Sunilanand of TVK won the Mettuppalayam Assembly constituency (Coimbatore district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 30.97% of 244,319 votes cast. The winning margin over Smt.Kavitha Kalyanasundaram (DMK) was 7,768 votes, or 3.18 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
30.97%
Winner vote share
7,768
Margin (3.18%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Mettuppalayam 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunilanand Winner | TVK | 75,664 | 30.97% |
| 2 | Smt.Kavitha Kalyanasundaram 2nd | DMK | 67,896 | 27.79% |
| 3 | O.K.Chinnaraj | ADMK | 61,736 | 25.27% |
| 4 | T.R.Shanmugasundaram | IND | 26,756 | 10.95% |
| 5 | S.Gopalakrishnan | NTK | 6,508 | 2.66% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 839 | 0.34% |
| 7 | V.Senthil Kumar | IND | 612 | 0.25% |
| 8 | V.Anandkumar | IND | 596 | 0.24% |
| 9 | R.Chinnaraj | IND | 586 | 0.24% |
| 10 | S.Abdul Rahiman | Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 458 | 0.19% |
| 11 | Sivaraj,R. | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 387 | 0.16% |
| 12 | R.Sangeetha | Naadaalum Makkal Katchi | 356 | 0.15% |
| 13 | Dhamotharan,V. | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 296 | 0.12% |
| 14 | S.Kavitha | IND | 263 | 0.11% |
| 15 | N.Saravana Kumar | IND | 252 | 0.1% |
| 16 | A.Sathiyaleela | IND | 238 | 0.1% |
| 17 | C.Mahendran | IND | 190 | 0.08% |
| 18 | C.Nagaraj | Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes | 161 | 0.07% |
| 19 | M.Palanichami | IND | 120 | 0.05% |
| 20 | T.Amirthalingam | IND | 119 | 0.05% |
| 21 | Rangasamy,P. | IND | 99 | 0.04% |
| 22 | Manoharan | IND | 98 | 0.04% |
| 23 | P.Ravichandran | IND | 89 | 0.04% |
How Mettuppalayam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SELVARAJ A K | ADMK | 46.75% |
| 2026 | SUNILANAND | TVK | 30.97% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -15.78 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.