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Election Results · May 4, 2026
Tamil Nadu 2026 · Post-results

The Chief Minister
Lost His Seat

M.K. Stalin lost Kolathur by 8,795 votes to V.S. Babu of TVK, his own former associate. Stalin had won the same seat in 2021 by 70,384 votes.

He is one of 93 sitting MLAs who defended their 2021 seat in 2026 and lost. 64 of those defeats came from TVK directly. Of the outgoing 234 incumbents, only 56 retained their seats. The cabinet is gone.

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2021 · Incumbent
M.K. Stalin Kolathur (AC 13) · DMK
+70,384vote margin
Won with a 30-point cushion. The DMK chief was elected Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister.
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2026 · Defeat
V.S. Babu Kolathur (AC 13) · TVK
−8,795votes for the CM
Beaten by a 75-year-old debutant with an 8th-grade education and ₹36 lakh in declared assets, vs Stalin's ₹6.01 crore.
93
Defended seat
and lost
64
Lost directly
to TVK
67
Off the ballot
entirely
56
Held same seat
(+7 won by shifting)
23.9%
Same-seat
retention rate
Marquee defeats · ranked by 2021 winning margin
Incumbent Party Won 2021 by Lost 2026 by Now
Krishnaswamy APoonamallee · AC 5 DMK +94,110 → −72,740 TVK
M.K. Stalin CHIEF MINISTERKolathur · AC 13 DMK +70,384 → −8,795 TVK
P. Geetha JeevanThoothukkudi · AC 214 DMK +50,310 → −37,731 TVK
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi SCHOOL EDUCATION MIN.Thiruverambur · AC 142 DMK +49,697 → −8,705 TVK
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan FORMER FIN. MIN.Madurai Central · AC 193 DMK +34,176 → −19,128 TVK
Kandasamy V.P.Sulur · AC 116 ADMK +31,932 → −4,790 TVK