THIRUVARUR
Assembly seat no. 168 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 1971.
Winner, 2026
Kalaivanan Poondi K
DMK
Elections held
5
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 5
Margin, 2026
18,148
8.33% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
TVKVeeramani V
- Votes
- 75,260
- Vote share
- 34.54%
- Behind by
- 18,148
Electors
2,60,145
Total votes polled
2,17,875
Valid votes
2,17,875
NOTA votes
825
0.38% of votes polled
Turnout
83.8%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,17,875 valid votes
Kalaivanan Poondi KDMKwon
93,408
42.9%
Veeramani VTVK
75,260
34.5%
Chandrasekaran GoviBJP
36,387
16.7%
Aswini BNTK
10,031
4.6%
Sahul Hameed MIND
593
0.3%
Thiyagarajan .mPT
526
0.2%
Kanthan ATAVK
503
0.2%
Mutharasan SIND
342
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kalaivanan Poondi K | DMK | 93,408 | 42.87% | Veeramani V | 18,148 |
| 2021 | KALAIVANAN POONDI K. | DMK | 1,08,906 | 52.29% | PANNERSELVAM A.N.R. | 51,174 |
| 2016 | KARUNANIDHI .M | DMK | 1,21,473 | 61.73% | PANNERSELVAM .R | 68,366 |
| 2011 | KARUNANIDHI. M | DMK | 1,09,014 | 62.96% | RAJENDRAN. M | 50,249 |
| 1971 | KARUNANITHI M. | DMK | 30,828 | 47.46% | VEDAIYAN V. | 12,142 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
- DMK5 wins