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, 2016
PANDIAN K A
ADMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2016
1,506
0.88% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
DMKSENTHILKUMAR K R
- Votes
- 57,037
- Vote share
- 33.43%
- Behind by
- 1,506
Electors
2,29,162
Total votes polled
1,70,619
Valid votes
1,70,619
NOTA votes
1,714
1.00% of votes polled
Turnout
74.5%
Full result, 2016
13 candidates · 1,70,619 valid votes
PANDIAN K AADMKwon
58,543
34.3%
SENTHILKUMAR K RDMK
57,037
33.4%
ARUL RPMK
24,226
14.2%
BALAKRISHNAN KCPM
23,314
13.7%
ABDUL SATTHAR GSDPI
1,775
1.0%
SATHISHKUMAR B (A) BAAKYAANTK
1,295
0.8%
MANIMARAN GBJP
1,079
0.6%
VINOBA CIND
440
0.3%
DHIVAKAR SIND
388
0.2%
SENTHILKUMAR RIND
302
0.2%
THIRUNAVUKKARASU NIND
261
0.1%
KARVANNAN KIND
152
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
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
