Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Rajapalayam

Assembly constituency 202 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#202 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants22

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled1,83,020

Turnout85.1%

NOTA753

WinnerJegadeshwari. KTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam65,54835.8% of votes

MARGIN10,605 votes · 5.8 pp65,548 − 54,943

Runner-upThangapandian. S Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam54,94330.0% of votes

TVK 54.4% of top-two votesDMK 45.6%

All candidates 22

01 Jegadeshwari. KTVK65,548 35.8%
02 Thangapandian. SDMK54,943 30.0%
03 Priscilla Pandian. JBJP36,318 19.8%
04 Dr. Karthikeyan. T.E.NTK16,972 9.3%
05 Ramadevi. TPT2,544 1.4%
06 Harish. AAIPTM1,547 0.9%
07 Nasrin Banu. TRPIA1,240 0.7%
08 Manmathan. MIND414 0.2%
09 Muthulakshmi. RIND351 0.2%
10 Thangapandi. BIND304 0.2%
11 Selvi. KIND298 0.2%
12 Jegathishwari. NIND292 0.2%
13 Alagumurugan. SIND268 0.2%
14 Balamurugan. VIND203 0.1%
15 Selvakumar. AIND180 0.1%
16 Murugan. DIND171 0.1%
17 Samuel RajIND140 0.1%
18 Shanmugachandra Velavan. C.CIND137 0.1%
19 Saravanan. GIND119 0.1%
20 Vijendran. GIND108 0.1%
21 Ganesan. KIND95 0.1%
22 Alagupandian. AIND75 0.0%

Turnout 85.1%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total753
State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
ReconciliationΣ 22 candidates = 1,82,267Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
5.8 pp
Jegadeshwari. KTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
2.2 pp
Thangapandian S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2.9 pp
Thangappandian. S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
14.4 pp
K.GopalsamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
6.3 pp
Thangavelan.Suba.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
5.7 pp
Balakrishnan.STamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1996
17.6 pp
S.P. ThangavelanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
28.0 pp
Sathiamoorthy V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
0.4 pp
Ameeth Ibrahim, A.M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
6.7 pp
A.PiranavanathanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
4.1 pp
Sathiamoorthy, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
18.8 pp
R.C. SubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
15.2 pp
Perumal A. R.All India Forward Bloc
1967
1.8 pp
A.R.PerumalSwatantra Party
1962
28.9 pp
A. Chidambaranatha NadarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 36,318 votes, 3.4× the 10,605-vote margin.
36,318 ÷ 10,605 = 3.4
The top two polled 65.8% of votes; the other 20 candidates 33.8% between them.
(65,548 + 54,943) ÷ 1,83,020 = 65.8% · 61,776 ÷ 1,83,020 = 33.8%
Turnout of 85.1% was 1.5 pp below the state's median seat (86.6%).
85.1 − 86.6 = −1.5
The margin widened from 2.2 pp in 2021 to 5.8 pp.
5.8 − 2.2 = +3.6 pp
Thangapandian. S, the 2021 winner, finished second in 2026.
2021 winner name = 2026 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 22 candidate lines1,82,267
NOTAcounted within the total753
Published totalVotes polled1,83,020
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