Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam of DMK won the Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency (Ramanathapuram district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 37.52% of 237,576 votes cast. The winning margin over Shahul Hameed (TVK) was 12,459 votes, or 5.24 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
37.52%
Winner vote share
12,459
Margin (5.24%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Ramanathapuram 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam Winner | DMK | 89,137 | 37.52% |
| 2 | Shahul Hameed 2nd | TVK | 76,678 | 32.28% |
| 3 | Gbs K.Nagendran | BJP | 57,730 | 24.3% |
| 4 | S.M. Muthu Kesavan | NTK | 10,766 | 4.53% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 953 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Dr.J. Abubakkar Sithick | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 359 | 0.15% |
| 7 | K. Maleswaran | IND | 356 | 0.15% |
| 8 | A. Chinna Raja | IND | 350 | 0.15% |
| 9 | Kan Ilango | IND | 347 | 0.15% |
| 10 | C. Parirajan | Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 229 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Pullani | IND | 223 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Karthigai Pandi | IND | 160 | 0.07% |
| 13 | S. Murugaboopathy | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 146 | 0.06% |
| 14 | Balakrishnan | IND | 142 | 0.06% |
How Ramanathapuram compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KATHARBATCHA MUTHURAMALINGAM | DMK | 51.88% |
| 2026 | KATHARBATCHA MUTHURAMALINGAM | DMK | 37.52% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -14.36 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.