Kulanthai Rani A of TVK won the Sivaganga Assembly constituency (Sivaganga district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 34.45% of 214,067 votes cast. The winning margin over Senthilnathan Pr (ADMK) was 15,081 votes, or 7.04 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
34.45%
Winner vote share
15,081
Margin (7.04%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Sivaganga 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kulanthai Rani A Winner | TVK | 73,737 | 34.45% |
| 2 | Senthilnathan Pr 2nd | ADMK | 58,656 | 27.4% |
| 3 | Karunaas S | DMK | 57,300 | 26.77% |
| 4 | Indhuja R | NTK | 19,021 | 8.89% |
| 5 | Muruganantham Guru | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 1,186 | 0.55% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 1,053 | 0.49% |
| 7 | Marimuthu K | Bahujan Samaj Party | 447 | 0.21% |
| 8 | Karthik M | IND | 369 | 0.17% |
| 9 | Rajamanickam M | Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi | 319 | 0.15% |
| 10 | Paulsamy | IND | 282 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Prabakaran S.T | IND | 282 | 0.13% |
| 12 | Nagaprabu | IND | 264 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Rajesh X | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 263 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Rajkumar C | Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes | 223 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Kaleeswaran M | IND | 210 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ramesh K | IND | 195 | 0.09% |
| 17 | Santhanam | IND | 161 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Irudayaraj V | IND | 99 | 0.05% |
How Sivaganga compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PR. Senthilnathan | ADMK | 40.66% |
| 2026 | KULANTHAI RANI A | TVK | 34.45% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -6.21 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.