M. R. Pallavi of TVK won the Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar Assembly constituency (Chennai district, Chennai & Suburbs) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 48.04% of 143,903 votes cast. The winning margin over K. S. Ravichandran (DMK) was 22,333 votes, or 15.52 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
48.04%
Winner vote share
22,333
Margin (15.52%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. R. Pallavi Winner | TVK | 69,125 | 48.04% |
| 2 | K. S. Ravichandran 2nd | DMK | 46,792 | 32.52% |
| 3 | Porkodi Armstrong | ADMK | 23,304 | 16.19% |
| 4 | Jagadesh Chander .M | NTK | 2,658 | 1.85% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 527 | 0.37% |
| 6 | S Jayakalpana | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 350 | 0.24% |
| 7 | A. Selva Kumar | Thakkam Katchi | 170 | 0.12% |
| 8 | Prakash Arunachalam | IND | 134 | 0.09% |
| 9 | Prasanth. D | IND | 134 | 0.09% |
| 10 | M. Lokesh | IND | 127 | 0.09% |
| 11 | C. Christy | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 94 | 0.07% |
| 12 | M. Kolanji | IND | 77 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Praveen Thiyagarajan | IND | 70 | 0.05% |
| 14 | C. Jagan Mohan | IND | 51 | 0.04% |
| 15 | S. Parthiban | IND | 45 | 0.03% |
| 16 | D. Sathish Kumar | IND | 40 | 0.03% |
| 17 | S. Rajendran | IND | 40 | 0.03% |
| 18 | R. Murugan | IND | 32 | 0.02% |
| 19 | R. Anandan | IND | 29 | 0.02% |
| 20 | G. J. Dharaniraj | IND | 27 | 0.02% |
| 21 | M. Kannadasan | IND | 23 | 0.02% |
| 22 | Sathish | IND | 21 | 0.01% |
| 23 | S. Senthamizhan | IND | 18 | 0.01% |
| 24 | M. Mohan | IND | 15 | 0.01% |
How Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SIVAKUMAR.P | DMK | 61.13% |
| 2026 | M. R. PALLAVI | TVK | 48.04% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -13.09 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.