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Assembly constituency 20 · Tamil Nadu

Thousand Lights is assembly constituency number 20 in Tamil Nadu, in Chennai district, and one of the segments of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Prabhakar.j.c.d of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 44.7% of the vote, 15,141 votes ahead of Ezhilan Naganathan (DMK).

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Thousand Lights · 2026AC 20
  1. 01
    Prabhakar.j.c.d
    TVK
    58,965
    44.73%
  2. 02
    Ezhilan Naganathan
    DMK
    43,824
    33.24%
  3. 03
    Valarmathi.b
    AIADMK
    23,320
    17.69%
  4. 04
    Kalanchiyam.mu
    NTK
    3,717
    2.82%
  5. 05
    Valarmathi.e
    Independent
    245
    0.19%
  6. 13 other candidates · 938 votesNOTA · 815 (0.62%)

Margin 15,141 votes · 11.49% of valid votes

1,57,551
Registered electors
2026 election
83.7%
Turnout
+26.8 pts vs 2021
15,141
Victory margin
11.5% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 18 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,31,824 valid votes, NOTA included.

Thousand Lights 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prabhakar.j.c.dMale · 73 yrsTVK58,965
44.73%
2Ezhilan NaganathanMale · 46 yrsDMK43,824
33.24%
3Valarmathi.bFemale · 68 yrsAIADMK23,320
17.69%
4Kalanchiyam.muMale · 58 yrs · SCNTK3,717
2.82%
—NOTANOTA815
0.62%
5Valarmathi.eFemale · 62 yrsIndependent245
0.19%
6Mohamed Ghouse.hMale · 43 yrstavk203
0.15%
7Sathya.aMale · 29 yrsIndependent165
0.13%
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8Valarmathy.dFemale · 49 yrsIndependent102
0.08%
9Vijay.dMale · 43 yrsIndependent83
0.06%
10Prabhakaran.bMale · 38 yrsIndependent64
0.05%
11Prabhakaran.vMale · 30 yrsIndependent63
0.05%
12Karthikeyan.sMale · 33 yrsIndependent61
0.05%
13Sundara Raju.aMale · 71 yrs · SCIndependent48
0.04%
14Shankar.vMale · 56 yrsIndependent42
0.03%
15Prabhakaran.tMale · 55 yrsIndependent36
0.03%
16Muniyan.eMale · 49 yrsIndependent28
0.02%
17Dhanasekaran.vMale · 51 yrsIndependent23
0.02%
18Pachaiyappan.eMale · 58 yrsIndependent20
0.02%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 44.7%DMK 33.2%AIADMK 17.7%BJP 29.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Prabhakar.j.c.dTVK · 44.7% · margin 15,141Turnout83.7%
2021Ezhilan NDMK · 52.9% · margin 32,462Turnout56.9%
2016Selvam Ku. KaDMK · 43.4% · margin 8,829Turnout60.5%
2011Valarmathi. BAIADMK · 50.5% · margin 7,592Turnout66.8%

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

Thousand Lights result 2021

Thousand Lights 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ezhilan NDMK71,867
52.87%
2Kushboo SundarBJP39,405
28.99%
3K M ShariffMNM11,791
8.67%
4Sherine AjNTK8,884
6.54%
—NOTANOTA1,385
1.02%
5Vaidhyanathan NAMMK1,155
0.85%
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6Williams DBSP246
0.18%
7Radha Krishnan SIndependent231
0.17%
8Manivannan NIndependent229
0.17%
9Parthiban VIndependent154
0.11%
10Domnic ANINIK72
0.05%
11Sudakar RIndependent66
0.05%
12Sanjeevi SIndependent66
0.05%
13Babu AIndependent65
0.05%
14A George BennyIndependent62
0.05%
15Nirmal Kumar SIndependent53
0.04%
16Riaz(a) Syed ZakeerullaAMAK52
0.04%
17P ParimalaIndependent47
0.03%
18Velraj SIndependent42
0.03%
19Deeban MIndependent37
0.03%
20Sekar KIndependent31
0.02%

Thousand Lights result 2016

Thousand Lights 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Selvam Ku. KaDMK61,726
43.35%
2Valarmathi BAIADMK52,897
37.15%
3Shivalingam MBJP8,516
5.98%
4Ambigapathy CMDMK7,805
5.48%
5Rangan VPMK3,968
2.79%
—NOTANOTA3,633
2.55%
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6MurugesanNTK2,075
1.46%
7Elango MYSP506
0.36%
8Jaffer Sadik JIndependent184
0.13%
9Dhananjayan T SIndependent174
0.12%
10Mogan Kumar S PIndependent143
0.10%
11Murugan SIndependent141
0.10%
12Selvam RIndependent121
0.08%
13Arunthathi RamachandranIndependent93
0.07%
14Selvam PIndependent68
0.05%
15Manikandan AIndependent61
0.04%
16Kumar KIndependent56
0.04%
17Ramesh AIndependent50
0.04%
18Santhakumar KIndependent40
0.03%
19Selvam TIndependent39
0.03%
20Iyyanar CIndependent38
0.03%
21Gokulakrishnan EIndependent35
0.02%
22Karthik DIndependent34
0.02%

Thousand Lights result 2011

Thousand Lights 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Valarmathi. BAIADMK67,522
50.55%
2Hasan Mohamed JinnahDMK59,930
44.87%
3Photo Siva Alias Sivalingam. MBJP3,098
2.32%
4Thiwan MuhammeduIJK849
0.64%
5Arjunan. CPB409
0.31%
6Jayaprakash. CIndependent391
0.29%
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7Bahujan Sakthi. S.E.BSP319
0.24%
8Valarmathi. PIndependent273
0.20%
9Rani.sIndependent150
0.11%
10Nachiappan. S.P.Independent124
0.09%
11Jeganathan. MIndependent113
0.08%
12Sugendran. SIndependent103
0.08%
13Subramani. NIndependent86
0.06%
14Sudhakar. MIndependent80
0.06%
15Arumugam. RIndependent68
0.05%
16Thangalingam. PIndependent52
0.04%
Map

Thousand Lights 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.

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Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Thousand Lights is one of the assembly segments of Chennai Central. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Chennai Central candidates.

  • Dayanidhi MaranDMK66,015 61.0%
  • VinojBJP31,372 29.0%
  • Dr.r.karthikeyanNTK7,885 7.3%
  • Anbazhagan.gIndependent552 0.5%
  • B. ParthasarathyDMDK63 0.1%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 34,643 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Thousand Lights.

Who won the Thousand Lights assembly seat in 2026?

Prabhakar.j.c.d of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Thousand Lights in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 58,965 votes, which was 44.73% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Thousand Lights?

The margin was 15,141 votes (11.49% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ezhilan Naganathan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 43,824 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Thousand Lights in 2026?

Turnout was 83.72%: 1,31,905 of 1,57,551 registered electors voted, across 247 polling stations. That is 26.8 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Thousand Lights part of?

Thousand Lights is an assembly segment of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dayanidhi Maran got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Thousand Lights a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Thousand Lights?

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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