 87.87%: 1,89,224 of 2,15,348 registered electors voted, across 261 polling stations. That is 7.7 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sholavandan part of?

Sholavandan is an assembly segment of the Theni Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Thanga Tamilselvan got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sholavandan a reserved constituency?

Yes. Sholavandan is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Sholavandan?

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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