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222 . Tenkasi

District Tenkasi Previous winner INC

The Tenkasi assembly constituency (AC #222) is part of the Tenkasi 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.

22 candidates are in the fray this year, including 1 woman candidate. The constituency has 2,79,585 registered electors (1,36,260 male · 1,43,223 female · 102 third gender).

Total Electors2,79,585
Male Electors1,36,260
Female Electors1,43,223
Third Gender102
Total Candidates22
Women Candidates1

Alliance Breakdown — Tenkasi

Independents
Candidates12
PartiesIND
Other Parties
Candidates5
PartiesTAVK, BSP, NIP, KDC, PT
NDA / ADMK+
Candidates1
PartiesAIADMK
NTK
Candidates1
PartiesNTK
PMK(R) - AIPTMMK
Candidates1
PartiesAIPTMMK
SPA / DMK+
Candidates1
PartiesDMK
TVK
Candidates1
PartiesTVK

All 22 Candidates Contesting

# Candidate Party Alliance Gender Age
1 Kalai Kathiravan DMK SPA Male 38
2 S. Selva Mohandas Pandian AIADMK NDA Male 56
3 A. Rajaprakash TVK TVK Male 38
4 P. Pushpalatha NTK NTK Female 41
5 M. Poosa Durai AIPTMMK PMKR Male 38
6 Gomathi Sankar TAVK OTH Male 26
7 Isaki Pandian BSP OTH Male
8 R. Selvakumar NIP OTH Male 45
9 S. Manogaran KDC OTH Male 69
10 S. Thirumalai Kumar PT OTH Male 33
11 A. Mariappan IND IND Male 41
12 Durairaj IND IND Male 55
13 G. Poorana Selvan IND IND Male 30
14 K. Muthu IND IND Male 28
15 K.M. Kaliappan IND IND Male 52
16 M. Ponnudurai IND IND Male 46
17 P. Noble Krishna IND IND Male 28
18 R. Krishnan IND IND Male 31
19 R. Ramkumar IND IND Male 28
20 S. Ganeshan IND IND Male 64
21 S. Thangapalam IND IND Male 58
22 Shahul Hameed IND IND Male 25