G.Kapil of TVK won the Sholinghur Assembly constituency (Vellore district, North) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 36.16% of 233,684 votes cast. The winning margin over K.Saravanan (PMK) was 5,686 votes, or 2.43 percentage points. The seat flipped from INC to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
36.16%
Winner vote share
5,686
Margin (2.43%)
INC → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Sholinghur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G.Kapil Winner | TVK | 84,506 | 36.16% |
| 2 | K.Saravanan 2nd | PMK | 78,820 | 33.73% |
| 3 | A.M.Munirathinam | INC | 57,997 | 24.82% |
| 4 | A.Ashok Kumar | NTK | 6,468 | 2.77% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 572 | 0.24% |
| 6 | M.Vijayan | IND | 548 | 0.23% |
| 7 | K.Munisamy | IND | 532 | 0.23% |
| 8 | Sudhakar.K | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 490 | 0.21% |
| 9 | M.Giridharan | Bahujan Samaj Party | 378 | 0.16% |
| 10 | M.Dinesh | IND | 349 | 0.15% |
| 11 | V.Munirathinam | IND | 345 | 0.15% |
| 12 | T.Rajendran | IND | 316 | 0.14% |
| 13 | N.Gopalakrishnan | IND | 310 | 0.13% |
| 14 | N.Mani | IND | 284 | 0.12% |
| 15 | Santhanam.R | IND | 277 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Kaviyarasan.Subiramani | IND | 249 | 0.11% |
| 17 | V.Sadhasivam | IND | 234 | 0.1% |
| 18 | S.Senthilkumar | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 197 | 0.08% |
| 19 | A.Palani | IND | 183 | 0.08% |
| 20 | V.Hemachandiran | IND | 136 | 0.06% |
| 21 | R.Vinoth | Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 133 | 0.06% |
| 22 | A.Anandan | IND | 133 | 0.06% |
| 23 | S.Ilayaraja | IND | 124 | 0.05% |
| 24 | R.Sethupathi | IND | 103 | 0.04% |
How Sholinghur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | A.M.MUNIRATHINAM | INC | 49.18% |
| 2026 | G.KAPIL | TVK | 36.16% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -13.02 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.