Karuppanan. K.C of ADMK won the Bhavani Assembly constituency (Erode district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 36.28% of 208,323 votes cast. The winning margin over Balakrishnan (TVK) was 7,396 votes, or 3.55 percentage points. ADMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
ADMK
Winning party
36.28%
Winner vote share
7,396
Margin (3.55%)
ADMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Bhavani 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karuppanan. K.C Winner | ADMK | 75,577 | 36.28% |
| 2 | Balakrishnan 2nd | TVK | 68,181 | 32.73% |
| 3 | Chandrasekar. K.A | DMK | 54,087 | 25.96% |
| 4 | Mohanadevi. R | NTK | 6,195 | 2.97% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,409 | 0.68% |
| 6 | Manikkam. P | IND | 526 | 0.25% |
| 7 | Sekar. K | Bahujan Samaj Party | 456 | 0.22% |
| 8 | Arumugam. P.V | IND | 382 | 0.18% |
| 9 | Palanisamy. P.K | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 354 | 0.17% |
| 10 | Kannan. M | IND | 331 | 0.16% |
| 11 | Vimalraj. R | Makkal Munnetra Katchi | 253 | 0.12% |
| 12 | Perumal. V.M | IND | 210 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Boopathi Rajaraja Chozhan. M | IND | 134 | 0.06% |
| 14 | Karthikeyan. P | IND | 127 | 0.06% |
| 15 | Parasakthi. P | Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 101 | 0.05% |
How Bhavani compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KARUPPANAN.K.C | ADMK | 50.11% |
| 2026 | KARUPPANAN. K.C | ADMK | 36.28% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -13.83 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.