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78 . Rishivandiyam

District Kallakurichi Previous winner DMK

The Rishivandiyam assembly constituency (AC #78) is part of the Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu and is going to polls on 23 April 2026 as part of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election. Counting of votes will be on 2 May 2026.

25 candidates are in the fray this year, including 2 women candidates. The constituency has 2,70,541 registered electors (1,35,292 male · 1,35,198 female · 51 third gender).

Total Electors2,70,541
Male Electors1,35,292
Female Electors1,35,198
Third Gender51
Total Candidates25
Women Candidates2

Alliance Breakdown — Rishivandiyam

Independents
Candidates16
PartiesIND
Other Parties
Candidates4
PartiesBSP, AMK, NMK, TAVK
NDA / ADMK+
Candidates1
PartiesPMK
NTK
Candidates1
PartiesNTK
PMK(R) - AIPTMMK
Candidates1
PartiesAIPTMMK
SPA / DMK+
Candidates1
PartiesDMK
TVK
Candidates1
PartiesTVK

All 25 Candidates Contesting

# Candidate Party Alliance Gender Age
1 K. Karthikeyan DMK SPA Male 48
2 P. Chezhiyan PMK NDA Male 56
3 G. Ashok Kumar TVK TVK Male 44
4 P. Radhika NTK NTK Female 32
5 N. Ranganathan AIPTMMK PMKR Male 50
6 A. Balakrishnan BSP OTH Male 37
7 G.K. Sevvantha AMK OTH Female 54
8 J. Venkatraman NMK OTH Male 40
9 R. Sankar TAVK OTH Male 34
10 A. Karthikeyan IND IND Male 41
11 A. Marikkannu IND IND Male 63
12 C. Gowtham IND IND Male 32
13 C. Manikandan IND IND Male 42
14 D. Anbu IND IND Male 46
15 G. Arumugam IND IND Male 50
16 G. Vijayakumar IND IND Male 36
17 K. Raja IND IND Male 37
18 K. Sezhiyan IND IND Male 44
19 L. Narayanan IND IND Male 42
20 P. Selvaraj IND IND Male 61
21 S. Anbumurugan IND IND Male 46
22 S. Raja IND IND Male 37
23 S. Vinoth IND IND Male 37
24 V. Karthikeyan IND IND Male 41
25 V.N. Senthikumar IND IND Male 59

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