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Chidambaram

Assembly constituency 158 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#158 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants11
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled1,96,586
Turnout84.7%
NOTA816
WinnerThamimun Ansari. MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam69,73935.5% of votes
MARGIN5,747 votes · 2.9 pp69,739 − 63,992
Runner-upPandian. K.A All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam63,99232.6% of votes
DMK 52.1% of top-two votesAIADMK 47.9%

All candidates 11

  1. 01 Thamimun Ansari. MDMK69,739 35.5%
  2. 02 Pandian. K.AAIADMK63,992 32.6%
  3. 03 NedunchezhiyanTVK54,584 27.8%
  4. 04 ThamizhNTK6,169 3.1%
  5. 05 Dhanasekaran. MAIPTM339 0.2%
  6. 06 Manimaran. DIND211 0.1%
  7. 07 Thirugnanam. KIND163 0.1%
  8. 08 Er. Jayakkumar. RIND160 0.1%
  9. 09 Venkatesan. DIND157 0.1%
  10. 10 Easan Natarajan. TIND130 0.1%
  11. 11 Munisankar. KAPTAD126 0.1%

Turnout 84.7%

025507510084.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 86.6%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total816
  • State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 1,95,770Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    2.9 pp
    Thamimun Ansari. MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    9.3 pp
    K.A. PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    0.9 pp
    Pandian K AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    1.9 pp
    K.BalakrishnanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  5. 2006
    7.1 pp
    Selvaraj NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    1.4 pp
    Malliga C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1996
    20.0 pp
    Jothi Kannan, M.N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    27.5 pp
    M. ThangavelAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1989
    1.1 pp
    Thangavel, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(JAYALALITA GROUP)
  10. 1984
    20.5 pp
    Rathinavelu, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1980
    4.3 pp
    Rajamanickam, M. K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1977
    15.7 pp
    P. Kothandarama Alias Musiri PutthanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    4.2 pp
    Jothi VenkatachalamIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)
  14. 1967
    1.6 pp
    S.RamalingamIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    5.1 pp
    K. R. SambandamIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 27.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed TVK polled 54,584 votes, 9.5× the 5,747-vote margin.

    54,584 ÷ 5,747 = 9.5

  2. The top two polled 68.0% of votes; the other 9 candidates 31.6% between them.

    (69,739 + 63,992) ÷ 1,96,586 = 68.0% · 62,039 ÷ 1,96,586 = 31.6%

  3. Turnout of 84.7% was 1.9 pp below the state's median seat (86.6%).

    84.7 − 86.6 = −1.9

  4. The margin narrowed from 9.3 pp in 2021 to 2.9 pp.

    2.9 − 9.3 = −6.4 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: AIADMK in 2021, DMK in 2026.

    2021 AIADMK · 2026 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines1,95,770
  • NOTAcounted within the total816
  • Published totalVotes polled1,96,586
  • 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

Candidates11 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

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