C.Vijayalakshmi of TVK won the Kumarapalayam Assembly constituency (Namakkal district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 39.54% of 205,324 votes cast. The winning margin over P.Thangamani (ADMK) was 7,696 votes, or 3.75 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.

TVK
Winning party
39.54%
Winner vote share
7,696
Margin (3.75%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Kumarapalayam 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1C.Vijayalakshmi WinnerTVK81,179
2P.Thangamani 2ndADMK73,483
3S.BaluDMK39,993
4Uvarani SureshNTK7,663
5NotaNOTA665
6SelvarajIND437
7K. PalanivelIND326
8PannerselvamAnaithinthiya Anna Dravida Makkal Seyal katchi233
9A.MuruganandhanIND185
10P.SenthilkumarIND184
11J KarthiVishwa Tamil Kazhagam142
12AmirthalingamIND128
13KarthiIND120
14R.KumaresanIND97
15S JayavelIND75
16G. SamuelrajIND72
17PalanisamySamaniya Makkal Nala Katchi71
18SivarajIND68
19R.RajaIND65
20SaravananIND56
21GopalakrishnanIND52
22VenkatachalamIND30

How Kumarapalayam compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021THANGAMANI.PADMK49.92%
2026C.VIJAYALAKSHMITVK39.54%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -10.38 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.