Sivakumar. K of TVK won the Perambalur Assembly constituency (Perambalur district, Central) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 35.83% of 253,654 votes cast. The winning margin over Dr. Jayalakshmi. S.T (DMK) was 14,393 votes, or 5.67 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.

TVK
Winning party
35.83%
Winner vote share
14,393
Margin (5.67%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Perambalur 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Sivakumar. K WinnerTVK90,882
2Dr. Jayalakshmi. S.T 2ndDMK76,489
3Thamizhselvan. RADMK72,716
4Suganya. JNTK9,474
5NotaNOTA1,160
6Arivazhagan. DBahujan Samaj Party678
7Subramanian. RIND595
8Shiyamala. MIND421
9Dhamodharan. STamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi360
10Chandrakumar. PIND339
11Jayachandran. BIND305
12Anandajothi ParamasivamIND235

How Perambalur compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021PRABHAHARAN, M.DMK50.87%
2026SIVAKUMAR. KTVK35.83%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -15.04 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.