CHENGALPATTU
Assembly seat no. 32 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called CHENGALPATTU. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 9 results.
Winner, 2026
S. Thiyagarajan
TVK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 12
Margin, 2026
35,641
11.00% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
DMKKarthik Dhandapani
- Votes
- 1,01,495
- Vote share
- 31.32%
- Behind by
- 35,641
Electors
3,72,889
Total votes polled
3,24,010
Valid votes
3,24,010
NOTA votes
1,395
0.43% of votes polled
Turnout
86.9%
Full result, 2026
15 candidates · 3,24,010 valid votes
S. ThiyagarajanTVKwon
1,37,136
42.3%
Karthik DhandapaniDMK
1,01,495
31.3%
M. GajendranADMK
69,763
21.5%
Amutha. NNTK
12,032
3.7%
S.selvam (a) ChellaTAVK
381
0.1%
S. SaravananBSP
374
0.1%
M. AnandanIND
299
0.1%
C. VimalrajIND
290
0.1%
P. George DevadossIND
184
0.1%
V. RamakrishnanIND
166
0.1%
S. DelhibabuIND
127
0.0%
A. EsakkiappanIND
122
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | S. Thiyagarajan | TVK | 1,37,136 | 42.33% | Karthik Dhandapani | 35,641 |
| 2021 | VARALAKSHMI.M | DMK | 1,30,573 | 47.64% | GAJENDRAN.M | 26,665 |
| 2016 | VARALAKSHMI.M | DMK | 1,12,675 | 45.11% | KAMALAKKANNAN.R | 26,292 |
| 2011 | D. MURUGESAN | DMDK | 83,297 | 44.58% | V. G. RANGASAMY | 291 |
| 2006 | ARUMUGAM K | PMK | 61,664 | 48.37% | ARUMUGAM S | 10,213 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above