Panneerselvam.O of DMK won the Bodinayakanur Assembly constituency (Theni district, Madurai Region) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 38.62% of 220,628 votes cast. The winning margin over Prakash.S (TVK) was 6,805 votes, or 3.08 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to DMK since 2021.
DMK
Winning party
38.62%
Winner vote share
6,805
Margin (3.08%)
ADMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Bodinayakanur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panneerselvam.O Winner | DMK | 85,206 | 38.62% |
| 2 | Prakash.S 2nd | TVK | 78,401 | 35.54% |
| 3 | Narayanasamy V.T. | ADMK | 41,286 | 18.71% |
| 4 | Kalaiarasu.S | NTK | 11,455 | 5.19% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 931 | 0.42% |
| 6 | Padmanabhan.N | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 659 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Selvamurugan.P | IND | 529 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Nagananthini.V | IND | 526 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Dr.Pandikumar.S | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 417 | 0.19% |
| 10 | Balasubramani.R | IND | 279 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Karuppaiah.G | IND | 201 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Raja.M | Vishwa Tamil Kazhagam | 189 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Velraj.K | IND | 180 | 0.08% |
| 14 | Saravanakumar.V | IND | 172 | 0.08% |
| 15 | Chandrasekaran.S | IND | 119 | 0.05% |
| 16 | Gowtham.R | IND | 78 | 0.04% |
How Bodinayakanur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | O.PANNEERSELVAM | ADMK | 46.58% |
| 2026 | PANNEERSELVAM.O | DMK | 38.62% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -7.96 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.