DMK Candidates List 2026

As Tamil Nadu prepares for its much-anticipated 2026 Assembly Election, the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK) has released its list of candidates. This year’s lineup showcases a balanced blend of experienced leaders, dedicated grassroots workers, and energetic new entrants - all strategically selected to strengthen the party’s presence in key constituencies across the state.

The DMK candidate list for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 provides detailed, seat-wise information along with insights into each candidate’s background and political journey. This announcement marks a pivotal moment in the state’s political landscape, underscoring DMK's strategy to take on both regional and national rivals in the contest for Tamil Nadu's 234 Assembly seats.

Key Highlights of Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026:

Total Assembly Seats : 234
Majority Mark : 118
Election Year : 2026
DMK's Vision for Tamil Nadu's Future :

DMK aims to present candidates who resonate with the people of Tamil Nadu, focusing on development, governance, and a progressive vision for the state's future. Stay updated on DMK's candidate selection and more as we provide real-time updates on the Tamil Nadu's election 2026.

2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election DMK Candidates List

Here is the complete and updated DMK candidate list for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026, featuring all contestants across the state’s 234 constituencies. This detailed list helps voters and political observers track who is contesting from each seat, along with key rivals and constituencies that could shape the party’s performance in the upcoming polls. Stay informed with the latest DMK candidates for Tamil Nadu 2026 and explore constituency-wise details to understand the party’s strategy and potential impact.

