Govi.Chezhiaan of DMK won the Thiruvidaimarudur Assembly constituency (Thanjavur district, Cauvery Delta) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 38.26% of 208,944 votes cast. The winning margin over S.Prabakaran (TVK) was 14,116 votes, or 6.76 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
38.26%
Winner vote share
14,116
Margin (6.76%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Thiruvidaimarudur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Govi.Chezhiaan Winner | DMK | 79,951 | 38.26% |
| 2 | S.Prabakaran 2nd | TVK | 65,835 | 31.51% |
| 3 | Elamathi Subramanian | ADMK | 52,922 | 25.33% |
| 4 | M.Divya Bharathi | NTK | 6,363 | 3.05% |
| 5 | T.M.Puratchi Mani | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,043 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 747 | 0.36% |
| 7 | P.Manikandan | IND | 588 | 0.28% |
| 8 | Kannaiyan. T | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 321 | 0.15% |
| 9 | A.Viswanathan | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 273 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Dhanasekar | IND | 266 | 0.13% |
| 11 | L.Prabakaran | IND | 174 | 0.08% |
| 12 | M.Tamilmaran | IND | 143 | 0.07% |
| 13 | Selvarani. S | IND | 139 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Keerthiga. K | IND | 95 | 0.05% |
| 15 | Aravindaraj. R | IND | 84 | 0.04% |
How Thiruvidaimarudur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CHEZHIAAN, GOVI. | DMK | 48.26% |
| 2026 | GOVI.CHEZHIAAN | DMK | 38.26% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -10.00 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.