Reddiarpatti V. Narayanan of TVK won the Nanguneri Assembly constituency (Tirunelveli district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 35.79% of 209,419 votes cast. The winning margin over Ruby.R.Manoharan (INC) was 16,419 votes, or 7.84 percentage points. The seat flipped from INC to TVK since 2021.

TVK
Winning party
35.79%
Winner vote share
16,419
Margin (7.84%)
INC → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Nanguneri 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Reddiarpatti V. Narayanan WinnerTVK74,952
2Ruby.R.Manoharan 2ndINC58,533
3R. EsakkimuthuAMMK38,316
4S. SelvamNTK17,618
5TamilselviPuthiya Tamilagam11,141
6M. KumarIND1,098
7Dr.S.Vellai DuraiAll India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam1,048
8NotaNOTA721
9R. JanarthananBahujan Samaj Party659
10S.MariyappanIND637
11A.Rani Nadar Alias PushparaniIND529
12Chithirai SelvanTamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi491
13ThanithangamIND441
14Krish.MariappanThamizhaka Padaippalar Makkal Katchi377
15Thulasi SudalaiPuthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi366
16T. SankarIND360
17ShanmugamIND293
18N.KalaberumalIND265
19Dev.P.JegadeesanIND265
20M. ArunaIND251
21S. Shunmuga SundaramNaam Indiar Party202
22Sudaroli S.Murugan Yadhav B.ComIND191
23T. LingaduraiIND178
24Nallakkannu Alias Karthic.KIND170
25R.AnanthiIND169
26T. RajkumarIND148

How Nanguneri compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021RUBY R MANOHARANINC39.43%
2026REDDIARPATTI V. NARAYANANTVK35.79%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -3.64 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.