Assembly Elections 2026 | TVK Candidate Karthikeyan S Wins From Madurai East Constituency

Madurai: TVK's Karthikeyan S won from the Madurai East constituency, which is one of the key constituencies in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.

According to the Election Commission of India data, Karthikeyan won by a margin of 16547 votes. He polled 118777 votes and defeated Moorthy P of the DMK, who managed to secure 102230 votes.

Mahendra K of the AIADMK stood in the third place after securing 31016 votes. For the record, P Moorthy is the Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration in the MK Stalin-led government.

However, unlike previous times, it was not a direct contest between the two rivals, as the new entrant TVK, led by actor-turned politician Vijay, had entered the fray. The TVK sprang a surprise by becoming the single largest party in the Assembly.

A record voter turnout was recorded in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, voting for which was held on April 23.

P Moorthy sought a re-election, but the voters showed him the door. He had won the 2021 Assembly polls from the constituency after securing 1,22,729 votes and defeated his rival - AIADMK's Gopalkrsihnan R, who polled 73,125 votes.

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, it was once again P Moorthy who had emerged as the winner. He had polled 1,08,559 votes and defeated his rival P Pandi of the AIADMK.