Assembly Election 2026 | TVK's R Ramesh Kumar Wins Avadi Seat

Avadi: TVK nominee R Ramesh Kumar sprung a surprise as he won from Avadi constituency by a margin of 76,311 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

R Ramesh Kumar polled 18034 votes and defeated sitting Tamil Nadu Minister SM Nasar, who was seeking a re-election after being fielded by the DMK. Nasar polled 104073 votes.

The Avadi seat is in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. The counting of votes started at 8 AM and first the counting of postal ballots was taken up. It is one of the important seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.

This time, it is a fight between SM Nasar of the DMK, who is the Minister for the Minorties Welfare, in the MK Stalin-led government and Rajasimha Mahendran of the BJP. The new entrant TVK, led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, has fielded R Ramesh Kumar. The BJP nominee bagged 39605 votes.

In the 2021 Assembly polls, SM Nasar had emerged as the winner after securing 1,50, 287 votes. He had defeated AIADMK nominee K Pandiarajan, who had polled 95012 votes. In the 2016 Assembly polls, it was the AIADMK which had won the seat. Its candidate, K Pandiarajan, had emerged victorious by securing 108064 votes, and he had defeated SM Nasar, who polled 106669 votes.

Overall in the state, the DMK failed to retain power, while the AIADMK-led alliance also failed to make a comeback in the state. Both parties faced stiff competition from the new entrant, the TVK, led by actor Vijay.

The results were declared on May 4, 2026, and it was the TVK, which was all over the state.