EDAPPADI (AC 86)
EDAPPADI PALANISWAMI. K of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won EDAPPADI in the Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly Election by +98,110 votes. 16 candidates contested.
Winner
EDAPPADI PALANISWAMI. K
AIADMK
Votes1,48,933Net worthRs 8.82 CrAge72Education12th PassCriminal cases0
Runner-up
PREMKUMAR. K
IND
Votes50,823Net worthRs 15.74 LAge43Education5th PassCriminal cases0
Margin +98,110 votes (49.11% of top-2 vote share).
All candidates — EDAPPADI
Votes & margin: Election Commission of India. Net worth, age, education and criminal-case counts: candidate affidavits as declared, not independently verified. More on sources.
| # ▲ | Candidate | Party | Votes | Net worth | Crim | Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EDAPPADI PALANISWAMI. K | AIADMK | 1,48,933 | Rs 8.82 Cr | 0 | 72 | won |
| 2 | PREMKUMAR. K | IND | 50,823 | Rs 15.74 L | 0 | 43 | lost |
| 3 |  KASI. C | DMK | 44,011 | Rs 4.27 Cr | 0 | 66 | lost |
| 4 |  PRIYADHARSHINI. A | NTK | 8,450 | Rs 43.63 L | 0 | 37 | lost |
| 5 |  GOVINDARAJ.V | TAMIZH | 1,662 | Rs 43.01 L | 0 | 36 | lost |
| 6 |  RAJA. K. B.SC. B.TECH. EX.INAS | IND | 739 | Rs 2.74 Cr | 0 | 65 | lost |
| 7 |  THULASIMANI. P | IND | 435 | Rs 8.27 L | 0 | 38 | lost |
| 8 |  SURESH. L | ALL IN | 429 | Rs 1.26 Cr | 0 | 54 | lost |
| 9 |  STUDENT'S FRIEND MURUGAN. M | IND | 399 | Rs 49,750 | 0 | 47 | lost |
| 10 |  IYYAPPAN PERUMAL. P | IND | 296 | Rs 11.71 L | 0 | 41 | lost |
| 11 |  ELUMALAI. P | IND | 215 | Rs 33.05 L | 0 | 45 | lost |
| 12 |  KUMARESAN. M | IND | 207 | Rs 1.16 Cr | 0 | 70 | lost |
| 13 |  MURUGAN. C | IND | 159 | Rs 49,750 | 0 | 47 | lost |
| 14 |  SUBRAMANI. P | IND | 97 | Rs 16,100 | 0 | 42 | lost |
| 15 |  SAKTHIVEL. S | IND | 67 | Rs 29.65 L | 0 | 57 | lost |
| 16 |  NOTA | NONE O | 1,341 | — | — | — |