Prabhakar.J.C.D of TVK won the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency (Chennai district, Chennai & Suburbs) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 44.73% of 131,824 votes cast. The winning margin over Ezhilan Naganathan (DMK) was 15,141 votes, or 11.49 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
44.73%
Winner vote share
15,141
Margin (11.49%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Thousand Lights 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhakar.J.C.D Winner | TVK | 58,965 | 44.73% |
| 2 | Ezhilan Naganathan 2nd | DMK | 43,824 | 33.24% |
| 3 | Valarmathi.B | ADMK | 23,320 | 17.69% |
| 4 | Kalanchiyam.Mu | NTK | 3,717 | 2.82% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 815 | 0.62% |
| 6 | Valarmathi.E | IND | 245 | 0.19% |
| 7 | Mohamed Ghouse.H | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 203 | 0.15% |
| 8 | Sathya.A | IND | 165 | 0.13% |
| 9 | Valarmathy.D | IND | 102 | 0.08% |
| 10 | Vijay.D | IND | 83 | 0.06% |
| 11 | Prabhakaran.B | IND | 64 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Prabhakaran.V | IND | 63 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Karthikeyan.S | IND | 61 | 0.05% |
| 14 | Sundara Raju.A | IND | 48 | 0.04% |
| 15 | Shankar.V | IND | 42 | 0.03% |
| 16 | Prabhakaran.T | IND | 36 | 0.03% |
| 17 | Muniyan.E | IND | 28 | 0.02% |
| 18 | Dhanasekaran.V | IND | 23 | 0.02% |
| 19 | Pachaiyappan.E | IND | 20 | 0.02% |
How Thousand Lights compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EZHILAN N | DMK | 52.87% |
| 2026 | PRABHAKAR.J.C.D | TVK | 44.73% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -8.14 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.