Thiruparankundram is assembly constituency number 195 in Tamil Nadu, in Madurai district, and one of the segments of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Nirmalkumar. R. of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 44.8% of the vote, 41,553 votes ahead of Kiruthiga Thangapandi (DMK).
- 01Nirmalkumar. R.TVK1,14,31644.75%
- 02Kiruthiga ThangapandiDMK72,76328.48%
- 03Rajanchellappa. V.V.AIADMK49,86519.52%
- 04Sathyadevi. T.NTK14,3505.62%
- 05Thanapandian. T.AIPTMMK1,0880.43%
- 10 other candidates · 1,936 votesNOTA · 1,148 (0.45%)
Margin 41,553 votes · 16.27% of valid votes
All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,55,466 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nirmalkumar. R.Male · 44 yrs | TVK | 1,14,316 | 44.75% |
| 2 | Kiruthiga ThangapandiFemale · 35 yrs | DMK | 72,763 | 28.48% |
| 3 | Rajanchellappa. V.V.Male · 75 yrs | AIADMK | 49,865 | 19.52% |
| 4 | Sathyadevi. T.Female · 38 yrs | NTK | 14,350 | 5.62% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,148 | 0.45% |
| 5 | Thanapandian. T.Male · 54 yrs | AIPTMMK | 1,088 | 0.43% |
| 6 | Sethuraman. A.Male · 55 yrs · SC | PT | 368 | 0.14% |
| 7 | Raj. P.Male · 25 yrs | Independent | 353 | 0.14% |
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| 8 | Mookkayee. C.Female · 47 yrs | ETMK | 249 | 0.10% |
| 9 | Chelladurai. RMale · 45 yrs | NIDP | 231 | 0.09% |
| 10 | Syed Ibrahim. M.Male · 48 yrs | tavk | 163 | 0.06% |
| 11 | Renganathan DoraisamyMale · 66 yrs | RTSMJD | 140 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Vallarasan. K.Male · 33 yrs · SC | Independent | 136 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Ukkra Pandian. S.Male · 33 yrs | Independent | 122 | 0.05% |
| 14 | Arumugam. G.Male · 62 yrs | Independent | 108 | 0.04% |
| 15 | Pounraj. N.Male · 31 yrs | Independent | 66 | 0.03% |
The seat changed hands: ADMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Thiruparankundram bye-election, 19 May 2019
Turnout 74.2% · 2,26,078 of 3,04,746 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saravanan P | DMK | 85,434 | 37.79% |
| 2 | Muniyandi S | AIADMK | 83,038 | 36.73% |
| 3 | Mahendran I | Independent | 31,199 | 13.80% |
| 4 | Sakthivel P | MNM | 12,610 | 5.58% |
| 5 | Revathi R | NTK | 5,467 | 2.42% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,184 | 0.97% |
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| 6 | Murugan K | Independent | 624 | 0.28% |
| 7 | Arumugam R | Independent | 490 | 0.22% |
| 8 | Mahendran K | Independent | 408 | 0.18% |
| 9 | Subbiramani M | Independent | 375 | 0.17% |
| 10 | Saravanan Yadav C | Independent | 357 | 0.16% |
| 11 | Agni Sriramachandran | Independent | 313 | 0.14% |
| 12 | Gobinath M | Independent | 274 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Siva K | Independent | 245 | 0.11% |
| 14 | Ukkra Pandian S | Independent | 243 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Gopalakrishnan M | Independent | 219 | 0.10% |
| 16 | Nagaraj P | Independent | 218 | 0.10% |
| 17 | Chandrakasan S | Independent | 177 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Muniyandi G | Independent | 175 | 0.08% |
| 19 | Nagarajan N | Independent | 167 | 0.07% |
| 20 | Ponraj R | Independent | 157 | 0.07% |
| 21 | Muniyandi G | Independent | 153 | 0.07% |
| 22 | Sekar S | Independent | 150 | 0.07% |
| 23 | Ramesh K K | Independent | 145 | 0.06% |
| 24 | Muthu M | NIDP | 130 | 0.06% |
| 25 | Senthil Raja J | AMPK | 124 | 0.05% |
| 26 | Muniyandi M | Independent | 122 | 0.05% |
| 27 | Arumugam S | Independent | 120 | 0.05% |
| 28 | Poovanathan, Advocate. K. A. K | Independent | 95 | 0.04% |
| 29 | Nagaraja P | RPI(A) | 93 | 0.04% |
| 30 | Mannan M P | Independent | 84 | 0.04% |
| 31 | Rajan N P | Independent | 78 | 0.03% |
| 32 | Chellapandian P | DMSK | 78 | 0.03% |
| 33 | Devasagayam A | ACDP | 75 | 0.03% |
| 34 | Vairaseeman G | Independent | 73 | 0.03% |
| 35 | Manikandan P | Independent | 65 | 0.03% |
