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
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.Vijayalakshmi Winner | TVK | 81,179 | 39.54% |
| 2 | P.Thangamani 2nd | ADMK | 73,483 | 35.79% |
| 3 | S.Balu | DMK | 39,993 | 19.48% |
| 4 | Uvarani Suresh | NTK | 7,663 | 3.73% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 665 | 0.32% |
| 6 | Selvaraj | IND | 437 | 0.21% |
| 7 | K. Palanivel | IND | 326 | 0.16% |
| 8 | Pannerselvam | Anaithinthiya Anna Dravida Makkal Seyal katchi | 233 | 0.11% |
| 9 | A.Muruganandhan | IND | 185 | 0.09% |
| 10 | P.Senthilkumar | IND | 184 | 0.09% |
| 11 | J Karthi | Vishwa Tamil Kazhagam | 142 | 0.07% |
| 12 | Amirthalingam | IND | 128 | 0.06% |
| 13 | Karthi | IND | 120 | 0.06% |
| 14 | R.Kumaresan | IND | 97 | 0.05% |
| 15 | S Jayavel | IND | 75 | 0.04% |
| 16 | G. Samuelraj | IND | 72 | 0.04% |
| 17 | Palanisamy | Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 71 | 0.03% |
| 18 | Sivaraj | IND | 68 | 0.03% |
| 19 | R.Raja | IND | 65 | 0.03% |
| 20 | Saravanan | IND | 56 | 0.03% |
| 21 | Gopalakrishnan | IND | 52 | 0.03% |
| 22 | Venkatachalam | IND | 30 | 0.01% |
How Kumarapalayam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | THANGAMANI.P | ADMK | 49.92% |
| 2026 | C.VIJAYALAKSHMI | TVK | 39.54% |
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.