DMK Candidate List Tamil Nadu Election 2026

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Candidate name	Assembly Constituencies
Govindarajan	1 - Gummidipoondi
Rajendran	4 - Thiruvallur
Krishnasamy	5 - Poonamallee
SM. Nasar	6 - Avadi
Gaarampakkam Ganapathi	7 - Maduravoyal
Dr. Poornima	8 - Ambattur
Sudarsanam	9 - Madavaram
Ebinezhar	11 - Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar
RD Sekar	12 - Perambur
MK. Stalin	13 - Kolathur
Karthick Mohan	14 - Villivakkam
KS Ravichandran	15 - Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar
Tamizhan Prasanna	16 - Egmore
Dr. Suberkhan	17 - Royapuram
PK. Sekar Babu	18 - Harbour
Udhayanidhi Stalin	19 - Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan	20 - Thousand Lights
Sitrarasu	21 - Anna Nagar
Prabhakar Raja	22 - Virugampakkam
Ma Subramanian	23 - Saidapet
Raja Anbazhagan	24 - Thiyagarayanagar
Velu	25 - Mylapore
Aravind Ramesh	27 - Shozhinganallur
Tha. Mo. Anabarasan	28 - Alandur
Dr. RS. Krithika Devi	31 - Tambaram
Karthik Thandapani	32 - Chengalpattu
Amulu Ponmalar	35 - Madurantakam
Sundar	36 - Uthiramerur
Nithya Sukumar	37 - Kancheepuram
Duraimurugan	40 - Katpadi
Vinoth Gandhi	41 - Ranipet
Eswarappan	42 - Arcot
Karthikeyan	43 - Vellore
Nandha Kumar	44 - Anaikattu
Dr. Rajeswari Mohan Gandhi	45 - Kilvaithinankuppam
Vilvanathan	48 - Ambur
Kavitha Thandapani	49 - Jolarpet
Nallathambi	50 - Tirupattur
Mathiazhagan	52 - Bargur
PS Srinivasan	54 - Veppanahalli
Sa Sathya	55 - Hosur
Dr. V Senthil Kumar	57 - Palacode
Palaniappan	60 - Pappireddippatti
Shamugham	61 - Harur
Giri	62 - Chengam
EV. Velu	63 - Tiruvannamalai
K. Pichandi	64 - Kilpennathur
Saravanan	65 - Kalasapakkam
Mahalakshmi Govardhanan	67 - Arani
Jothi	68 - Cheyyar
Ambethkumar	69 - Vandavasi
Masthan	70 - Gingee
Gowtham Dravidamani	73 - Vanur
Dr. Lakshumanan	74 - Villupuram
Anniyur Siva	75 - Vikravandi
Gowthamasigamani	76 - Tirukkoyilur
Vasanthavel	77 - Ulundurpettai
Vasantham Karthikeyan	78 - Rishivandiyam
Udhayasooriyan	79 - Sankarapuram
Chinnadurai	81 - Gangavalli
Ravathy Madeswaran	83 - Yercaud
Mithun Chakkaravarthy	85 - Mettur
Kasi	86 - Edappadi
Manikandan	87 - Sankari
Rajendran	89 - Salem (North)
M Loganathan	90 - Salem (South)
Dr. Tharun	91 - Veerapandi
Dr. Mathivendhan	92 - Rasipuram
Poomalar	93 - Senthamangalam
Rani	94 - Namakkal
KS Moorthy	95 - Paramathi-Velur
S Balu	97 - Kumarapalayam
Muthusamy	99 - Erode (West)
Indirani	101 - Dharapuram (SC)
Samynathan	102 - Kangayam
Thoppu Venkatachalam	103 - Perundurai
KA Sekar @ KA Chandrasekar	104 - Bhavani
Sivabalan	105 - Anthiyur
N Nallasivam	106 - Gobichettipalayam
Dravida Mani	109 - Gudalur
KM Raju	110 - Coonoor
Kavitha Kalyanasundaram	111 - Mettuppalayam
Dr. Kokila Mani	112 - Avanashi (SC)
Dinesh Kumar	114 - Tiruppur (South)
Selvaraj	115 - Palladam
Thalapathi Murugesan	116 - Sulur
Senthamil Selvan	118 - Coimbatore (North)
NR Karthikeyan	119 - Thondamuthur
Senthil Balaji	120 - Coimbatore (South)
Sabari Karthikeyan	122 - Kinathukadavu
Sudhakar	124 - Valparai
Jayakumar	125 - Udumalaipettai
Jayaramakrishnan	126 - Madathukulam
Chakkarapani	128 - Oddanchatram
I Periyasamy	129 - Athoor
Naga Jothi	130 - Nilakkottai
IP Senthil Kumar	132 - Dindigul
Samynathan	133 - Vedasandur
R Ilango	134 - Aravakurichi
Thiyagarajan	135 - Karur
CK Raja	136 - Krishnarayapuram
Chandran	137 - Kulithalai
Durairaj	139 - Srirangam
KN Nehru	140 - Tiruchirappalli (West)
Inigo Irudhayaraj	141 - Tiruchirappalli (East)
Anbil Mahesh	142 - Thiruverumbur
Paari vallal	143 - Lalgudi
Kathiravan	144 - Manachanallur
Karunai Raja	145 - Musiri
ST Jayalakshmi	147 - Perambalur
S S Sivashankar	148 - Kunnam
Latha Balu	149 - Ariyalur
Kannan	150 - Jayankondam
CV Ganesan	151 - Tittagudi (SC)
Sabha Rajendran	153 - Neyveli
MRK Panneerselvam	156 - Kurinjipadi
Durai K Savavanan	157 - Bhuvanagiri
Nivetha Murugan	162 - Poompuhar
Pugazhendi	165 - Vedaranyam
TRB Raja	167 - Mannargudi
Poondi Kalaivaanan	168 - Thiruvarur
Govi chezhian	170 - Thiruvidaimarudur
Anbazhagan	171 - Kumbakonam
Durai Chandrasekaran	173 - Thiruvaiyaru
Ramanathan	174 - Thanjavur
Vaithilingam	175 - Orathanadu
Annadurai	176 - Pattukkottai
Ashok Kumar	177 - Peravurani
KK Chella Pandian	179 - Viralimalai
Muthuraja	180 - Pudukkottai
S Raghupathy	181 - Thirumayam
Meiyanathan	182 - Alangudi
KR Periyakaruppan	185 - Tiruppattur
Tamizharasi Ravikumar	187 - Manamadurai
Murthy	189 - Madurai East
Venkatesan	190 - Sholavandan
Thalapathy	191 - Madurai North
PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan	193 - Madurai Central
Raghu Balaji	194 - Madurai West
Krithika Thangapandi	195 - Thiruparankundram
Sedapatti Manimaran	196 - Thirumangalam
Maharajan	198 - Andipatti
O Panneerselvam	200 - Bodinayakanur
Ramakrishnan	201 - Cumbum
Thanga Pandian	202 - Rajapalayam
Kadarkaray Raj	204 - Sattur
KKSSR Ramachandran	207 - Aruppukkottai
Thangam Thennarasu	208 - Tiruchuli
KK Kathiravan	209 - Paramakudi
Kathar Batcha alias Muthuramalingam	211 - Ramanathapuram
RS Raja Kannappan	212 - Mudhukulathur
Markandeyan	213 - Vilathikulam
Geetha Jeevan	214 - Thoothukkudi
Anitha Radhakrishnan	215 - Tiruchendur
PM Ramajayam	217 - Ottapidaram
Karunanithi	218 - Kovilpatti
Raja	220 - Vasudevanallur
Dr. Kalai Kathiravan	222 - Tenkasi
Paul Manoj Pandian	223 - Alangulam
Subramaniyan	224 - Tirunelveli
Abdul Wahab	226 - Palayamkottai
Appavu	228 - Radhapuram
Mahesh	229 - Kanniyakumari
S Austin	230 - Nagercoil

