Balamurugan.G of TVK won the Ambattur Assembly constituency (Thiruvallur district, Chennai & Suburbs) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 51.29% of 259,986 votes cast. The winning margin over Dr A.P. Poornima (DMK) was 58,781 votes, or 22.61 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
51.29%
Winner vote share
58,781
Margin (22.61%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Ambattur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balamurugan.G Winner | TVK | 133,339 | 51.29% |
| 2 | Dr A.P. Poornima 2nd | DMK | 74,558 | 28.68% |
| 3 | K.N. Sekar | PMK | 35,997 | 13.85% |
| 4 | Silambarasan | NTK | 11,088 | 4.26% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,490 | 0.57% |
| 6 | A.Kalyanasundaram | Nationalist Janshakti Party | 588 | 0.23% |
| 7 | R.Balamurugan | IND | 493 | 0.19% |
| 8 | Dr. J.Sailas | Bahujan Samaj Party | 443 | 0.17% |
| 9 | Dr. S.Praveen | IND | 308 | 0.12% |
| 10 | V. Ramkumar | India Suyarajya Party | 224 | 0.09% |
| 11 | S. Madhavan | IND | 179 | 0.07% |
| 12 | M.S. Arumugam | IND | 135 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Rajkumar | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 127 | 0.05% |
| 14 | K. Sekar | IND | 127 | 0.05% |
| 15 | S. Janarthanan | IND | 126 | 0.05% |
| 16 | G.P. Sekar | IND | 103 | 0.04% |
| 17 | Palani | IND | 103 | 0.04% |
| 18 | D.K.Meshack Kirubakaran | IND | 102 | 0.04% |
| 19 | Jothi.M | IND | 89 | 0.03% |
| 20 | Vinayagamoorthy.R | IND | 83 | 0.03% |
| 21 | P. Arumugam | IND | 77 | 0.03% |
| 22 | G. Sampath | IND | 72 | 0.03% |
| 23 | D. Pushpa | IND | 68 | 0.03% |
| 24 | D. Jeyaganesh | Naam Indiar Party | 67 | 0.03% |
How Ambattur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | JOSEPH SAMUEL | DMK | 47.67% |
| 2026 | BALAMURUGAN.G | TVK | 51.29% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of +3.62 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.