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MADURAI WEST

Assembly seat no. 194 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.

Winner, 2026
Thangapandi Sr
TVK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
ADMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2026
11,931
5.51% of valid votes

Result, 2026

Winner
Votes
88,250
Vote share
40.78%
Margin
11,931
Runner-up
DMKBalaji R
Votes
76,319
Vote share
35.27%
Behind by
11,931
Electors
2,75,689
Total votes polled
2,16,403
Valid votes
2,16,403
NOTA votes
893
0.41% of votes polled
Turnout
78.5%

Full result, 2026

14 candidates · 2,16,403 valid votes

2026 election →
Thangapandi SrTVKwon
88,250
40.8%
Balaji RDMK
76,319
35.3%
Sellur K RajuADMK
38,961
18.0%
Vigneshkumar SNTK
10,574
4.9%
Rajkumar SIND
257
0.1%
Muthukumar SIND
190
0.1%
Venkatesan MIND
190
0.1%
Madurai Veeran STAVK
170
0.1%
Anandh KIND
130
0.1%
Tharma Prabu V SIND
126
0.1%
Muthupandi RVSHWTMLK
116
0.1%
Muthukumar DIND
89
0.0%

Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.

Past results

Most recent 5 of 13 elections

View all 13
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026Thangapandi SrTVK88,25040.78%Balaji R11,931
2021RAJU. KADMK83,88341.59%CHINNAMMAL. C9,121
2016RAJU KADMK82,52944.81%THALAPATHI G16,398
2011RAJU KADMK94,79859.64%THALAPATHI G38,761
2006SHANMUGAM S VADMK57,20843.66%PERUMAL N3,467

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%22%44%66%88%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%13%25%38%50%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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