| 36 | Padmarajan Dr. K | Independent | 55 | 0.02% |
| 37 | Mani A | Independent | 41 | 0.02% |
Thiruparankundram bye-election, 19 Nov 2016
Turnout 70.9% · 2,03,100 of 2,86,483 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bose,a.k | AIADMK | 1,13,032 | 55.65% |
| 2 | Saravawan, R. | DMK | 70,362 | 34.64% |
| 3 | Srinivasan,r. | BJP | 6,930 | 3.41% |
| 4 | Thanapandian,t. | DMDK | 4,105 | 2.02% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,214 | 1.09% |
| 5 | Mahatheva,l. | NTK | 1,082 | 0.53% |
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| 6 | Jegaveeran,s. | Independent | 869 | 0.43% |
| 7 | Manmathan,m. | Independent | 586 | 0.29% |
| 8 | Korkai Palanichamy Kudumbar | Independent | 584 | 0.29% |
| 9 | Mayilsamy,n. | NCP | 515 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Jeyaraman,m. | ETMK | 328 | 0.16% |
| 11 | Mari,n. | Independent | 296 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Dr. Padmarajan,k. | Independent | 275 | 0.14% |
| 13 | Thangapandi,p. | Independent | 235 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Saravanan,r. | Independent | 225 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Mahalingam,p. | Independent | 174 | 0.09% |
| 16 | Jegadeesh Kumar,r. | Independent | 170 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Dhamodharan,s.l. | Independent | 158 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Meenakshi Sundaram,s. | Independent | 154 | 0.08% |
| 19 | Murugaiah,m. | Independent | 113 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Moorthy,k. | Independent | 110 | 0.05% |
| 21 | Gopalkrishnan,m. | Independent | 93 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Alla Pichai | Independent | 91 | 0.04% |
| 23 | Mohan,s. | Independent | 81 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Ramesh,c. | UMK | 77 | 0.04% |
| 25 | Raj Kumar,p. | Independent | 73 | 0.04% |
| 26 | Ahamed Abdul Kadar,s. | Independent | 65 | 0.03% |
| 27 | Gopalkrishnan,k.s. | Independent | 53 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Maideen Pitchai, H. | Independent | 48 | 0.02% |
Thiruparankundram result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajanchellappa, V.V. | AIADMK | 1,03,683 | 43.96% |
| 2 | Ponnuthai | CPI(M) | 74,194 | 31.46% |
| 3 | Revathy, R. | NTK | 22,722 | 9.63% |
| 4 | Bharanirajan, M. | MNM | 16,750 | 7.10% |
| 5 | David Annadurai, K. | AMMK | 10,190 | 4.32% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,073 | 0.88% |
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| 6 | Arumugam, V. | Independent | 2,005 | 0.85% |
| 7 | Savitha, R. | AMGRDMK | 592 | 0.25% |
| 8 | Murugan, K.R. | Independent | 562 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Rajamani, V. | NMK | 538 | 0.23% |
| 10 | Packiyaselvi, K. | Independent | 402 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Ukkra Pandiyan, S. | Independent | 302 | 0.13% |
| 12 | Pillai, M.M. | Independent | 284 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Balamurugan, R. | Independent | 257 | 0.11% |
| 14 | Karunakaran, M. | Independent | 246 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Sekar, S. | Independent | 200 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Palanikumar, M. | AMBDKPP | 177 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Murugesan, A. | MIDP | 131 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Ilangovan, P. | Independent | 114 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Radha (a) Gunasekaran, M. | Independent | 114 | 0.05% |
| 20 | Mohideen Abdul Kadar, M.K. | Independent | 98 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Manikandan, S. | Independent | 82 | 0.03% |
| 22 | Sankar Thayal Sharma, M. | Independent | 80 | 0.03% |
| 23 | Ramachandran, K. | Independent | 53 | 0.02% |
Thiruparankundram result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seenivel S M | AIADMK | 93,453 | 47.32% |
| 2 | Manimaran M | DMK | 70,461 | 35.68% |
