Karthikeyan K of DMK won the Rishivandiyam Assembly constituency (Viluppuram district, Northeast Coast) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 36.65% of 244,795 votes cast. The winning margin over Ashok Kumar G (TVK) was 4,862 votes, or 1.99 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
36.65%
Winner vote share
4,862
Margin (1.99%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Rishivandiyam 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karthikeyan K Winner | DMK | 89,711 | 36.65% |
| 2 | Ashok Kumar G 2nd | TVK | 84,849 | 34.66% |
| 3 | Chezhiyan P | PMK | 56,488 | 23.08% |
| 4 | Radhika P | NTK | 7,247 | 2.96% |
| 5 | Senthikumar V N | IND | 1,071 | 0.44% |
| 6 | Selvaraj P | IND | 800 | 0.33% |
| 7 | Balakrishnan A | Bahujan Samaj Party | 578 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Nota | NOTA | 534 | 0.22% |
| 9 | Anbumurugan S | IND | 458 | 0.19% |
| 10 | Sevvantha G K | Anna Makkal Katchi | 322 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Ranganathan N | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 302 | 0.12% |
| 12 | Arumugam G | Parivartan Rajniti Party | 291 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Venkatraman J | Naadaalum Makkal Katchi | 251 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Karthikeyan A | IND | 244 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Manikandan C | IND | 241 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Vinoth S | IND | 208 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Sezhiyan K | IND | 173 | 0.07% |
| 18 | Sankar R | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 161 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Vijayakumar G | IND | 141 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Gowtham C | IND | 136 | 0.06% |
| 21 | Raja S | IND | 130 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Karthikeyan V | IND | 125 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Raja K | IND | 97 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Anbu D | IND | 90 | 0.04% |
| 25 | Narayanan L | IND | 83 | 0.03% |
| 26 | Marikkannu A | IND | 64 | 0.03% |
How Rishivandiyam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KARTHIKEYAN K | DMK | 52.96% |
| 2026 | KARTHIKEYAN K | DMK | 36.65% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -16.31 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.