Suriyanur. A. Chandran of DMK won the Kulithalai Assembly constituency (Karur district, Central) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 32.59% of 209,091 votes cast. The winning margin over G.Balasubramani (TVK) was 579 votes, or 0.28 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
32.59%
Winner vote share
579
Margin (0.28%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Kulithalai 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriyanur. A. Chandran Winner | DMK | 68,138 | 32.59% |
| 2 | G.Balasubramani 2nd | TVK | 67,559 | 32.31% |
| 3 | S.Karunakaran | ADMK | 60,317 | 28.85% |
| 4 | Selva.Nanmaaran | NTK | 7,978 | 3.82% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 612 | 0.29% |
| 6 | S.Senthilkumar | IND | 607 | 0.29% |
| 7 | V.Chinnasamy | IND | 488 | 0.23% |
| 8 | P.Selvakumar | IND | 452 | 0.22% |
| 9 | D.Saravanan | IND | 381 | 0.18% |
| 10 | P.Murugan | Ganasangam Party of India | 330 | 0.16% |
| 11 | K.Sheikanwardeen | IND | 302 | 0.14% |
| 12 | T.Selvaraj | IND | 217 | 0.1% |
| 13 | J.Santhosh Kumar | IND | 206 | 0.1% |
| 14 | K.Hakkim | IND | 182 | 0.09% |
| 15 | B.Sampathkumar | IND | 162 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Chandrasekar.P | IND | 133 | 0.06% |
| 17 | M.Vadivelan | IND | 117 | 0.06% |
| 18 | M.Arunkumar | IND | 113 | 0.05% |
| 19 | O.Kathalingam | IND | 95 | 0.05% |
| 20 | M.Gayathiri | IND | 84 | 0.04% |
| 21 | B.Kajahmohideen | IND | 83 | 0.04% |
| 22 | T.Muruganantham | IND | 82 | 0.04% |
| 23 | K.Veeramalai | IND | 79 | 0.04% |
| 24 | S.Imrankhan | IND | 68 | 0.03% |
| 25 | M.Tamilselvan | IND | 67 | 0.03% |
| 26 | N.Ramakrishnan | IND | 63 | 0.03% |
| 27 | R.Arunkumar | IND | 53 | 0.03% |
| 28 | M.Mayilvaganan | IND | 46 | 0.02% |
| 29 | J.Madhavan | IND | 41 | 0.02% |
| 30 | J.Pradhap | IND | 36 | 0.02% |
How Kulithalai compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | R.Manickam | DMK | 51.06% |
| 2026 | SURIYANUR. A. CHANDRAN | DMK | 32.59% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -18.47 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.