Thiruvottiyur election results 2026: TVK’s Senthil Kumar wins by 53,564 votes

Thiruvottiyur has delivered a clear result, with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s N Senthil Kumar winning the seat by a comfortable margin. With counting complete (26/26 rounds), Senthil Kumar secured 1,10,067 votes, defeating CPI(M)’s L Sundararaj, who polled 56,503 votes. AIADMK’s K Kuppan finished third with 28,320 votes.In the 2021 Assembly elections, K P Shankar (DMK) won with 88,185 votes, defeating AIADMK’s K Kuppan, who secured 50,524 votes, while NTK’s Seeman polled 48,597 votes. In 2016, DMK’s Samy K P P had won with 82,205 votes, defeating AIADMK’s Balraj B, who secured 77,342 votes, by a narrower margin.Thiruvottiyur recorded steady voter participation, reflecting continued electoral engagement in this urban constituency.Thiruvottiyur (Assembly Constituency No. 10), is a heavily populated urban-industrial seat in North Chennai, stretching along the Bay of Bengal. Its character is shaped by port-related operations, long-standing fishing communities and predominantly working-class residential areas. The constituency is home to the historic Thyagaraja Temple and lies close to the Chennai and Ennore ports as well as major industrial clusters, making environmental protection and livelihood security central to local politics. Persistent local issues include industrial pollution and deteriorating air quality, coastal erosion affecting shoreline communities, flooding caused by weak stormwater drainage systems, poor sanitation and inconsistent drinking water supply, traffic congestion due to heavy vehicles, limited public healthcare capacity, health risks linked to industrial emissions, absence of adequate buffer zones between factories and homes, overcrowding in government hospitals, shortage of open recreational spaces, concerns over women’s safety, encroachment of drainage channels and gaps in disaster preparedness.Tamil Nadu went to polls on April 23.