Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Kovilpatti

Assembly constituency 218 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#218 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants21

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled1,94,232

Turnout80.1%

NOTA593

WinnerKarunanithi.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam61,64331.7% of votes

MARGIN843 votes · 0.4 pp61,643 − 60,800

Runner-upBalasubramanian.S Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam60,80031.3% of votes

DMK 50.3% of top-two votesTVK 49.7%

All candidates 21

01 Karunanithi.KDMK61,643 31.7%
02 Balasubramanian.STVK60,800 31.3%
03 Kadambur Raju.CAIADMK53,014 27.3%
04 Pandi.PNTK11,919 6.1%
05 Athikumar Kudumbar.BIND2,992 1.5%
06 Kannan.SAIPTM446 0.2%
07 Poundurai.KIND398 0.2%
08 Premkumar.KIND378 0.2%
09 Pandimuneeswari.KIND367 0.2%
10 Saravanan.STPK356 0.2%
11 Paramasivan.SIND275 0.1%
12 Ramachandran.RBSP194 0.1%
13 Sekar.CIND177 0.1%
14 Hari Balakrishnan.GPMTDK139 0.1%
15 Gurusamy.KIND104 0.1%
16 Chinna Maharaja.KIND94 0.1%
17 Renganayagalu.SIND90 0.1%
18 Ponnusamy.MIND77 0.0%
19 Muneeswaran.RIND69 0.0%
20 Gunasekaran.PIND55 0.0%
21 Arumugavel.TNIP52 0.0%

Turnout 80.1%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total593
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 21 candidates = 1,93,639Verified

Seat history 2026–1967

2026
0.4 pp
Karunanithi.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
6.9 pp
Kadambur RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
0.3 pp
C. Kadambur RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
20.3 pp
Kadambur Raju CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
0.4 pp
Malai Raja NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
0.7 pp
Nainar Nagendran.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
19.8 pp
Subramanian, A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
29.6 pp
Veliah D.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
8.8 pp
Subramanian, A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1986
14.1 pp
Veerappan.R.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
19.4 pp
Narayanan, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
16.9 pp
Nedunchezhiyan, V. R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
10.5 pp
G.R. EdmundAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
0.3 pp
Sivaprakasam D. S. A.Swatantra Party
1967
9.5 pp
D.S.AuthimoolamSwatantra Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AIADMK polled 53,014 votes, 63× the 843-vote margin.
53,014 ÷ 843 = 62.9
The top two polled 63.0% of votes; the other 19 candidates 36.7% between them.
(61,643 + 60,800) ÷ 1,94,232 = 63.0% · 71,196 ÷ 1,94,232 = 36.7%
Turnout of 80.1% was 6.5 pp below the state's median seat (86.6%).
80.1 − 86.6 = −6.5
The margin narrowed from 6.9 pp in 2021 to 0.4 pp.
0.4 − 6.9 = −6.5 pp
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 21 candidate lines1,93,639
NOTAcounted within the total593
Published totalVotes polled1,94,232
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

Candidates21 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