Balamurugan. S of TVK won the Tiruppur (South) Assembly constituency (Coimbatore district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 41.04% of 179,814 votes cast. The winning margin over Dineshkumar. N (DMK) was 12,901 votes, or 7.17 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
41.04%
Winner vote share
12,901
Margin (7.17%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Tiruppur (South) 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balamurugan. S Winner | TVK | 73,793 | 41.04% |
| 2 | Dineshkumar. N 2nd | DMK | 60,892 | 33.86% |
| 3 | Thangaraj. S | BJP | 34,617 | 19.25% |
| 4 | Dinesh. P.N | NTK | 6,956 | 3.87% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 644 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Kalimuthu. K | All India Forward Bloc | 626 | 0.35% |
| 7 | Dineshkumar | IND | 235 | 0.13% |
| 8 | Rangasamy. S | Bahujan Samaj Party | 234 | 0.13% |
| 9 | Dineshkumar | IND | 203 | 0.11% |
| 10 | Kesavamurthi. N | IND | 194 | 0.11% |
| 11 | Malarvizhi. G | Indhu Dravida Makkal Katchi | 170 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Mahalingam. V | IND | 167 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Vasanthamani. K | IND | 142 | 0.08% |
| 14 | Venkatachalam. G | IND | 139 | 0.08% |
| 15 | Dhanabal. D | IND | 132 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Dineshkumar. V | IND | 116 | 0.06% |
| 17 | Vijayakumar. M | Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 81 | 0.05% |
| 18 | John Basha. A | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 76 | 0.04% |
| 19 | Rathinavel. M | IND | 72 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Amuthavel. P | IND | 69 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Mohamed Mubarak Ali | Ganasangam Party of India | 60 | 0.03% |
| 22 | Venkadasamy. K | IND | 60 | 0.03% |
| 23 | Dr. Ramakrishnan. S | IND | 50 | 0.03% |
| 24 | Karthikadevi. K | IND | 45 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Ramesh. S | IND | 41 | 0.02% |
How Tiruppur (South) compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SELVARAJ. K. | DMK | 43.31% |
| 2026 | BALAMURUGAN. S | TVK | 41.04% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -2.27 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.