Party · TN Verdict 2026

AMMKAmma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam

State-level report card across all 11 contests AMMK fielded in the Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly Election — seats, margins, districts, and head-to-head against every rival party.

A splinter party out of structural runway — 11 contests, 1 narrow win (+0.81% margin), 6 deposits forfeited.
Respectable share in isolation, brutal context — 18% vote share in seats fought against a -27% average loss margin.
The single seat is the obituary, not the comeback.

Drafted 2026-05-13 · refreshed when the underlying metrics change.

State verdict

Held a foothold — 1 of 11 contested, 0.86% of statewide vote, mostly in pockets where the party concentrates resources.

Contested

of 234 ACs

Won

9.1% strike rate

Lost

90.9% of contests

Vote share — statewide

0.86%

4,25,345 votes total

Vote share — in seats fought

18.3%

concentration in their 11 seats

Stayed competitive

18%

finished #1 or #2 in 2 of 11

Avg winning margin

+0.8%

lead over runner-up, averaged across wins

Avg losing margin

-26.7%

gap to winner, averaged across losses

Deposits forfeited

54.5% — below 1/6 vote share

Booth-by-booth analysis

See how AMMK did at every one of 3,348 booths

Booth share spectrum · fortresses · wipeouts · knife-edge wins · hot pockets · alliance lens.

Margin distribution

margin as % of valid votes in AC · 11 contests

>20%

Win

10–20%

Win

5–10%

Win

<5%

Win

<5%

Loss

5–10%

Loss

10–20%

Loss

>20%

Loss

Win margin (party finished #1)Loss margin (distance to winner)

State pulse

extremes across every contested AC

+0.81% of valid · 68,416 votes (35.3%)

+0.81% of valid · 68,416 votes (35.3%)

rank #1 · +0.81% margin

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Lowest vote AC

AC 140 · TIRUCHIRAPPALLI WEST

Tiruchirappalli

14,136votes (7.2%)

rank #3 · -37.74% margin

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Closest loss

AC 126 · MADATHUKULAM

Tiruppur

15,968votes margin

-8.48% of valid · 54,490 votes (28.9%)

-39.50% of valid · 17,839 votes (11.1%)

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District scorecard

present in 11 of 38 districts

Clean sweeps

won every seat contested

Dominant

≥75% of seats, min 3

Shutouts

contested ≥2, won 0

Strongest districts

District	W / C	Share	Best seat
Thiruvarur	1 / 1	35.3%	MANNARGUDI
Tiruppur	0 / 1	28.9%	MADATHUKULAM
Thanjavur	0 / 1	24.8%	THIRUVAIYARU
Theni	0 / 1	21.1%	PERIYAKULAM
Tirunelveli	0 / 1	18.3%	NANGUNERI

Weakest districts

District	W / C	Share	Best seat
Tiruchirappalli	0 / 1	7.2%	TIRUCHIRAPPALLI WEST
Chennai	0 / 1	11.1%	SAIDAPET
Thoothukudi	0 / 1	13.2%	OTTAPIDARAM
Thiruvallur	0 / 1	14.0%	POONAMALLEE
Sivaganga	0 / 1	14.6%	KARAIKUDI

Head-to-head

who they fought across the state

Most often beaten by

TVKTVK

7×

AMMK's top finisher-up

DMK 3×

Most often beat

DMKDMK

1×

Where AMMK won, they usually beat…

Booth-level extremes

3,348 booths analysed →

AMMK contested 11 of 234 seats in TN 2026 as a member of the NTDA alliance — the state-level reflection of the BJP-led NDA. Across 3,348 polling stations with 200+ valid votes, four numbers stand out.

Strongest booth

69.2%

Manjankulam, Nanguneri (AC 227)

371 of 536 voters chose AMMK at Booth 291 in Manjankulam — the party’s tightest lock-in anywhere. AMMK never crossed the 80% fortress threshold at any booth in TN 2026; the depth profile is uniformly shallow, characteristic of a splinter party still rebuilding its local floor.

Tightest win

1 vote

Booth 231, Mannargudi (AC 167)

AMMK held this booth by a single vote with 34.8% share. The knife-edge wins (13 across the state) outnumber losses (7) — a positive spine that suggests the AMMK floor still bites locally even as the headline tally compressed.

Biggest local surge

+50.9%

Booth 291, Nanguneri (AC 227)

AMMK averages 18.4% across Nanguneri, but at Booth 291 (Manjankulam) it took 69.2% — a 51-point local jump, the steepest surge in the AMMK profile. Hot pockets at this scale are rare (just 7 booths above the 35-point delta), reinforcing that the party’s presence ran broad but thin.

Alliance conversion

16 wipeouts

Floor leakage inside NTDA

AMMK dropped below 1% share in 16 polling stations — floor leakage inside the NTDA shell, evidence that the alliance arrangement did not protect AMMK’s base everywhere it contested. With zero fortresses and 16 wipeouts, the cycle profile is one of erosion at both ends of the distribution.

See all AMMK booth-level extremes (20 records) →

≥200 valid votes per booth · ECI Form 20

Every AMMK candidate (11)

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11 of 11 contests

AC	Candidate	Votes	Margin ▼	Status	Age	Net worth	Crim
AC 167 MANNARGUDI Thiruvarur	KAMARAJ. S rank #1	68,416	+0.8%+1,566	won	59	Rs -3.10 Cr	1
AC 126 MADATHUKULAM Tiruppur	C SHANMUGAVELU rank #2	54,490	-8.5%15,968	lost	76	Rs 4.32 Cr	0
AC 173 THIRUVAIYARU Thanjavur	VELU. KARTHIKEYAN rank #3	55,121	-11.4%25,304	lost	51	Rs 7.47 Cr	0
AC 227 NANGUNERI Tirunelveli	R. ESAKKIMUTHU rank #3	38,316	-17.5%36,636	lost	—	—	—
AC 199 PERIYAKULAM Theni	DR KATHIRKAMU K. rank #3	44,521	-19.5%41,135	lost	68	Rs 2.98 Cr	0
AC 217 OTTAPIDARAM Thoothukudi	R SUNDARARAJ rank #3	25,871	-28.4%55,754	lost	59	Rs 6.26 Cr	0
AC 184 KARAIKUDI Sivaganga	DHERPOKI V.PANDI rank #3	33,352	-29.7%68,006	lost	50	Rs 23.73 Cr	0
AC 50 TIRUPPATTUR Tirupathur	GNANASEKAR. A rank #3	30,003	-37.0%75,095	lost	54	Rs 71.39 Cr	0
AC 140 TIRUCHIRAPPALLI WEST Tiruchirappalli	M.RAJASEKARAN rank #3	14,136	-37.7%74,099	lost	66	Rs 3.44 Cr	0
AC 5 POONAMALLEE Thiruvallur	ELUMALAI.T.A rank #3	43,280	-38.2%1,18,029	lost	62	Rs 2.21 Cr	2
AC 23 SAIDAPET Chennai	SENTHAMIZHAN. G rank #3	17,839	-39.5%63,366	lost	63	Rs 1.98 Cr	0