DMK Candidate List 2026: Full List of DMK Candidates for Tamil Nadu Assembly Election

As Tamil Nadu witnessed a high-voltage electoral battle, each political party left no stone unturned in its quest for power. The state comprised a total of 234 assembly seats, and in this political arena, the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam(DMK) had fielded candidates for seats. This page offers a comprehensive look at the contenders who represented the DMK across all constituencies. The election proved to be of great importance for every party, especially the DMK, as it played a decisive role in shaping the political direction and governance of the state. Ultimately, the election results sculpted the political fate of Tamil Nadu.

Key Highlights of Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026:

Total Assembly Seats : 234
Majority Mark : 118
Election Year : 2026
DMK's Vision for Tamil Nadu's Future :

DMK had aimed to field candidates who resonate with the people of Tamil Nadu, focusing on development, governance, and a progressive vision for the state's future.The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election will be remembered as a defining moment in the state's political journey.

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Candidate name	Assembly Constituencies	Votes	Vote Share	Result
Govindarajan	Gummidipoondi	62,492	26.88%	LOST
Rajendran	Thiruvallur	67,430	29.78%	LOST
Krishnasamy	Poonamallee	88,569	28.67%	LOST
SM. Nasar	Avadi	1,04,073	30.08%	LOST
Gaarampakkam Ganapathi	Maduravoyal	80,216	27.31%	LOST
Dr. Poornima	Ambattur	74,558	28.68%	LOST
Sudarsanam	Madavaram	95,477	26.38%	LOST
Ebinezhar	Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar	48,132	26.56%	LOST
RD Sekar	Perambur	66,650	32.61%	LOST
MK. Stalin	Kolathur	74,202	40.32%	LOST
Karthick Mohan	Villivakkam	49,143	34.74%	LOST
KS Ravichandran	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar	46,792	32.52%	LOST
Tamizhan Prasanna	Egmore	43,097	35.99%	LOST
Dr. Suberkhan	Royapuram	44,842	35.21%	LOST
PK. Sekar Babu	Harbour	45,254	45.43%	LOST
Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	62,992	44.76%	LOST
Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan	Thousand Lights	43,824	33.24%	LOST
Sitrarasu	Anna Nagar	50,012	30.62%	LOST
Prabhakar Raja	Virugampakkam	49,006	28.35%	LOST
Ma Subramanian	Saidapet	52,691	32.85%	LOST
Raja Anbazhagan	Thiyagarayanagar	37,017	27.64%	LOST
Velu	Mylapore	41,098	27.29%	LOST
Aravind Ramesh	Shozhinganallur	1,23,602	27.63%	LOST
Tha. Mo. Anabarasan	Alandur	82,596	31.58%	LOST
Dr. RS. Krithika Devi	Tambaram	83,346	29.89%	LOST
Karthik Thandapani	Chengalpattu	1,01,495	31.32%	LOST
Amulu Ponmalar	Madurantakam	59,838	30.18%	LOST
Sundar	Uthiramerur	70,694	31.04%	LOST
Nithya Sukumar	Kancheepuram	69,344	28.15%	LOST
Duraimurugan	Katpadi	62,225	30.58%	LOST
R. Gandhi	Ranipet	85,362	38.62%	LOST
Eswarappan	Arcot	48,840	21.63%	LOST
Karthikeyan	Vellore	66,255	34.77%	LOST
Nandha Kumar	Anaikattu	69,221	32%	LOST
Dr. Rajeswari Mohan Gandhi	Kilvaithinankuppam	53,898	28.38%	LOST
Vilvanathan	Ambur	74,102	37.89%	LOST
Kavitha Thandapani	Jolarpet	61,977	29.09%	LOST
Nallathambi	Tirupattur	56,835	28.01%	LOST
Mathiazhagan	Bargur	65,228	30.49%	LOST
PS Srinivasan	Veppanahalli	74,691	33.55%	LOST
Sa Sathya	Hosur	73,773	26.56%	LOST
Dr. V Senthil Kumar	Palacode	50,043	22.22%	LOST
Palaniappan	Pappireddippatti	68,715	29.04%	LOST
Shamugham	Harur	72,194	32.81%	LOST
Giri	Chengam	70,346	28.96%	LOST
EV. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	88,273	40.11%	LOST
K. Pichandi	Kilpennathur	60,038	27.32%	LOST
Saravanan	Kalasapakkam	62,889	29.37%	LOST
Mahalakshmi Govardhanan	Arani	71,104	30.89%	LOST
