Venkatachalam. G of ADMK won the Mettur Assembly constituency (Salem district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.43% of 231,105 votes cast. The winning margin over Midhun Chakravarthy. M (DMK) was 19,105 votes, or 8.27 percentage points. The seat flipped from PMK to ADMK since 2021.
ADMK
Winning party
37.43%
Winner vote share
19,105
Margin (8.27%)
PMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Mettur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venkatachalam. G Winner | ADMK | 86,498 | 37.43% |
| 2 | Midhun Chakravarthy. M 2nd | DMK | 67,393 | 29.16% |
| 3 | Selvam. K | TVK | 65,260 | 28.24% |
| 4 | Vidhya Veerappan | NTK | 7,109 | 3.08% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 794 | 0.34% |
| 6 | Ramkumar. D.M | IND | 706 | 0.31% |
| 7 | Durairaj. V | IND | 659 | 0.29% |
| 8 | Venkatasalam. G | IND | 471 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Periyaponnu. O | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 403 | 0.17% |
| 10 | Dr.Padmarajan. K | IND | 390 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Prabakaran. S | IND | 251 | 0.11% |
| 12 | Krishnamoorthy. P | IND | 237 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Saravanakumar. M | IND | 223 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Murugan. P | IND | 192 | 0.08% |
| 15 | Jaganathan. A | IND | 121 | 0.05% |
| 16 | Velu. A | Vada Tamil Nadu Munnetra Katchi | 107 | 0.05% |
| 17 | Chidambaram. A | IND | 104 | 0.05% |
| 18 | Kannan. M | IND | 99 | 0.04% |
| 19 | Kannan. R | IND | 88 | 0.04% |
How Mettur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SADHASIVAM.S | PMK | 44.43% |
| 2026 | VENKATACHALAM. G | ADMK | 37.43% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -7.00 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.