2021 Assembly Election DMK Candidates List

Candidate name	Assembly Constituencies	Votes	Vote Share	Result
T J Govindarajan	Gummidipoondi	1,26,452	56.94%	WON
S Chandran	Tiruttani	1,20,314	51.72%	WON
Rajendran	Thiruvallur	1,07,709	50.27%	WON
A Krishnasami	Poonamallee	1,49,578	56.72%	WON
Nazar	Avadi	1,50,287	49.94%	WON
Karapakkam Ganapathi	Maduravoyal	1,21,298	44.29%	WON
Joseph Samuel	Ambattur	1,14,554	47.67%	WON
Sudharsanam	Madavaram	1,51,485	50.04%	WON
Sankar	Thiruvottiyur	88,185	44.09%	WON
J J Ebenesar	Dr.Radhakrishnan Nagar	95,763	51.2%	WON
R D Sekar	Perambur	1,05,267	52.53%	WON
M K Stalin	Kolathur	1,05,522	60.86%	WON
Vetriyazhagan	Villivakkam	76,127	52.83%	WON
Thayagam Kavi	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar	81,727	61.13%	WON
Parandhaman	Egmore	68,832	57.71%	WON
Ira Moorthi	Royapuram	64,424	53.16%	WON
Sekar Babu	Harbour	59,317	58.35%	WON
Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	93,285	67.89%	WON
Dr. Ezhilan	Thousand Lights	71,437	52.81%	WON
M K Mohan	Anna Nagar	80,054	48.49%	WON
A M V Prabhakar Raja	Virugampakkam	74,351	43.97%	WON
Ma Subramaniam	Saidapet	80,194	50.02%	WON
J Karunanidhi	Thiyagarayanagar	56,035	40.57%	WON
Mylai Velu	Mylapore	68,392	44.58%	WON
Aravind Ramesh	Shozhinganallur	1,71,558	44.18%	WON
Tha Mo Anbarasan	Alandur	1,16,785	49.12%	WON
Karunanidhi	Pallavaram	1,26,427	47.49%	WON
S R Raja	Tambaram	1,16,840	46.93%	WON
Varalakshmi Madhusoodhanan	Chengalpattu	1,30,573	47.64%	WON
Sundar	Uthiramerur	93,427	44.38%	WON
Ezhilarasan	Kancheepuram	1,02,712	44.77%	WON
Durai Murugan	Katpadi	85,140	45.71%	WON
Gandhi	Ranipet	1,03,291	49.79%	WON
J L Eeswarappan	Arcot	1,03,885	49.52%	WON
Karthikeyan	Vellore	84,299	46.86%	WON
Nandhakumar	Anaikattu	95,159	48.11%	WON
K Seethaaraman	Kilvaithinankuppam	73,997	42.5%	LOST
V Amalu	Gudiyattam	1,00,412	47.45%	WON
A S Viswanathan	Ambur	90,476	50.86%	WON
Devaraji	Jolarpet	89,490	45.57%	WON
Nallathambi	Tirupattur	96,522	51.91%	WON
Madhiyazhagan	Bargur	97,256	49.17%	WON
Senguttuvan	Krishnagiri	95,256	45.01%	LOST
Murugan	Veppanahalli	91,050	44.38%	LOST
Y Prakash	Hosur	1,18,231	47.65%	WON
P K Murugan	Palacode	81,970	39.68%	LOST
P.n.p.inbasekaran	Pennagaram	84,937	40.39%	LOST
Thadangam Subiramani	Dharmapuri	78,770	36.24%	LOST
M.prabhu Rajasekar	Pappireddippatti	77,564	35.1%	LOST
Mu Pe Giri	Chengam	1,08,081	48.26%	WON
A V Velu	Tiruvannamalai	1,37,876	66.02%	WON
Ku Pichchaandi	Kilpennathur	1,04,675	51.34%	WON
Pe Su Thi Saravanan	Kalasapakkam	94,134	47.92%	WON
K V Sekaran	Polur	88,007	43.57%	LOST
S S Anbazhagan	Arani	99,833	45.09%	LOST
O Jothi	Cheyyar	1,02,460	47.78%	WON
S Ambethkumar	Vandavasi	1,02,064	54.88%	WON
K S Masthan	Gingee	1,09,625	52.99%	WON
Masilamani	Mailam	78,814	44.53%	LOST
Seethapathi Chokkalingam	Tindivanam	77,399	42.4%	LOST
R Lakshmanan	Villupuram	1,02,271	49.92%	WON
Na Pugazhendhi	Vikravandi	93,730	48.41%	WON
K.ponmudi	Tirukkoyilur	1,10,980	56.56%	WON
A J Manikannan	Ulundurpettai	1,15,451	47.15%	WON
Vasantham Karthikeyan	Rishivandiyam	1,13,912	52.96%	WON
Tha Udhayasuriyan	Sankarapuram	1,21,186	56.16%	WON
Rekha Priyadarshini	Gangavalli	82,207	44.08%	LOST
Chinnadurai	Attur	87,051	43.58%	LOST
