Dilip C S of TVK won the Namakkal Assembly constituency (Namakkal district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.56% of 212,283 votes cast. The winning margin over Sridevi Mohan P S (ADMK) was 11,008 votes, or 5.19 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
37.56%
Winner vote share
11,008
Margin (5.19%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Namakkal 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dilip C S Winner | TVK | 79,744 | 37.56% |
| 2 | Sridevi Mohan P S 2nd | ADMK | 68,736 | 32.38% |
| 3 | Rani P | DMK | 52,808 | 24.88% |
| 4 | Praveenkumar K | NTK | 6,286 | 2.96% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 760 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Chandra P | IND | 322 | 0.15% |
| 7 | Thiyagarajan R | Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 320 | 0.15% |
| 8 | Ramasamy P | Bahujan Samaj Party | 296 | 0.14% |
| 9 | Aadithiyan A | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 279 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Natarajan M | IND | 225 | 0.11% |
| 11 | Gandhian Ramesh T | Ahimsa Socialist Party | 213 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Abineshkumar T | IND | 213 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Aravinth S | IND | 193 | 0.09% |
| 14 | Manikandan R | IND | 191 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Muthusamy S | IND | 179 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Jayakumar R | IND | 168 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Kanakaraj K | IND | 159 | 0.07% |
| 18 | Palanisamy M P | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 149 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Sureshkannan P | Ganasangam Party of India | 146 | 0.07% |
| 20 | Matheswaran C | Puthiya Tamilagam | 146 | 0.07% |
| 21 | Ramesh A | IND | 114 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Jayaraman M | IND | 113 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Mohan P | IND | 111 | 0.05% |
| 24 | Stalin R | IND | 99 | 0.05% |
| 25 | Mahendran P | Anaithinthiya Anna Dravida Makkal Seyal katchi | 96 | 0.05% |
| 26 | Netajikaviarasu V | IND | 92 | 0.04% |
| 27 | Mohan S | IND | 71 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Mohan M | IND | 54 | 0.03% |
How Namakkal compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | RAMALINGAM P | DMK | 51.51% |
| 2026 | DILIP C S | TVK | 37.56% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -13.95 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.