Durai. Chandrasekaran of DMK won the Thiruvaiyaru Assembly constituency (Thanjavur district, Cauvery Delta) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 36.21% of 222,111 votes cast. The winning margin over Mathi. Manikandan (TVK) was 8,555 votes, or 3.85 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
36.21%
Winner vote share
8,555
Margin (3.85%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Thiruvaiyaru 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durai. Chandrasekaran Winner | DMK | 80,425 | 36.21% |
| 2 | Mathi. Manikandan 2nd | TVK | 71,870 | 32.36% |
| 3 | Velu. Karthikeyan | AMMK | 55,121 | 24.82% |
| 4 | Durai. Senthilnathan | NTK | 10,681 | 4.81% |
| 5 | Vijaya Babu | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 1,130 | 0.51% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 948 | 0.43% |
| 7 | Rajasekaran. S | IND | 357 | 0.16% |
| 8 | V. Venu | Puthiya Tamilagam | 352 | 0.16% |
| 9 | R. Rajkumar | IND | 306 | 0.14% |
| 10 | S. Vijayakumar | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 293 | 0.13% |
| 11 | R. Sathiyanarayanan | IND | 178 | 0.08% |
| 12 | Jayaindhraeswaran | IND | 167 | 0.08% |
| 13 | Er.S. Arjun | IND | 156 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Abiman | IND | 127 | 0.06% |
How Thiruvaiyaru compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DURAI.CHANDRASEKARAN | DMK | 48.82% |
| 2026 | DURAI. CHANDRASEKARAN | DMK | 36.21% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -12.61 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.