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Election in numbers

Who are the new MLAs?

Beyond the seat count: close races, regional strength, assets, declared cases, age, and party-wise profiles of the 2026 winners.

Winner profiles checked234

Every winner in this report is tied to a public filing.

Top partyTVK

108 seats

Closest seat1

TIRUPPATTUR / TVK

Under 1,000 votes15

6 under 500, 45 under 3,000

Candidate filings read3,993

public nomination and affidavit records

Crorepati MLAs181

self-declared assets of Rs. 1 crore or more

Declared cases125

pending cases declared by candidates

Median age52

among the new MLAs

Report 01

Who actually won?

A profile of the incoming Assembly using public candidate filings. Assets and cases are self-declared by candidates, not findings by this site.

Candidate filing source
TVK108

71% crorepati, 37% with declared cases, median age 44

DMK-led72

90% crorepati, 64% with declared cases, median age 59

AIADMK-led54

94% crorepati, 72% with declared cases, median age 58

10 richest winners

Leemarose MartinLALGUDI / ADMK
₹5863.7 crpublic filing source
C. Joseph VijayPERAMBUR / TVK
₹648.9 crpublic filing source
C. Joseph VijayTIRUCHIRAPPALLI (EAST) / TVK
₹648.9 crpublic filing source
Aadhav ArjunaVILLIVAKKAM / TVK
₹534.9 crpublic filing source
Dr.Esakki SubayaAMBASAMUDRAM / ADMK
₹419.1 crpublic filing source
K. NithyanandhanPOLLACHI / DMK
₹170.5 crpublic filing source
Murughan.R.S.TIRUNELVELI / TVK
₹158.5 crpublic filing source
Kathiravan. SMANACHANALLUR / DMK
₹153.5 crpublic filing source
Kumar. RVELACHERY / TVK
₹117.8 crpublic filing source
J.KamatchiPALLAVARAM / TVK
₹107.0 crpublic filing source

Declared cases among winners

M.R. VijayabhaskarKARUR / ADMK
31 casespublic filing source
Kathiravan. SMANACHANALLUR / DMK
14 casespublic filing source
V SenthilbalajiCOIMBATORE (SOUTH) / DMK
13 casespublic filing source
Rajesh Kumar. SKILLIYOOR / INC
13 casespublic filing source
S.P.VelumaniTHONDAMUTHUR / ADMK
12 casespublic filing source
Vijayabaskar. CVIRALIMALAI / ADMK
12 casespublic filing source
Ramachandran. TTHALLI / CPI
11 casespublic filing source
Udhayanidhi StalinCHEPAUK-THIRUVALLIKENI / DMK
9 casespublic filing source
Rajendran SARIYALUR / ADMK
9 casespublic filing source
Premallatha VijayakantVRIDDHACHALAM / DMDK
9 casespublic filing source

Read this correctly

Assets are self-declared by candidates in public filings.

Declared cases are not convictions. They are candidate-declared pending cases in the filing data.

Every ranking links back to the public filing used for that candidate.

Report 02

How close was close?

These lists use the pinned 234-seat ECI result import. Form 20 remains the final certified constituency record.

10 tightest detailed wins

TIRUPPATTURSEENIVASA SETHUPATHY. R / TVK
1
VEPPANAHALLISRINIVASAN.P.S / DMK
138
KANNIYAKUMARITHALAVAI SUNDARAM. N / ADMK
214
POLURABISHEK. R / TVK
227
TIRUKKOYILURPALANISAMY S / ADMK
285
PARAMATHI-VELURSEKAR S / ADMK
308
KULITHALAISURIYANUR. A. CHANDRAN / DMK
579
KUMBAKONAMVINOTH / TVK
679
PALANIRAVIMANOHARAN. K / ADMK
693
TINDIVANAMVANNI ARASU / VCK
734

10 biggest detailed wins

EDAPPADIEDAPPADI PALANISWAMI. K / ADMK
98,110over PREMKUMAR. K
SHOZHINGANALLURECR P SARAVANAN / TVK
96,780over S. ARAVIND RAMESH
MADAVARAMM.L.VIJAYPRABHU / TVK
94,985over S.SUDHARSANAM
AVADIR.RAMESH KUMAR / TVK
76,311over S.M.NASAR
SALEM (WEST)LAKSHMANAN.S / TVK
74,867over KARTHE.M
POONAMALLEEPRAKASAM.R / TVK
72,740over KRISHNASWAMY.A
TIRUPPUR (NORTH)V.SATHYABAMA / TVK
69,992over M.S.M.ANANDAN
VIRALIMALAIVIJAYABASKAR. C / ADMK
62,073over MURUGESAN. P
MADURAVOYALRHEVANTH CHARAN / TVK
61,509over GANAPATHY. K
AMBATTURBALAMURUGAN.G / TVK
58,781over DR A.P. POORNIMA

Report 03

Where the seats sit.

Regional tables help readers see whether a party's result is broad or concentrated. This is not a government-formation view.

North167

TVK65

DMK44

ADMK42

PMK3

INC3

South27

TVK17

DMK6

ADMK2

INC2

West18

TVK12

ADMK3

DMK2

PMK1

Delta11

TVK6

DMK4

CPI(M)1

Chennai belt10

TVK8

DMK2

Delta-West1

DMK1

Report 04

Party table.

Seat counts and vote share belong together. A party can win seats efficiently without leading vote share everywhere.

PartyAllianceSeatsVote share
Tamilaga Vettri KazhagamTVK10834.9%
Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK-led5924.2%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK-led4721.2%
Indian National CongressDMK-led53.4%
Pattali Makkal KatchiAIADMK-led41.8%
Indian Union Muslim LeagueDMK-led20.3%
Communist Party of IndiaDMK-led20.7%
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiDMK-led21.1%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)DMK-led20.6%
Bharatiya Janata PartyAIADMK-led13.0%
Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamAIADMK-led11.2%
Amma Makkal Munnettra KazagamOther10.3%

Disclaimer

This is an independent, non-official project. Result data comes from public election result pages and pinned snapshots. Candidate profile numbers come from public nomination and affidavit records and should be checked against the original filing before legal or journalistic use.