TINDIVANAM
Assembly seat no. 72 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called TINDIVANAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 2026
Vanni Arasu
VCK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
ADMK
won 4 of 13
Margin, 2026
734
0.37% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
ADMKArjunan. P
- Votes
- 63,099
- Vote share
- 32.19%
- Behind by
- 734
Electors
2,19,300
Total votes polled
1,96,026
Valid votes
1,96,026
NOTA votes
714
0.36% of votes polled
Turnout
89.4%
Full result, 2026
14 candidates · 1,96,026 valid votes
Vanni ArasuVCKwon
63,833
32.6%
Arjunan. PADMK
63,099
32.2%
Sakthivel. STVK
61,159
31.2%
Pachimuthu. PNTK
5,242
2.7%
Vinoth. SIND
435
0.2%
Venkatachalapathy. ABSP
422
0.2%
Viswanathan. S.aIND
208
0.1%
Mohan. AMSK
201
0.1%
Pon.sivakumarIND
199
0.1%
Devakumaran. EIND
198
0.1%
Chandaran. AIND
99
0.1%
Durkali. NIND
78
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 14. 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 | Vanni Arasu | VCK | 63,833 | 32.56% | Arjunan. P | 734 |
| 2021 | ARJUNAN P | ADMK | 87,152 | 47.74% | SEETHAPATHY P | 9,753 |
| 2016 | SEETHAPATHY P | DMK | 61,879 | 35.33% | RAJENDRAN S P | 101 |
| 2011 | HARIDOSS.D | ADMK | 80,553 | 52.59% | SANKAR M.P | 15,537 |
| 2006 | SHANMUGAM. C.VE. | ADMK | 55,856 | 47.04% | KARUNANITHI. M | 2,208 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
