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Closest contests
The tightest races in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, ranked by the smallest winning margins.
| # | Constituency | MLA | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruppattur | Seenivasa Sethupathy. R | TVK | 1 |
| 2 | Veppanahalli | Srinivasan.P.S | DMK | 138 |
| 3 | Kanniyakumari | Thalavai Sundaram. N | AIADMK | 214 |
| 4 | Polur | Abishek. R | TVK | 227 |
| 5 | Tirukkoyilur | Palanisamy S | AIADMK | 285 |
| 6 | Paramathi Velur | Sekar S | AIADMK | 308 |
| 7 | Kulithalai | Suriyanur. A. Chandran | DMK | 579 |
| 8 | Kumbakonam | Vinoth | TVK | 679 |
| 9 | Palani | Ravimanoharan. K | AIADMK | 693 |
| 10 | Tindivanam | Vanni Arasu | VCK | 734 |
| 11 | Cumbum | Jeganathmishra Pla | TVK | 751 |
| 12 | Kallakurichi | Arul Vignesh C | TVK | 798 |
| 13 | Kovilpatti | Karunanithi.K | DMK | 843 |
| 14 | Vikravandi | Sivakumar C | PMK | 910 |
| 15 | Udhagamandalam | Bhojarajan.M | BJP | 976 |
| 16 | Papanasam | A.M. Shahjahan | IUML | 1,065 |
| 17 | Dindigul | Senthilkumar. I.P | DMK | 1,131 |
| 18 | Srivaikuntam | Saravanan. G | TVK | 1,186 |
| 19 | Manamadurai | Elangovan.D | TVK | 1,208 |
| 20 | Anthiyur | Haribaskar.P | AIADMK | 1,260 |