← Back to all 234 constituencies
20 . Thousand Lights
The Thousand Lights assembly constituency (AC #20) is part of the Chennai 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.
18 candidates are in the fray this year, including 3 women candidates and the sitting MLA Ezhilan Naganathan (DMK). The constituency has 1,53,908 registered electors (73,500 male · 80,343 female · 65 third gender).
Total Electors1,53,908
Male Electors73,500
Female Electors80,343
Third Gender65
Total Candidates18
Women Candidates3
Alliance Breakdown — Thousand Lights
Independents
Candidates13
PartiesIND
NDA / ADMK+
Candidates1
PartiesAIADMK
NTK
Candidates1
PartiesNTK
Other Parties
Candidates1
PartiesTAVK
SPA / DMK+
Candidates1
PartiesDMK
TVK
Candidates1
PartiesTVK
All 18 Candidates Contesting
| # | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Gender | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezhilan NaganathanIncumbent | DMK | SPA | Male | 46 |
| 2 | B. Valarmathi | AIADMK | NDA | Female | 68 |
| 3 | J.C.D. Prabhakar | TVK | TVK | Male | 73 |
| 4 | Mu. Kalanchiyam | NTK | NTK | Male | 58 |
| 5 | H. Mohamed Ghouse | TAVK | OTH | Male | 43 |
| 6 | A. Sathya | IND | IND | Male | 29 |
| 7 | A. Sundara Raju | IND | IND | Male | 71 |
| 8 | B. Prabhakaran | IND | IND | Male | 38 |
| 9 | D. Valarmathy | IND | IND | Female | 49 |
| 10 | D. Vijay | IND | IND | Male | 43 |
| 11 | E. Muniyan | IND | IND | Male | 49 |
| 12 | E. Pachaiyappan | IND | IND | Male | 58 |
| 13 | E. Valarmathi | IND | IND | Female | 62 |
| 14 | S. Karthikeyan | IND | IND | Male | 33 |
| 15 | T. Prabhakaran | IND | IND | Male | 38 |
| 16 | V. Dhanasekaran | IND | IND | Male | 51 |
| 17 | V. Prabhakaran | IND | IND | Male | 38 |
| 18 | V. Shankar | IND | IND | Male | 56 |