B.Rajkumar of TVK won the Cuddalore Assembly constituency (Cuddalore district, Northeast Coast) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.22% of 190,378 votes cast. The winning margin over A.S.Chandarasekaran (INC) was 15,519 votes, or 8.15 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
37.22%
Winner vote share
15,519
Margin (8.15%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Cuddalore 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Rajkumar Winner | TVK | 70,856 | 37.22% |
| 2 | A.S.Chandarasekaran 2nd | INC | 55,337 | 29.07% |
| 3 | M.C.Sampath | ADMK | 55,258 | 29.03% |
| 4 | S.Sarasu | NTK | 5,766 | 3.03% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 894 | 0.47% |
| 6 | K.Lenin | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 623 | 0.33% |
| 7 | S. Ramasamy | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 375 | 0.2% |
| 8 | P.Nagasundaram | IND | 327 | 0.17% |
| 9 | R. Veeramani | IND | 214 | 0.11% |
| 10 | R.Ramachandran | IND | 211 | 0.11% |
| 11 | P.Natarajan | Bahujan Samaj Party | 136 | 0.07% |
| 12 | E.Gurubaran | IND | 97 | 0.05% |
| 13 | R.Mayavan | IND | 97 | 0.05% |
| 14 | E.Farook Ali | IND | 74 | 0.04% |
| 15 | V. Suganthi | IND | 62 | 0.03% |
| 16 | S.Rajamohan | IND | 51 | 0.03% |
How Cuddalore compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | G.IYAPPAN | DMK | 46.46% |
| 2026 | B.RAJKUMAR | TVK | 37.22% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -9.24 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.