The contest on Thondamuthur assembly seat of Tamil Nadu has become quite interesting. There are 21 candidates in the fray in Thondamuthur. This seat falling under Coimbatore district is in the urban area and is a general seat. Voting on this seat will take place on April 23, 2026, while counting is to take place on May 4.
Thondamuthur assembly seat is one of the 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. It is assembly number 119 of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vijay’s TVK and Congress are the main parties of the state.
Major candidates of Thondamuthur
The main contest in Thondamuthur is expected to be between AIADMK’s SP Velumani and DMK’s NR Karthikeyan. TVK’s R Satish Raju and NTK’s Rajbunisha Abdulkani are making the contest interesting. Apart from these, 15 candidates are contesting as independent candidates. While some regional parties are also trying their electoral luck.
Thondamuthur seat profile
Thondamuthur has a total of 287,442 registered voters for the 2026 elections. This includes 138,968 male voters, 148,371 female voters and 103 third gender category voters. In 2021, there were 326,779 voters in this seat, while in 2016 the number was 297,360. In 2011, there were 213,181 registered voters.
Previous winners of Thondamuthur seat
In the 2021 Assembly elections, AIADMK’s SP Velumani defeated DMK’s Karthikeya by a margin of 41,630 votes and secured 18.19% of the total votes polled. In 2016, SP Velumani retained the seat by defeating MAMAK’s Kovai Syed by a margin of 64,041 votes. SP Velumani won in 2011 also. He defeated Congress candidate Kandaswamy MN by 53,203 votes.
List of winners so far
1971- R. Manikavasakam- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977- K. Maruthachalam- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980- Chinnaraj- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984- C. Aranganayagam- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989-U. Of. Velingiri- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991- C. Aranganayagam- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996-c. R. Ramachandran-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001- S. R. Balasubramanian- Tamil Maanila Congress
2006- M. Kannappan Marumalarchi- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009- M.N. Kandaswami-Congress
2011- S. P. Velumani- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016-s. P. Velumani-All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021- S. P. Velumani- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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