Kanniyakumari Assembly Election Result 2026: Thalavai Sundaram N vs Mahesh R. Who is winning?

Kanniyakumari is a significant legislative constituency situated at the southernmost tip of mainland India. It is a unique blend of spiritual heritage and coastal economy, home to iconic landmarks like the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the 133-foot Thiruvalluvar Statue.

The constituency is one of 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu.

Kanniyakumari constituency: Who is winning?

In Kanniyakumari (Round 13 of 26), AIADMK’s Thalavai Sundaram.N leads with 40,689 votes, ahead of DMK’s Mahesh.R at 37,463 votes, while TVK’s Madhavan.S.R trails with 33,321 votes as counting continues.

Kanniyakumari constituency: Key candidates

The 2026 Kanniyakumari Assembly election features a contest between Thalavai Sundaram. N of the AIADMK and Mahesh. R of the DMK. The candidate list also includes Madhavan. S. R of the TVK, Manavai Kannan. M representing the CPI(ML)(R), Reagon Anto. J of the TMVK, and Srikrishnakumar. K of the TPMK.
In 2021, the constituency had 279,721 registered voters, of whom 223,778 turned out to cast their ballots.

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Kanniyakumari constituency result: What happened in the past?

Currently held by chief minister MK Stalin-led the DMK, the seat has historically swung between the incumbent ruling party and its main rival, the AIADMK, the two Dravidian parties that have dominated the state’s politics since the 1960s. The current MLA from Kanniyakumari is AIADMK’s Thalavai Sundaram, who won the 2021 assembly election by defeating DMK’s S Austin by over 16,000 votes. This result reversed the 2016 outcome, when Austin had edged past Sundaram by 5,912 votes.