Senthilkumar. I.P of DMK won the Dindigul Assembly constituency (Dindigul district, Madurai Region) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 35.13% of 212,024 votes cast. The winning margin over Nazeer Raja. G (TVK) was 1,131 votes, or 0.53 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to DMK since 2021.
DMK
Winning party
35.13%
Winner vote share
1,131
Margin (0.53%)
ADMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Dindigul 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senthilkumar. I.P Winner | DMK | 74,489 | 35.13% |
| 2 | Nazeer Raja. G 2nd | TVK | 73,358 | 34.6% |
| 3 | Sreenivasan. C | ADMK | 53,986 | 25.46% |
| 4 | Mutharasi. S | NTK | 7,299 | 3.44% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 833 | 0.39% |
| 6 | Selvadhayanithi. M | IND | 252 | 0.12% |
| 7 | Sheik Bareeth.B | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 249 | 0.12% |
| 8 | Nagaraj. N | IND | 211 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Pradeep. M | Puthiya Tamilagam | 203 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Babu. S | IND | 197 | 0.09% |
| 11 | Ramuthevar. P | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 184 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Seenivasan. P | IND | 176 | 0.08% |
| 13 | Umar Ali. R | IND | 103 | 0.05% |
| 14 | Gopi Krishnan Pillai. S | Rashtriya Samaj Dal (R) | 96 | 0.05% |
| 15 | Saranya. M | IND | 88 | 0.04% |
| 16 | Anis Babu. M | IND | 75 | 0.04% |
| 17 | Arockia Dass. J | IND | 56 | 0.03% |
| 18 | Karmegam. R | IND | 54 | 0.03% |
| 19 | Ganesh Perumal. D | IND | 45 | 0.02% |
| 20 | Rajendran. G | IND | 38 | 0.02% |
| 21 | Muniyappan. M | IND | 32 | 0.02% |
How Dindigul compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SREENIVASAN.C | ADMK | 46.43% |
| 2026 | SENTHILKUMAR. I.P | DMK | 35.13% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -11.30 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.