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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: TVK’s Dr Prabhu TK wins by 46,074 vote margin

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 06, 2026, 13:40:49 IST

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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: TVK’s Dr Prabhu TK wins by 46,074 vote margin

Ranjithkumar Balusamy (Bahujan Samaj Party), Seeman (Naam Tamilar Katchi), Mangudi. S (Congress), Aziz Abdul Rahman. J (Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi), Karuppiah. K (Republican Party of India (Athawale)), Kalimuthu. A (All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam), Dherpoki V.Pandi (Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam), Newton Babu. C (Puthiya Tamilagam), Prabhu. Tk (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam), Ramu. M (Independent), Udhuman Ali. M.S (Independent), Kalidass. R (Independent), Shanthi. B (Independent), Suresh. V (Independent), Selvi. K (Independent), Dinesh. K (Independent), Pandi. S (Independent), Prabu. G (Independent), Manimaran. R (Independent), Muthukumar. K (Independent), Ramanathan. S.V (Independent), Lakshmanan. R (Independent), Veeramanikandan. V (Independent), Velu. K (Independent), and Jeevitha. A (Independent) — 25 candidates contesting from Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu's 2026 Assembly Election. Votes cast across this constituency are now being counted, and early trends from each round will be closely watched as the day unfolds. Karaikudi is a General constituency. In 2021, S.Mangudi of the Congress won by a margin of 21,589 votes. The 2016 winner was K. R. Ramasamy of the Congress. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Karaikudi in 2026.

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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026: Karaikudi's result in Tamil Nadu's 234-seat Assembly count

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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026: How Karaikudi has shifted from 2016 through 2026

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Karaikudi Election Results 2026: How the vote count is taking shape in Karaikudi

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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026: How is Ranjithkumar Balusamy faring? Watching the Karaikudi count

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Karaikudi Election Results: Mangudi. S's CONG tally being counted in Karaikudi

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Karaikudi Elections 2026: Round-by-round: decoding the count in Karaikudi

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Karaikudi Election Results: The independent factor in Karaikudi's count

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Karaikudi Assembly Election Results 2026: Counting day focus: Kalimuthu. A of All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam

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Karaikudi Elections 2026: When counting ends in Karaikudi — reading the result

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Karaikudi Election Results: May 4 result compared with the 2021 election

As counting progresses in Karaikudi, the emerging tallies will be compared with the 2021 result when S.Mangudi of the Congress won the seat. May 4 final declaration will show how the vote distribution has evolved.

Disclaimer: This Data is provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | MyNeta and sourced from election affidavits available in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.

Karaikudi is a General constituency in Tamil Nadu. 25 candidates are contesting in 2026: Ranjithkumar Balusamy (Bahujan Samaj Party), Seeman (Naam Tamilar Katchi), Mangudi. S (Congress), Aziz Abdul Rahman. J (Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi), Karuppiah. K (Republican Party of India (Athawale)), Kalimuthu. A (All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam), Dherpoki V.Pandi (Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam), Newton Babu. C (Puthiya Tamilagam), Prabhu. Tk (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam), Ramu. M (Independent), Udhuman Ali. M.S (Independent), Kalidass. R (Independent), Shanthi. B (Independent), Suresh. V (Independent), Selvi. K (Independent), Dinesh. K (Independent), Pandi. S (Independent), Prabu. G (Independent), Manimaran. R (Independent), Muthukumar. K (Independent), Ramanathan. S.V (Independent), Lakshmanan. R (Independent), Veeramanikandan. V (Independent), Velu. K (Independent), and Jeevitha. A (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, S.Mangudi of the Congress won Karaikudi with a margin of 21,589 votes. The runner-up was H. Raja of the BJP. In 2016, K. R. Ramasamy of the Congress had won the seat with a margin of 18,283 votes. round-by-round trends from Karaikudi will be closely tracked. The constituency's result will add to Tamil Nadu's state-wide tally across its 234 Assembly segments. This Live Blog is AI-assisted using data from Pvalue.

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