Jothi	Cheyyar	59,894	26.91%	LOST
Ambethkumar	Vandavasi	63,805	33.37%	LOST
Masthan	Gingee	65,556	30.26%	LOST
Gowtham Dravidamani	Vanur	68,873	35.85%	LOST
Dr. Lakshumanan	Villupuram	72,982	33.88%	LOST
Anniyur Siva	Vikravandi	60,941	29.13%	LOST
Gowthamasigamani	Tirukkoyilur	62,452	28.74%	LOST
Vasanthavel	Ulundurpettai	98,471	36.34%	LOST
Vasantham Karthikeyan	Rishivandiyam	89,711	36.65%	LOST
Udhayasooriyan	Sankarapuram	76,810	32.61%	LOST
Chinnadurai	Gangavalli	58,763	29.88%	LOST
Ravathy Madeswaran	Yercaud	68,045	26.83%	LOST
Mithun Chakkaravarthy	Mettur	67,393	29.16%	LOST
Kasi	Edappadi	44,011	17.04%	LOST
Manikandan	Sankari	65,716	26.96%	LOST
Rajendran	Salem (North)	71,676	34.02%	LOST
M Loganathan	Salem (South)	58,002	27.9%	LOST
Dr. Tharun	Veerapandi	69,296	29.38%	LOST
Dr. Mathivendhan	Rasipuram	57,854	28.27%	LOST
Poomalar	Senthamangalam	64,951	30.98%	LOST
Rani	Namakkal	52,808	24.88%	LOST
KS Moorthy	Paramathi-Velur	61,041	32.32%	LOST
Eswaran E R	Tiruchengodu	49,465	25.88%	LOST
S Balu	Kumarapalayam	39,993	19.48%	LOST
Muthusamy	Erode (West)	74,586	33.69%	LOST
S.senthilnathan	Modakkurichi	58,236	30.53%	LOST
Indirani	Dharapuram (SC)	64,373	32.2%	LOST
Samynathan	Kangayam	59,230	29.1%	LOST
Thoppu Venkatachalam	Perundurai	60,609	30.2%	LOST
KA Sekar	Bhavani	54,087	25.96%	LOST
Sivabalan	Anthiyur	58,782	31.64%	LOST
N Nallasivam	Gobichettipalayam	65,992	30.03%	LOST
Dravida Mani	Gudalur	65,590	43.37%	LOST
KM Raju	Coonoor	50,470	35.69%	LOST
Kavitha Kalyanasundaram	Mettuppalayam	67,896	27.79%	LOST
Dr. Kokila Mani	Avanashi (SC)	65,530	28.29%	LOST
Dinesh Kumar	Tiruppur (South)	60,892	33.86%	LOST
Selvaraj	Palladam	78,625	26.12%	LOST
Thalapathi Murugesan	Sulur	83,654	30.58%	LOST
Senthamil Selvan	Coimbatore (North)	70,508	31.18%	LOST
NR Karthikeyan	Thondamuthur	75,917	29.36%	LOST
Senthil Balaji	Coimbatore (South)	59,724	38.16%	LOST
Sabari Karthikeyan	Kinathukadavu	88,240	32.94%	LOST
K. Nithyanandhan	Pollachi	62,013	34.22%	LOST
Sudhakar	Valparai	54,671	36.34%	LOST
Jayakumar	Udumalaipettai	68,549	33.67%	LOST
Jayaramakrishnan	Madathukulam	70,458	37.43%	LOST
Chakkarapani	Oddanchatram	93,099	46.17%	LOST
I Periyasamy	Athoor	1,06,240	44.79%	LOST
Naga Jothi	Nilakkottai	65,655	33.23%	LOST
Selvakumar K	Natham	73,839	30.88%	LOST
IP Senthil Kumar	Dindigul	74,489	35.13%	LOST
Samynathan	Vedasandur	84,948	37.5%	LOST
R Ilango	Aravakurichi	70,827	39.11%	LOST
Thiyagarajan	Karur	67,256	31.02%	LOST
CK Raja	Krishnarayapuram	57,292	30.26%	LOST
Chandran	Kulithalai	68,138	32.59%	LOST
P. Abdul Samed	Manapparai	61,355	25.44%	LOST
Durairaj	Srirangam	69,645	27.31%	LOST
KN Nehru	Tiruchirappalli (West)	88,235	44.94%	LOST
Inigo Irudhayaraj	Tiruchirappalli (East)	63,965	35.05%	LOST
Anbil Mahesh	Thiruverumbur	81,132	37.99%	LOST
Paari Vallal	Lalgudi	55,565	30%	LOST
Kathiravan	Manachanallur	81,447	38.82%	LOST
Karunai Raja	Musiri	53,839	28.47%	LOST
ST Jayalakshmi	Perambalur	76,489	30.15%	LOST
S S Sivashankar	Kunnam	87,237	37.84%	LOST
Latha Balu	Ariyalur	70,721	29.98%	LOST
Kannan	Jayankondam	70,502	30.85%	LOST
CV Ganesan	Tittagudi (SC)	63,106	35.91%	LOST
Sabha Rajendran	Neyveli	52,769	31.26%	LOST
MRK Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	76,695	35.84%	LOST
Durai K Savavanan	Bhuvanagiri	73,220	35.32%	LOST
Thamimun Ansari. M	Chidambaram	69,739	35.48%	LOST
Senthilselvan.r	Sirkazhi	71,449	35.64%	LOST
Nivetha Murugan	Poompuhar	81,096	36.98%	LOST
M.h.jawahirullah	Nagapattinam	56,305	37.21%	LOST
Pugazhendi	Vedaranyam	51,841	31.96%	LOST
TRB Raja	Mannargudi	66,850	34.44%	LOST
Poondi Kalaivaanan	Thiruvarur	93,408	42.87%	LOST
Mohamed Mubarak	Nannilam	61,738	26.68%	LOST
Govi Chezhian	Thiruvidaimarudur	79,951	38.26%	LOST
Anbazhagan	Kumbakonam	77,971	37.43%	LOST
