Kalaivanan Poondi K of DMK won the Thiruvarur Assembly constituency (Thiruvarur district, Cauvery Delta) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 42.87% of 217,875 votes cast. The winning margin over Veeramani V (TVK) was 18,148 votes, or 8.33 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
42.87%
Winner vote share
18,148
Margin (8.33%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Thiruvarur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalaivanan Poondi K Winner | DMK | 93,408 | 42.87% |
| 2 | Veeramani V 2nd | TVK | 75,260 | 34.54% |
| 3 | Chandrasekaran Govi | BJP | 36,387 | 16.7% |
| 4 | Aswini B | NTK | 10,031 | 4.6% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 825 | 0.38% |
| 6 | Sahul Hameed M | IND | 593 | 0.27% |
| 7 | Thiyagarajan .M | Puthiya Tamilagam | 526 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Kanthan A | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 503 | 0.23% |
| 9 | Mutharasan S | IND | 342 | 0.16% |
How Thiruvarur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KALAIVANAN POONDI K. | DMK | 52.29% |
| 2026 | KALAIVANAN POONDI K | DMK | 42.87% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -9.42 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.