Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

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Assembly constituency 88 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#88 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants31

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,34,407

Turnout90.5%

NOTA1,052

WinnerLakshmanan.STamilaga Vettri Kazhagam1,20,40751.4% of votes

MARGIN74,867 votes · 31.9 pp1,20,407 − 45,540

Runner-upKarthe.M Pattali Makkal Katchi45,54019.4% of votes

TVK 72.6% of top-two votesPMK 27.4%

All candidates 31

01 Lakshmanan.STVK1,20,407 51.4%
02 Karthe.MPMK45,540 19.4%
03 Alagaapuram. R. MohanrajDMDK41,522 17.7%
04 Arul RamadasAJPK12,532 5.4%
05 Suresh Kumar.RNTK6,820 2.9%
06 Raj Kumar .GTVK636 0.3%
07 Er.Prabakaran.SIND613 0.3%
08 Prabu .KVTK404 0.2%
09 Gunasekaran .RBSP395 0.2%
10 Bharath.SIND395 0.2%
11 Chandrasekaran.GIND393 0.2%
12 Velmanikandan. SIND369 0.2%
13 SrisabarinathanIND359 0.2%
14 Amirthalingam.NIND318 0.1%
15 Arul.PIND301 0.1%
16 Kumar.A.PIND263 0.1%
17 Karthick.MIND243 0.1%
18 Arul.DIND239 0.1%
19 Manohar.CIND214 0.1%
20 Thiyagarajan.MIND184 0.1%
21 Perumal. AIND181 0.1%
22 Selvam.RIND147 0.1%
23 Radhakrishnan. RIND137 0.1%
24 Bharanitharan.D.KIND118 0.1%
25 Vijayakumar. SIND111 0.1%
26 Arul. TIND108 0.1%
27 Karthick.RIND91 0.0%
28 Mohan Raj. RIND88 0.0%
29 Arul .SIND85 0.0%
30 DhanapalIND74 0.0%
31 Panneerselvam.PIND68 0.0%

Turnout 90.5%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total1,052
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 31 candidates = 2,33,355Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
31.9 pp
Lakshmanan.STamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
10.0 pp
Arul. RPattali Makkal Katchi
2016
3.6 pp
Venkatachalam.GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
16.3 pp
Venkatachalam.GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
8.2 pp
Ravichandran. L.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
22.7 pp
Venkatajalam Se.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
25.6 pp
Dhanapalan, K.R.G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
36.6 pp
Jayaraman S.R.Indian National Congress
1989
19.7 pp
Dhanabalan, K.R.G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
5.4 pp
G.KrishnarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
19.7 pp
Krishnaraj, GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
9.5 pp
S.V. VaradarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
9.5 pp
A. ArumugamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
9.4 pp
A. ArumugamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
26.2 pp
PerumalrajuIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 70.8% of votes; the other 29 candidates 28.8% between them.
(1,20,407 + 45,540) ÷ 2,34,407 = 70.8% · 67,408 ÷ 2,34,407 = 28.8%
Turnout of 90.5% was 3.9 pp above the state's median seat (86.6%).
90.5 − 86.6 = +3.9
The margin widened from 10.0 pp in 2021 to 31.9 pp.
31.9 − 10.0 = +21.9 pp
The seat changed hands: PMK in 2021, TVK in 2026.
2021 PMK · 2026 TVK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 31 candidate lines2,33,355
NOTAcounted within the total1,052
Published totalVotes polled2,34,407
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

Candidates31 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