Anbalagan. K.P. of ADMK won the Palacodu Assembly constituency (Dharmapuri district, Krishnagiri Belt) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 45.64% of 225,257 votes cast. The winning margin over Gopi. R. (TVK) was 39,042 votes, or 17.33 percentage points. ADMK held the seat it won here in 2021.

ADMK
Winning party
45.64%
Winner vote share
39,042
Margin (17.33%)
ADMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Palacodu 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Anbalagan. K.P. WinnerADMK102,807
2Gopi. R. 2ndTVK63,765
3Dr. Dnv Senthilkumar. S.DMK50,043
4Boopathi. R.NTK5,598
5NotaNOTA1,292
6Raman. M.IND358
7Madhappan. P.IND283
8Perumal Munusamy. M.IND223
9Ramesh. P.Naadaalum Makkal Katchi179
10Palaniyammal. M.Tamilar Makkal Katchi155
11Senthilkumar. G.IND145
12Jayaraman Perumal. P.Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi118
13Senthilkumar. KIND116
14Chinnasamy. N.IND114
15Krishnan. L.IND61

How Palacodu compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021ANBALAGAN.K.P.ADMK53.28%
2026ANBALAGAN. K.P.ADMK45.64%

The same party retained the seat, a swing of -7.64 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.