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Assembly constituency 72 · Tamil Nadu · SC

Tindivanam is assembly constituency number 72 in Tamil Nadu, in Viluppuram district, and one of the segments of the Viluppuram Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Vanni Arasu of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi won with 32.6% of the vote, 734 votes ahead of Arjunan. P (ADMK).

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Tindivanam · 2026AC 72
  1. 01
    Vanni Arasu
    VCK
    63,833
    32.56%
  2. 02
    Arjunan. P
    AIADMK
    63,099
    32.19%
  3. 03
    Sakthivel. S
    TVK
    61,159
    31.20%
  4. 04
    Pachimuthu. P
    NTK
    5,242
    2.67%
  5. 05
    Vinoth. S
    Independent
    435
    0.22%
  6. 9 other candidates · 1,544 votesNOTA · 714 (0.36%)

Margin 734 votes · 0.37% of valid votes

2,19,300
Registered electors
2026 election
89.5%
Turnout
+10.0 pts vs 2021
734
Victory margin
0.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,96,026 valid votes, NOTA included.

Tindivanam 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vanni ArasuMale · 55 yrs · SCVCK63,833
32.56%
2Arjunan. PMale · 56 yrs · SCAIADMK63,099
32.19%
3Sakthivel. SMale · 45 yrs · SCTVK61,159
31.20%
4Pachimuthu. PMale · 34 yrs · SCNTK5,242
2.67%
—NOTANOTA714
0.36%
5Vinoth. SMale · 44 yrs · SCIndependent435
0.22%
6Venkatachalapathy. AMale · 56 yrs · SCBSP422
0.22%
7Viswanathan. S.aMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent208
0.11%
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8Mohan. AMale · 44 yrs · SCMSK201
0.10%
9Pon.sivakumarMale · 51 yrs · SCIndependent199
0.10%
10Devakumaran. EMale · 33 yrs · SCIndependent198
0.10%
11Chandaran. AMale · 41 yrs · SCIndependent99
0.05%
12Durkali. NMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent78
0.04%
13Vanjinathan. CMale · 49 yrs · SCtavk74
0.04%
14Ramneshwaran. VMale · 38 yrs · SCTK65
0.03%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026VCK 32.6%AIADMK 32.2%TVK 31.2%DMK 42.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Vanni ArasuVCK · 32.6% · margin 734Turnout89.5%
2021Arjunan PAIADMK · 47.7% · margin 9,753Turnout79.5%
2016Seethapathy PDMK · 35.3% · margin 101Turnout79.0%
2011Haridoss.dAIADMK · 52.6% · margin 15,537Turnout81.3%

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

Tindivanam result 2021

Tindivanam 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arjunan PAIADMK87,152
47.74%
2Seethapathy PDMK77,399
42.40%
3Pachimuthu PNTK9,203
5.04%
4Chandralekha KDMDK2,701
1.48%
5Poyathu @ Anbin Poyyamozhi SMNM2,079
1.14%
—NOTANOTA1,523
0.83%
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6Govindasamy ABSP603
0.33%
7Ilavarasan KADK424
0.23%
8Thambiraj AIndependent379
0.21%
9Settu MDESMI247
0.14%
10Vetrivendhan SIndependent195
0.11%
11Viswanathan S AAINPMK148
0.08%
12Gokulakrishnan MIndependent141
0.08%
13Arulmaran JIndependent122
0.07%
14Mohan AMSK112
0.06%
15Vinoth SIndependent110
0.06%

Tindivanam result 2016

Tindivanam 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Seethapathy PDMK61,879
35.33%
2Rajendran S PAIADMK61,778
35.27%
3Kalidoss APMK29,848
17.04%
4Udhayakumar MDMDK14,928
8.52%
—NOTANOTA2,112
1.21%
5Poovazhagi BBJP1,509
0.86%
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6Bhuvaneshwari GNTK908
0.52%
7Viswanathan S AAIPMK716
0.41%
8Karthick RIndependent489
0.28%
9Govindasamy ABSP396
0.23%
10Meera KIndependent392
0.22%
11Chandrasekaran MIndependent195
0.11%

Tindivanam result 2011

Tindivanam 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Haridoss.dAIADMK80,553
52.59%
2Sankar M.pPMK65,016
42.45%
3Munusamy.mIndependent2,071
1.35%
4Radhika.rIJK1,125
0.73%
5Venugopal.mBJP1,010
0.66%
6Subramanian.rPPIS752
0.49%
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7Balu.cIndependent695
0.45%
8Mayilvel.pBSP684
0.45%
9Ganesan.sIndependent509
0.33%
10Sivakalidoss.a.v.Independent397
0.26%
11Jagajanantham.rPB357
0.23%
Map

Tindivanam 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 Viluppuram 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

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

  • Ravikumar. DVCK79,112 45.4%
  • Bhagyaraj. JAIADMK52,766 30.3%
  • Murali Sankar. SPMK30,987 17.8%
  • Kalanchiyam. MNTK8,228 4.7%
  • Karunchiruthai Kaliyamurthy. KBSP557 0.3%

In the assembly election VCK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, VCK led here by 26,346 EVM votes.

Open Viluppuram Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Tindivanam assembly seat in 2026?

Vanni Arasu of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) won Tindivanam in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 63,833 votes, which was 32.56% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Tindivanam?

The margin was 734 votes (0.37% of valid votes). The runner-up was Arjunan. P of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 63,099 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Tindivanam in 2026?

Turnout was 89.54%: 1,96,360 of 2,19,300 registered electors voted, across 293 polling stations. That is 10.0 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Tindivanam part of?

Tindivanam is an assembly segment of the Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ravikumar. D got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Tindivanam a reserved constituency?

Yes. Tindivanam 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 Tindivanam?

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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