| 3 | Kandasamy K | CPI | 15,275 | 7.73% |
| 4 | Arumugam S | BJP | 7,698 | 3.90% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,111 | 1.58% |
| 5 | Mohan M | AIFB | 1,277 | 0.65% |
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| 6 | Balamurugan S | PMK | 1,237 | 0.63% |
| 7 | Russia O | Independent | 917 | 0.46% |
| 8 | Muthukrishnan S | ETMK | 905 | 0.46% |
| 9 | Alagarsamy M | MMKA | 544 | 0.28% |
| 10 | Premnath M S | Independent | 355 | 0.18% |
| 11 | Jegadeesh Kumar R | Independent | 333 | 0.17% |
| 12 | Velmurugan G | SMK | 331 | 0.17% |
| 13 | Kalimuthu A | UCPI | 315 | 0.16% |
| 14 | Santhi Poojan K | Shiv Sena | 302 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Durairajan N | Independent | 259 | 0.13% |
| 16 | Balasubramanian T | AMMK | 182 | 0.09% |
| 17 | Prabakaran S | AIJMK | 159 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Santhi V | LJP | 137 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Mohan S | Independent | 135 | 0.07% |
| 20 | Deepakkumar M | Independent | 94 | 0.05% |
Thiruparankundram result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja A.k.t | DMDK | 95,469 | 58.70% |
| 2 | Sundararajan C R | INC | 46,967 | 28.88% |
| 3 | Arumugam G | Independent | 9,793 | 6.02% |
| 4 | Kandhan R | BJP | 3,543 | 2.18% |
| 5 | Selvam P | BSP | 1,251 | 0.77% |
| 6 | Shanthi Poosan K | Independent | 1,023 | 0.63% |
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| 7 | Nagamani L | JMM | 865 | 0.53% |
| 8 | Balachandran M | Independent | 791 | 0.49% |
| 9 | Alagu Muthu Velayudam N | Independent | 660 | 0.41% |
| 10 | Velu V | Independent | 635 | 0.39% |
| 11 | Varatharajan V | Independent | 633 | 0.39% |
| 12 | Chellaraj @ Thamizhvanan C | Independent | 504 | 0.31% |
| 13 | Arumugam V | Independent | 496 | 0.30% |
Thiruparankundram 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
- Melur
- Madurai East
- Sholavandan
- Madurai North
- Madurai South
- Madurai Central
- Madurai West
- Thirumangalam
- Usilampatti
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Thiruparankundram is one of the assembly segments of Virudhunagar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Virudhunagar candidates.
- Manickam Tagore BINC77,119 35.3%
- Vijayaprabhakaran VDMDK71,664 32.8%
- Radikaa RBJP43,653 20.0%
- Kaushik SNTK17,676 8.1%
- RajeshIndependent1,178 0.5%
In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 5,455 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Thiruparankundram.
Who won the Thiruparankundram assembly seat in 2026?
Nirmalkumar. R. of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Thiruparankundram in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,14,316 votes, which was 44.75% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Thiruparankundram?
The margin was 41,553 votes (16.27% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kiruthiga Thangapandi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 72,763 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Thiruparankundram in 2026?
Turnout was 82.11%: 2,55,946 of 3,11,705 registered electors voted, across 352 polling stations. That is 8.6 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Thiruparankundram part of?
Thiruparankundram is an assembly segment of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Manickam Tagore B got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Thiruparankundram had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 19 May 2019, Saravanan P (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) won by 2,396 votes. In the bye-election on 19 Nov 2016, Bose,a.k (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) won by 42,670 votes.
Is Thiruparankundram a reserved constituency?
No. Thiruparankundram is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Thiruparankundram?
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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