Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Manachanallur

Assembly constituency 144 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#144 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants22

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,09,780

Turnout88.4%

NOTA599

WinnerKathiravan. SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam81,44738.8% of votes

MARGIN12,364 votes · 5.9 pp81,447 − 69,083

Runner-upV.Saravanan Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam69,08332.9% of votes

DMK 54.1% of top-two votesTVK 45.9%

All candidates 22

01 Kathiravan. SDMK81,447 38.8%
02 V.SaravananTVK69,083 32.9%
03 R.V. BharathanAIADMK46,066 22.0%
04 Thenmozhi. RNTK9,289 4.4%
05 Ramesh Kumar. GIND498 0.2%
06 Nagarajan. VIND456 0.2%
07 Balakrishnan (A) Amoor BaluBSP384 0.2%
08 Radhakrishnan. SIND341 0.2%
09 Ramprasad. NIND230 0.1%
10 Balu. MPT186 0.1%
11 Raju. VIND153 0.1%
12 K. SenthilkumarSMNK140 0.1%
13 Karthikeyan. PIND132 0.1%
14 Saravanakumar. SIND130 0.1%
15 Rajasehar. RIND117 0.1%
16 Shanmugam. V.TIND113 0.1%
17 Divesh. SIND103 0.1%
18 Satheeskumar. KIND80 0.0%
19 Revathi. SAIMMK75 0.0%
20 Veeraiya. CTVK62 0.0%
21 Jayaraman. MIND52 0.0%
22 Gopalakrishnan. VIND44 0.0%

Turnout 88.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total599
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 22 candidates = 2,09,181Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
5.9 pp
Kathiravan. SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
30.5 pp
S. KathiravanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
4.2 pp
Parameswari. MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
12.3 pp
Poonachi. T.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
0.1 pp
Nanmaran.NCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
7.1 pp
Nanmaran .NCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1996
21.7 pp
Velusamy, V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
37.6 pp
Amarnath O.S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
15.9 pp
Eradha, S.R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
7.2 pp
K. KalimuthuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
7.9 pp
Sankariah, N.Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
2.7 pp
N. SankariahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
2.0 pp
Sundaram Pillai O. N.Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)
1967
17.9 pp
A.BalasubramanayamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1962
10.8 pp
T. P. AlagamuthuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AIADMK polled 46,066 votes, 3.7× the 12,364-vote margin.
46,066 ÷ 12,364 = 3.7
The top two polled 71.8% of votes; the other 20 candidates 28.0% between them.
(81,447 + 69,083) ÷ 2,09,780 = 71.8% · 58,651 ÷ 2,09,780 = 28.0%
Turnout of 88.4% was 1.8 pp above the state's median seat (86.6%).
88.4 − 86.6 = +1.8
The margin narrowed from 30.5 pp in 2021 to 5.9 pp.
5.9 − 30.5 = −24.6 pp
DMK held the seat it won in 2021.
2021 DMK · 2026 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 22 candidate lines2,09,181
NOTAcounted within the total599
Published totalVotes polled2,09,780
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates22 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 233 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database