CHIDAMBARAM
Assembly seat no. 158 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called CHIDAMBARAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2026
Thamimun Ansari. M
DMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2026
5,747
2.92% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
ADMKPandian. K.a
- Votes
- 63,992
- Vote share
- 32.55%
- Behind by
- 5,747
Electors
2,31,325
Total votes polled
1,96,586
Valid votes
1,96,586
NOTA votes
816
0.42% of votes polled
Turnout
85.0%
Full result, 2026
11 candidates · 1,96,586 valid votes
Thamimun Ansari. MDMKwon
69,739
35.5%
Pandian. K.aADMK
63,992
32.6%
NedunchezhiyanTVK
54,584
27.8%
ThamizhNTK
6,169
3.1%
Dhanasekaran. MAIPTMMK
339
0.2%
Manimaran. DIND
211
0.1%
Thirugnanam. KIND
163
0.1%
Er. Jayakkumar. RIND
160
0.1%
Venkatesan. DIND
157
0.1%
Easan Natarajan. TIND
130
0.1%
Munisankar. KAPTADMK
126
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thamimun Ansari. M | DMK | 69,739 | 35.48% | Pandian. K.a | 5,747 |
| 2021 | K.A. PANDIAN | ADMK | 91,961 | 50.16% | S. ABDUL RAHMAN | 16,937 |
| 2016 | PANDIAN K A | ADMK | 58,543 | 34.31% | SENTHILKUMAR K R | 1,506 |
| 2011 | K.BALAKRISHNAN | CPM | 72,054 | 48.30% | SRIDHAR VANDAIYAR | 2,879 |
| 2006 | ARUNMOZHIDEVAN.A. | ADMK | 56,327 | 50.71% | BALAKRISHNAN.K. | 16,810 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above