Kathiravan. S of DMK won the Manachanallur Assembly constituency (Tiruchirappalli district, Central) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 38.82% of 209,780 votes cast. The winning margin over V.Saravanan (TVK) was 12,364 votes, or 5.89 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
38.82%
Winner vote share
12,364
Margin (5.89%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Manachanallur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathiravan. S Winner | DMK | 81,447 | 38.82% |
| 2 | V.Saravanan 2nd | TVK | 69,083 | 32.93% |
| 3 | R.V. Bharathan | ADMK | 46,066 | 21.96% |
| 4 | Thenmozhi. R | NTK | 9,289 | 4.43% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 599 | 0.29% |
| 6 | Ramesh Kumar. G | IND | 498 | 0.24% |
| 7 | Nagarajan. V | IND | 456 | 0.22% |
| 8 | Balakrishnan (A) Amoor Balu | Bahujan Samaj Party | 384 | 0.18% |
| 9 | Radhakrishnan. S | IND | 341 | 0.16% |
| 10 | Ramprasad. N | IND | 230 | 0.11% |
| 11 | Balu. M | Puthiya Tamilagam | 186 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Raju. V | IND | 153 | 0.07% |
| 13 | K. Senthilkumar | Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 140 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Karthikeyan. P | IND | 132 | 0.06% |
| 15 | Saravanakumar. S | IND | 130 | 0.06% |
| 16 | Rajasehar. R | IND | 117 | 0.06% |
| 17 | Shanmugam. V.T | IND | 113 | 0.05% |
| 18 | Divesh. S | IND | 103 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Satheeskumar. K | IND | 80 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Revathi. S | Akila Inthiya Makkal Marumalarchi Kazhakam | 75 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Veeraiya. C | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 62 | 0.03% |
| 22 | Jayaraman. M | IND | 52 | 0.02% |
| 23 | Gopalakrishnan. V | IND | 44 | 0.02% |
How Manachanallur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | S. KATHIRAVAN | DMK | 59.14% |
| 2026 | KATHIRAVAN. S | DMK | 38.82% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -20.32 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.