Velu. E.V of DMK won the Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency (Tiruvannamalai district, North) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 40.11% of 220,066 votes cast. The winning margin over Arul Arumugam (TVK) was 2,455 votes, or 1.12 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
40.11%
Winner vote share
2,455
Margin (1.12%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Tiruvannamalai 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Velu. E.V Winner | DMK | 88,273 | 40.11% |
| 2 | Arul Arumugam 2nd | TVK | 85,818 | 39.0% |
| 3 | Elumalai. C | BJP | 34,280 | 15.58% |
| 4 | Vignesh. S | NTK | 6,011 | 2.73% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 785 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Benny Rajan. C.J | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 627 | 0.28% |
| 7 | Salam .M | IND | 474 | 0.22% |
| 8 | Elumalai. A S/O Arumugam | IND | 356 | 0.16% |
| 9 | Arul. K | IND | 325 | 0.15% |
| 10 | Kothandapani. B | IND | 284 | 0.13% |
| 11 | Raj. S | Bahujan Samaj Party | 281 | 0.13% |
| 12 | Vijayakumar. S | Naadaalum Makkal Katchi | 277 | 0.13% |
| 13 | Kannan. P | Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi | 256 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Palani. N | IND | 219 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Ananth. A. M | IND | 212 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Adhithya Palanisamy. A | IND | 188 | 0.09% |
| 17 | Arul Anand. V | IND | 169 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Nakkiran. A | Thamizhaka Padaippalar Makkal Katchi | 135 | 0.06% |
| 19 | Elumalai. C S/O Chinnakuzhanthai | IND | 130 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Ramesh. V | IND | 129 | 0.06% |
| 21 | Malli. S | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 122 | 0.06% |
| 22 | Vignesh. M | IND | 93 | 0.04% |
| 23 | Raja. V | IND | 91 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Elumalai. C S/O Chinnarasu | IND | 87 | 0.04% |
| 25 | Velu. V | Anti Corruption Dynamic Party | 81 | 0.04% |
| 26 | Maheswari. R | IND | 77 | 0.03% |
| 27 | Venkatesan. M | IND | 66 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Marikkannu. E | IND | 61 | 0.03% |
| 29 | Anbalagan. M | IND | 59 | 0.03% |
| 30 | Velu. K | IND | 58 | 0.03% |
| 31 | Moorthy. P | IND | 42 | 0.02% |
How Tiruvannamalai compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | E V VELU | DMK | 66.02% |
| 2026 | VELU. E.V | DMK | 40.11% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -25.91 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.