In the Thiruvaiyaru (Assembly Constituency 173) result of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate Durai Chandrasekaran secured a comfortable victory after all 25 rounds of EVM counting.
Chandrasekaran polled 80,425 votes, winning by a margin of 8,555 votes over his nearest rival.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate Mathi Manikandan finished second with 71,870 votes.
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) candidate Velu Karthikeyan came in third with 55,121 votes.