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Mettur

Assembly constituency 85 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#85 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants18
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled2,31,105
Turnout90.1%
NOTA794
WinnerVenkatachalam. GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam86,49837.4% of votes
MARGIN19,105 votes · 8.3 pp86,498 − 67,393
Runner-upMidhun Chakravarthy. M Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam67,39329.2% of votes
AIADMK 56.2% of top-two votesDMK 43.8%

All candidates 18

  1. 01 Venkatachalam. GAIADMK86,498 37.4%
  2. 02 Midhun Chakravarthy. MDMK67,393 29.2%
  3. 03 Selvam. KTVK65,260 28.2%
  4. 04 Vidhya VeerappanNTK7,109 3.1%
  5. 05 Ramkumar. D.MIND706 0.3%
  6. 06 Durairaj. VIND659 0.3%
  7. 07 Venkatasalam. GIND471 0.2%
  8. 08 Periyaponnu. OTVK403 0.2%
  9. 09 Dr.Padmarajan. KIND390 0.2%
  10. 10 Prabakaran. SIND251 0.1%
  11. 11 Krishnamoorthy. PIND237 0.1%
  12. 12 Saravanakumar. MIND223 0.1%
  13. 13 Murugan. PIND192 0.1%
  14. 14 Jaganathan. AIND121 0.1%
  15. 15 Velu. AVTNMK107 0.1%
  16. 16 Chidambaram. AIND104 0.1%
  17. 17 Kannan. MIND99 0.0%
  18. 18 Kannan. RIND88 0.0%

Turnout 90.1%

025507510090.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 86.6%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total794
  • State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 18 candidates = 2,30,311Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    8.3 pp
    Venkatachalam. GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    0.3 pp
    Sadhasivam.SPattali Makkal Katchi
  3. 2016
    3.1 pp
    Semmalai.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    1.5 pp
    Parthiban.S.R.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    8.6 pp
    Kannan PPattali Makkal Katchi
  6. 2001
    21.3 pp
    Kamaraj M.P.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  7. 1996
    20.1 pp
    Govindan, P.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  8. 1991
    7.6 pp
    Palanisamy R.Indian National Congress
  9. 1989
    2.6 pp
    Arjunan, K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(JAYALALITA GROUP)
  10. 1984
    39.9 pp
    Semmalai S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1980
    26.8 pp
    Semmalai, SIndependent
  12. 1977
    0.0 pp
    R. NarayananIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    21.6 pp
    Chinnusamy V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    12.5 pp
    V. ChinnasamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    5.3 pp
    N.S. SundararajanIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed TVK polled 65,260 votes, 3.4× the 19,105-vote margin.

    65,260 ÷ 19,105 = 3.4

  2. The top two polled 66.6% of votes; the other 16 candidates 33.1% between them.

    (86,498 + 67,393) ÷ 2,31,105 = 66.6% · 76,420 ÷ 2,31,105 = 33.1%

  3. Turnout of 90.1% was 3.5 pp above the state's median seat (86.6%).

    90.1 − 86.6 = +3.5

  4. The margin widened from 0.3 pp in 2021 to 8.3 pp.

    8.3 − 0.3 = +8.0 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: PMK in 2021, AIADMK in 2026.

    2021 PMK · 2026 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 18 candidate lines2,30,311
  • NOTAcounted within the total794
  • Published totalVotes polled2,31,105
  • Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates18 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 233 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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