E. Raja of DMK won the Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency (Tirunelveli district, Deep South) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 33.22% of 189,795 votes cast. The winning margin over Ananthan Ayyasamy (BJP) was 6,583 votes, or 3.47 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
33.22%
Winner vote share
6,583
Margin (3.47%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Vasudevanallur 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E. Raja Winner | DMK | 63,045 | 33.22% |
| 2 | Ananthan Ayyasamy 2nd | BJP | 56,462 | 29.75% |
| 3 | R. Amutharani | TVK | 45,862 | 24.16% |
| 4 | Esai Mathivanan | NTK | 12,856 | 6.77% |
| 5 | K. Paulraj | Puthiya Tamilagam | 4,119 | 2.17% |
| 6 | A. Ponnuthai | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 2,249 | 1.18% |
| 7 | A. Palanikumar | IND | 1,020 | 0.54% |
| 8 | Senthilkumar | IND | 731 | 0.39% |
| 9 | Nota | NOTA | 637 | 0.34% |
| 10 | Prabakaran .R | IND | 570 | 0.3% |
| 11 | P. Karpagavalli | IND | 486 | 0.26% |
| 12 | I. Saravanan | IND | 363 | 0.19% |
| 13 | R. Rameshkumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | 333 | 0.18% |
| 14 | K. Nagarajan | IND | 259 | 0.14% |
| 15 | B. Veeralakshmi | Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi | 183 | 0.1% |
| 16 | K. Ramachandran | IND | 179 | 0.09% |
| 17 | Selvaraj .C | IND | 177 | 0.09% |
| 18 | K. Rajendran | Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi | 141 | 0.07% |
| 19 | M. Arumugasamy | IND | 123 | 0.06% |
How Vasudevanallur compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SADHAN THIRUMALAIKUMAR, DOCTOR.T | DMK | 39.08% |
| 2026 | E. RAJA | DMK | 33.22% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -5.86 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.