Thenral Kumar. E of TVK won the Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency (Vellore district, North) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 39.13% of 189,892 votes cast. The winning margin over Jegan Moorthy. M (ADMK) was 20,255 votes, or 10.67 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.

TVK
Winning party
39.13%
Winner vote share
20,255
Margin (10.67%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Kilvaithinankuppam 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Thenral Kumar. E WinnerTVK74,305
2Jegan Moorthy. M 2ndADMK54,050
3Dr. Rajeswari. RDMK53,898
4Kalaiyenthiri. RNTK5,183
5NotaNOTA972
6Anandalai Thangaraj. MAll India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam482
7Jayashankar. JIND227
8Raja. MTamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi202
9Sathish. AIND157
10Jaya Bharath. JIND157
11Murugan. K.PIND146
12Kumaresan. LIND113

How Kilvaithinankuppam compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021M.JAGAN MOORTHYADMK48.57%
2026THENRAL KUMAR. ETVK39.13%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -9.44 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.