C Tamilselvan	Yercaud	95,606	40.02%	LOST
S Seenivasa Perumal	Mettur	96,399	44.13%	LOST
Sampath Kumar	Edappadi	69,352	28.04%	LOST
K.m.rajesh	Sankari	95,427	41.09%	LOST
A.rajendran	Salem (West)	83,984	38.77%	LOST
R Rajendhiran	Salem (North)	93,432	46.17%	WON
A S Saravanan	Salem (South)	74,897	37.45%	LOST
Dr.tharun	Veerapandi	91,787	41.03%	LOST
Dr.m.madhivendhan	Rasipuram	90,727	46.08%	WON
K Ponnusami	Senthamangalam	90,681	45.51%	WON
P. Ramalingam	Namakkal	1,06,494	51.51%	WON
K S Moorthy	Paramathi-Velur	78,372	42.66%	LOST
M.venkatachalam	Kumarapalayam	69,154	34.25%	LOST
S. Muthusami	Erode (West)	1,00,757	49.01%	WON
Subbulakshmi Jegadeeshan	Modakkurichi	77,844	42.81%	LOST
Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Dharapuram (SC)	89,986	46.39%	WON
Saminathan	Kangayam	94,197	47.14%	WON
K P Durairaj	Bhavani	78,392	38.93%	LOST
Venkatachalam	Anthiyur	79,096	44.84%	WON
Manimarang.v.	Gobichettipalayam	80,045	37.36%	LOST
S Kasilingam	Gudalur	62,551	45.24%	LOST
K. Ramachandran	Coonoor	61,820	45.49%	WON
T R Shanmugasundaram	Mettuppalayam	1,02,775	45.66%	LOST
K. Selvaraj	Tiruppur (South)	75,535	43.31%	WON
Payya @ Krishnan	Kavundampalayam	1,25,893	40.62%	LOST
V.m.shanmugasundaram	Coimbatore (North)	77,453	38.19%	LOST
Karthikeya Sivasenapathy	Thondamuthur	82,595	35.83%	LOST
N.karthik	Singanallur	70,390	34.84%	LOST
Kurichi Prabhakaran	Kinathukadavu	1,00,442	43.21%	LOST
Varadharajan	Pollachi	78,842	44.47%	LOST
R.jayaramakrishnan	Madathukulam	77,875	42.81%	LOST
I.p.senthilkumar	Palani	1,08,566	52.86%	WON
R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	1,09,970	54.51%	WON
I.periyasamy	Athoor	1,65,809	72.11%	WON
M.a.aandi Ambalam	Natham	95,830	42.54%	LOST
S.gandhirajan	Vedasandur	1,06,481	49.97%	WON
R.elango	Aravakurichi	93,369	52.72%	WON
Senthil Balaji	Karur	1,01,757	49.08%	WON
K.sivakamasundari	Krishnarayapuram	96,540	53.37%	WON
R.manickam	Kulithalai	1,00,829	51.06%	WON
M.palaniandi	Srirangam	1,13,904	47.41%	WON
K.n.nehru	Tiruchirappalli (West)	1,18,133	64.52%	WON
Inigo Irudhayaraj	Tiruchirappalli (East)	94,302	54.56%	WON
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	1,05,424	53.51%	WON
A.soundrapandiyan	Lalgudi	84,914	48.59%	WON
C.kathiravan	Manachanallur	1,16,334	59.14%	WON
N.thiyagarajan	Musiri	90,624	50.43%	WON
Stalin Kumar	Thuraiyur	87,786	49.91%	WON
M Prabhakaran	Perambalur	1,22,090	50.87%	WON
S S Sivashankar	Kunnam	1,03,922	47.26%	WON
K S K Kannan	Jayankondam	99,529	46%	WON
C V Ganesan	Tittagudi (SC)	83,726	49.78%	WON
Saba Rajendiran	Neyveli	75,177	45.8%	WON
Ko Ayyappan	Cuddalore	84,563	46.46%	WON
M R K Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	1,01,456	51.04%	WON
Durai Ki Saravanan	Bhuvanagiri	88,194	44.73%	LOST
Mu Panneerselvam	Sirkazhi	94,057	49.16%	WON
Nivetha Murugan	Poompuhar	96,102	46.24%	WON
S K Vedharathinam	Vedaranyam	66,390	42%	LOST
Trb Raja	Mannargudi	87,172	45.11%	WON
Poondi Kalaivanan	Thiruvarur	1,08,906	52.29%	WON
S Jothiraman	Nannilam	99,213	44.7%	LOST
Kovi Chezhiyan	Thiruvidaimarudur	95,763	48.26%	WON
Anbazhagan	Kumbakonam	96,057	48.62%	WON
Durai Chandrasekaran	Thiruvaiyaru	1,03,210	48.82%	WON
Tkg Neelamegam	Thanjavur	1,03,772	53.25%	WON
