Nm.Sukumar of TVK won the Sulur Assembly constituency (Coimbatore district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 33.1% of 273,544 votes cast. The winning margin over V.P.Kandasamy (ADMK) was 4,790 votes, or 1.75 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
33.1%
Winner vote share
4,790
Margin (1.75%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Sulur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nm.Sukumar Winner | TVK | 90,531 | 33.1% |
| 2 | V.P.Kandasamy 2nd | ADMK | 85,741 | 31.34% |
| 3 | Thalapathy Murugesan | DMK | 83,654 | 30.58% |
| 4 | Dr.S.Rajasekaran | NTK | 10,147 | 3.71% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,353 | 0.49% |
| 6 | Murugesh.R. | IND | 437 | 0.16% |
| 7 | Kanthasamy.K. | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 283 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Kandasamy.R. | IND | 271 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Pappa Muthulakshmi.P. | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 216 | 0.08% |
| 10 | Suman Singh.R. | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 205 | 0.07% |
| 11 | Palanisamy.M. | Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes | 156 | 0.06% |
| 12 | Murugesan.N. | IND | 139 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Nagaraj.K. | Ganasangam Party of India | 137 | 0.05% |
| 14 | Kandasamy.A. | IND | 109 | 0.04% |
| 15 | Kandasamy.V. | IND | 90 | 0.03% |
| 16 | Nelson.W. | Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi | 75 | 0.03% |
How Sulur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KANDASAMY V.P. | ADMK | 49.23% |
| 2026 | NM.SUKUMAR | TVK | 33.1% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -16.13 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.