Durai Chandrasekaran	Thiruvaiyaru	80,425	36.21%	LOST
Ramanathan	Thanjavur	70,750	35.59%	LOST
Vaithilingam	Orathanadu	86,759	44.42%	LOST
Annadurai	Pattukkottai	65,963	35.9%	LOST
Ashok Kumar	Peravurani	60,919	34.56%	LOST
KK Chella Pandian	Viralimalai	40,397	19.81%	LOST
Muthuraja	Pudukkottai	66,825	35.1%	LOST
S Raghupathy	Thirumayam	58,201	31.87%	LOST
Meiyanathan	Alangudi	64,929	35.98%	LOST
KR Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur	83,374	38.65%	LOST
Karunaas S	Sivaganga	57,300	26.77%	LOST
Tamizharasi Ravikumar	Manamadurai	68,763	32.96%	LOST
Murthy	Madurai East	1,02,230	37.64%	LOST
Venkatesan	Sholavandan	61,229	32.38%	LOST
Thalapathy	Madurai North	54,815	33.88%	LOST
M.boominathan	Madurai South	40,886	28.89%	LOST
PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	44,286	29.8%	LOST
Raghu Balaji	Madurai West	76,319	35.27%	LOST
Krithika Thangapandi	Thiruparankundram	72,763	28.48%	LOST
Sedapatti Manimaran	Thirumangalam	88,291	38.22%	LOST
Maharajan	Andipatti	74,324	34.2%	LOST
O Panneerselvam	Bodinayakanur	85,206	38.62%	LOST
Ramakrishnan	Cumbum	84,643	40.2%	LOST
Thanga Pandian	Rajapalayam	54,943	30.02%	LOST
Kadarkaray Raj	Sattur	62,060	31.23%	LOST
KKSSR Ramachandran	Aruppukkottai	65,104	36.49%	LOST
Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	75,085	41.43%	LOST
KK Kathiravan	Paramakudi	59,161	31.18%	LOST
Kathar Batcha Alias Muthuramalingam	Ramanathapuram	89,137	37.52%	LOST
RS Raja Kannappan	Mudhukulathur	68,003	29.39%	LOST
Markandeyan	Vilathikulam	58,395	33.4%	LOST
Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	62,805	30.68%	LOST
Anitha Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	72,723	39.09%	LOST
PM Ramajayam	Ottapidaram	52,542	26.79%	LOST
Karunanithi	Kovilpatti	61,643	31.74%	LOST
Raja	Vasudevanallur	63,045	33.22%	LOST
Rajendran. T. M	Kadayanallur	79,832	35.97%	LOST
Dr. Kalai Kathiravan	Tenkasi	79,699	33.92%	LOST
Paul Manoj Pandian	Alangulam	69,170	31.32%	LOST
Subramaniyan	Tirunelveli	64,426	29.5%	LOST
Abdul Wahab	Palayamkottai	79,744	44.15%	LOST
Appavu	Radhapuram	57,634	28.83%	LOST
Mahesh	Kanniyakumari	74,831	31.29%	LOST
S Austin	Nagercoil	69,880	35.6%	LOST

Source: ECI

FAQs

What is the DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

The DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 includes all nominees contesting across 234 assembly constituencies.

How many seats is DMK contesting in Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

DMK is contesting a significant number of the 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, focusing on both traditional strongholds and strategic constituencies to maximize its electoral impact.

Who are the top DMK candidates to watch in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

Key high-profile DMK candidates contesting in notable constituencies will be highlighted here.

Has DMK announced any new faces in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election?

Yes, DMK has introduced several fresh candidates alongside seasoned leaders to appeal to youth voters and consolidate its voter base across key regions.

Where can I find the full constituency-wise DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu 2026?

The complete constituency-wise DMK candidate list is available on this page, detailing the nominees for all seats, their opponents, and key contest highlights.

Disclaimer:

This page contains historical election results sourced from the Election Commission of India (ECI). It is for archival and informational purposes only and does not represent current or ongoing election updates. The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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