Ramachandran	Orathanadu	61,228	31.92%	LOST
Annadurai	Pattukkottai	79,065	44.62%	WON
N Ashok Kumar	Peravurani	89,130	52.17%	WON
M Palaniyappan	Viralimalai	78,581	40.63%	LOST
Muthuraja	Pudukkottai	85,802	47.7%	WON
Ragupathi	Thirumayam	71,349	41%	WON
Siva Ve Meyyanaadhan	Alangudi	87,935	51.17%	WON
K R Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur	1,03,682	49.19%	WON
Tamilarasi	Manamadurai	89,364	44.01%	WON
P Moorthi	Madurai East	1,22,729	51.59%	WON
Venkatesan	Sholavandan	84,240	48.04%	WON
Ko Thalapathi	Madurai North	73,010	46.64%	WON
P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	73,205	48.99%	WON
Chinammal	Madurai West	74,762	37.07%	LOST
Manimaran	Thirumangalam	86,251	39.12%	LOST
Maharajan	Andipatti	93,541	44.64%	WON
K S Saravanakumar	Periyakulam	92,251	45.71%	WON
Thangatamilselvan	Bodinayakanur	89,029	41.45%	LOST
Cumbum Ramakrishnan	Cumbum	1,04,800	51.81%	WON
Thangapandiyan	Rajapalayam	74,158	41.5%	WON
A.r.r.srinivasan	Virudhunagar	73,297	45.32%	WON
S.s.r.ramachandiran	Aruppukkottai	91,040	53.18%	WON
Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	1,02,225	59.15%	WON
Murugesan	Paramakudi	84,864	46.59%	WON
Kadhar Batcha Alas Muthuramalingam	Ramanathapuram	1,11,082	51.88%	WON
Raja Kannapan	Mudhukulathur	1,01,901	46.06%	WON
Markandeyan	Vilathikulam	90,348	54.05%	WON
Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	92,314	49%	WON
Anitha Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	88,274	50.58%	WON
Shanmugayyaa	Ottapidaram	73,110	41.11%	WON
E.raja	Sankarankovil	71,347	38.92%	WON
Poongothai	Alangulam	70,614	34.7%	LOST
Lakshmanan	Tirunelveli	69,175	35.01%	LOST
Avudaiappan	Ambasamudram	68,296	38.44%	LOST
Abdul Wahab	Palayamkottai	89,117	55.32%	WON
M.appavu	Radhapuram	82,331	43.95%	WON
Austin	Kanniyakumari	93,532	41.59%	LOST
N. Suresh Rajan	Nagercoil	77,135	41.88%	LOST
Mano Thangaraj	Padmanabhapuram	87,744	51.57%	WON

Source: ECI

FAQs

What is the DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

The DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 includes all nominees contesting across 234 assembly constituencies.

How many seats is DMK contesting in Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

DMK is contesting a significant number of the 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, focusing on both traditional strongholds and strategic constituencies to maximize its electoral impact.

Who are the top DMK candidates to watch in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026?

Key high-profile DMK candidates contesting in notable constituencies will be highlighted here.

Has DMK announced any new faces in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election?

Yes, DMK has introduced several fresh candidates alongside seasoned leaders to appeal to youth voters and consolidate its voter base across key regions.

Where can I find the full constituency-wise DMK candidate list for Tamil Nadu 2026?

The complete constituency-wise DMK candidate list is available on this page, detailing the nominees for all seats, their opponents, and key contest highlights.

Disclaimer:

The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.