KANNIYAKUMARI
Assembly seat no. 229 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KANNIYAKUMARI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 4 results.
Winner, 2026
Thalavai Sundaram. N
ADMK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
ADMK
won 4 of 12
Margin, 2026
214
0.09% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
DMKMahesh.r
- Votes
- 74,831
- Vote share
- 31.29%
- Behind by
- 214
Electors
2,89,561
Total votes polled
2,39,150
Valid votes
2,39,150
NOTA votes
825
0.34% of votes polled
Turnout
82.6%
Full result, 2026
14 candidates · 2,39,150 valid votes
Thalavai Sundaram. NADMKwon
75,045
31.4%
Mahesh.rDMK
74,831
31.3%
Madhavan.s.rTVK
72,977
30.5%
Maria JenniferNTK
13,689
5.7%
Rajan. SIND
454
0.2%
Reagon Anto.jTAVK
301
0.1%
Srikrishnakumar.kTPMK
206
0.1%
Sivalingam.cNIDP
194
0.1%
Manavai Kannan. MCPM
140
0.1%
David Sahaya BascarIND
117
0.0%
Ramakrishnan.cIND
107
0.0%
Sudhagar.rIND
93
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 14. 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 | Thalavai Sundaram. N | ADMK | 75,045 | 31.38% | Mahesh.r | 214 |
| 2021 | THALAVAI SUNDARAM N. | ADMK | 1,09,745 | 48.80% | AUSTIN S. | 16,213 |
| 2016 | AUSTIN. S | DMK | 89,023 | 42.41% | THALAVAI SUNDARAM. N | 5,912 |
| 2011 | PATCHAIMAL.K.T | ADMK | 86,903 | 48.22% | SURESH RAJAN.N | 17,804 |
| 2006 | SURESH RAJAN.N | DMK | 63,181 | 50.05% | THALAVAI SUNDARAM.N | 10,687 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
