Sengottaiyan.K.A of TVK won the Gobichettipalayam Assembly constituency (Erode district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.6% of 219,727 votes cast. The winning margin over Nallasivam.N (DMK) was 16,620 votes, or 7.56 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
37.6%
Winner vote share
16,620
Margin (7.56%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Gobichettipalayam 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sengottaiyan.K.A Winner | TVK | 82,612 | 37.6% |
| 2 | Nallasivam.N 2nd | DMK | 65,992 | 30.03% |
| 3 | Prabhu.V.B | ADMK | 56,232 | 25.59% |
| 4 | Seethalakshmi.M.K | NTK | 8,137 | 3.7% |
| 5 | Thiruvengatesh.M | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 1,746 | 0.79% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 907 | 0.41% |
| 7 | Ravikumar.R | Bahujan Samaj Party | 760 | 0.35% |
| 8 | Palanisamyraaj.M | IND | 539 | 0.25% |
| 9 | Bhuvaneshwari.A | IND | 499 | 0.23% |
| 10 | Venkatachalam | IND | 470 | 0.21% |
| 11 | Dhanapal.K | IND | 349 | 0.16% |
| 12 | Sumathi.G | IND | 332 | 0.15% |
| 13 | Selvakumar.R | IND | 292 | 0.13% |
| 14 | Malarvizhi | Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes | 197 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Anandhakumar.M | IND | 161 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Ramesh.P | IND | 149 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Seetha.R | IND | 139 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Sakthivel.G | IND | 114 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Shanmugam.G | IND | 100 | 0.05% |
How Gobichettipalayam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SENGOTTAIYAN K.A | ADMK | 50.68% |
| 2026 | SENGOTTAIYAN.K.A | TVK | 37.6% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -13.08 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.