KULITHALAI
Assembly seat no. 137 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2026
Suriyanur. A. Chandran
DMK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 12
Margin, 2026
579
0.28% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
TVKG.balasubramani
- Votes
- 67,559
- Vote share
- 32.31%
- Behind by
- 579
Electors
2,23,376
Total votes polled
2,09,091
Valid votes
2,09,091
NOTA votes
612
0.29% of votes polled
Turnout
93.6%
Full result, 2026
29 candidates · 2,09,091 valid votes
Suriyanur. A. ChandranDMKwon
68,138
32.6%
G.balasubramaniTVK
67,559
32.3%
S.karunakaranADMK
60,317
28.8%
Selva.nanmaaranNTK
7,978
3.8%
S.senthilkumarIND
607
0.3%
V.chinnasamyIND
488
0.2%
P.selvakumarIND
452
0.2%
D.saravananIND
381
0.2%
P.muruganGPI
330
0.2%
K.sheikanwardeenIND
302
0.1%
T.selvarajIND
217
0.1%
J.santhosh KumarIND
206
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 29. 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 | Suriyanur. A. Chandran | DMK | 68,138 | 32.59% | G.balasubramani | 579 |
| 2021 | R.Manickam | DMK | 1,00,829 | 51.06% | N.R.Chandrasekar | 23,540 |
| 2016 | RAMAR .E | DMK | 89,923 | 48.85% | CHANDRASEKARAN .R | 11,896 |
| 2011 | PAPPASUNDARAM.A | ADMK | 87,459 | 54.78% | MANICKAM.R | 22,473 |
| 2006 | MANICKAM.R | DMK | 69,615 | 50.42% | PAPASUNDARAM.A | 13,989 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
