Madurai Central (மதுரை மத்தி) — Constituency #193

Winner (2021)

DMK

PALANIVEL THIAGA RAJAN

Margin

34,176

votes

Total Votes

1,49,430

70.2% turnout

Type

GEN

General

🗳️ 2026 Candidates

5 Candidates

KN

Kavitha Nataraj

DMK · DMK+ Alliance · Lost 2021

DMK

KN

K. Nadar

BJP · NDA (ADMK+) · Contested 2021

BJP

VJ

Vasanthi Jayaram

TVK · TVK (Solo) · First time

TVK

DA

D. Annamalai

NTK · NTK (Solo) · First time

NTK

BS

Bharathi Subramanian

IND · Independent · First time

IND

2021 Results

PALANIVEL THIAGA RAJAN

DMK · 49.0%

73,205

JOTHI MUTHURAMALINGAM N

AIADMK · 26.1%

39,029

Others

24.9%

37,196

✓ PALANIVEL THIAGA RAJAN (DMK) won by a margin of 34,176 votes

Constituency History

2016 DMK Won

+5,762 margin

PALANIVEL THIAGARAJAN DMK

42.5%

64,662

JEYABAL M AIADMK

38.8%

58,900

Others OTH

18.7%

28,420

2011 DMDK Won

+19,560 margin

SUNDARRAJAN R DMDK

52.8%

76,063

SYED GHOUSE BASHA S DMK

39.2%

56,503

Others OTH

8.0%

11,585

* Historical data provided by TCPD Lok Dhaba.

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