Party · TN Verdict 2026

BJPBharatiya Janata Party

State-level report card across all 33 contests BJP fielded in the Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly Election — seats, margins, districts, and head-to-head against every rival party.

A one-seat foothold won by 0.66% — Udhagamandalam is the entirety of BJP's haul from 33 contested.
Turned out votes but not in the right fights — 8 second-places, 24 third-places, 23% share in seats fought.
Western belt didn't show up — shut out of 7 districts including Coimbatore and Salem, lost to TVK 18 times with just 1 reverse win.

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

State verdict

Held a foothold — 1 of 33 contested, 2.97% of statewide vote, mostly in pockets where the party concentrates resources.

Contested

of 234 ACs

Won

3.0% strike rate

Lost

97.0% of contests

Vote share — statewide

2.97%

14,67,024 votes total

Vote share — in seats fought

22.2%

concentration in their 33 seats

Stayed competitive

27%

finished #1 or #2 in 9 of 33

Avg winning margin

+0.7%

lead over runner-up, averaged across wins

Avg losing margin

-16.6%

gap to winner, averaged across losses

Deposits forfeited

15.2% — below 1/6 vote share

Booth-by-booth analysis

See how BJP did at every one of 8,255 booths

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

Margin distribution

margin as % of valid votes in AC · 33 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

Biggest blowout win

AC 108 · UDHAGAMANDALAM

The Nilgiris

+976votes margin

+0.66% of valid · 48,488 votes (32.6%)

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Closest win

AC 108 · UDHAGAMANDALAM

The Nilgiris

+976votes margin

+0.66% of valid · 48,488 votes (32.6%)

rank #2 · -2.55% margin

rank #3 · -30.64% margin

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Closest loss

AC 100 · MODAKKURICHI

Erode

2,430votes margin

-1.27% of valid · 58,285 votes (30.6%)

-40.69% of valid · 39,605 votes (11.4%)

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District scorecard

present in 22 of 38 districts

Clean sweeps

won every seat contested

Dominant

≥75% of seats, min 3

Shutouts

contested ≥2, won 0

Erode (2)Tiruppur (2)Thanjavur (2)Pudukkottai (3)Sivaganga (2)Virudhunagar (2)+1 more

Strongest districts

District	W / C	Share	Best seat
Krishnagiri	0 / 1	35.5%	THALLI
The Nilgiris	1 / 1	32.6%	UDHAGAMANDALAM
Tenkasi	0 / 1	29.8%	VASUDEVANALLUR
Namakkal	0 / 1	29.5%	RASIPURAM
Tirunelveli	0 / 1	26.3%	RADHAPURAM

Weakest districts

District	W / C	Share	Best seat
Thiruvallur	0 / 1	11.4%	AVADI
Ranipet	0 / 1	14.5%	RANIPET
Tiruvannamalai	0 / 1	15.6%	TIRUVANNAMALAI
Thanjavur	0 / 2	16.4%	THANJAVUR
Thiruvarur	0 / 1	16.7%	THIRUVARUR

Head-to-head

who they fought across the state

Most often beaten by

TVKTVK

18×

BJP's top finisher-up

DMK 9×INC 3×CPI 1×CPI(M) 1×

Most often beat

TVKTVK

1×

Where BJP won, they usually beat…

Booth-level extremes

8,255 booths analysed →

BJP contested 31 of 234 seats in TN 2026 as a member of the NTDA alliance — the state-level reflection of the BJP-led NDA. Across 8,255 polling stations with 200+ valid votes, four numbers stand out.

Strongest booth

81.7%

Colachal (AC 231)

550 of 673 voters chose BJP at Booth 282 (Govt H.S. Peyankuzhi) — the party’s tightest lock-in anywhere. Colachal sits in Kanyakumari’s Christian belt; this is the deepest pocket of BJP support in TN 2026, anchored in the southern coastal districts.

Tightest win

1 vote

Booth 145, Prof Sanjivi Street (Mylapore AC 25)

BJP held this booth in central Chennai by a single vote with 34.2% share. Mylapore is one of the few Chennai-metro seats where the BJP urban vote runs deep enough to produce knife-edge wins inside a triangular fight.

Biggest local surge

+54.3%

Booth 282, Colachal (AC 231)

BJP averages 27.4% across Colachal, but at Booth 282 (Peyankuzhi) it took 81.7% — a 54-point local jump and the steepest single-booth surge in the BJP profile. The Kanyakumari Christian-area booths repeatedly produce this pattern.

Alliance conversion

104 wipeouts

Narrow contesting footprint, deep wipeouts inside it

BJP dropped below 1% share in 104 polling stations — the highest wipeout count of any party, despite contesting only 31 seats. The wipeout rate (104 booths out of 8,255 contested) shows the floor is uneven even inside the party’s own selected seats; coalition support transferred unevenly at the booth level.

See all BJP booth-level extremes (81 records) →

≥200 valid votes per booth · ECI Form 20

Every BJP candidate (33)

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33 of 33 contests

AC	Candidate	Votes	Margin ▼	Status	Age	Net worth	Crim
AC 108 UDHAGAMANDALAM The Nilgiris	BHOJARAJAN.M rank #1	48,488	+0.7%+976	won	79	Rs 15.79 Cr	0
AC 100 MODAKKURICHI Erode	S.KIRTHIKA rank #2	58,285	-1.3%2,430	lost	40	Rs 57.41 Cr	0
AC 56 THALLI Krishnagiri	DR.NAGESH KUMAR. C rank #2	73,043	-2.5%5,240	lost	40	Rs 1.50 Cr	0
AC 204 SATTUR Virudhunagar	NAINAR NAGENTHRAN rank #2	56,071	-3.0%5,989	lost	65	Rs 35.95 Cr	0
AC 220 VASUDEVANALLUR Tenkasi	ANANTHAN AYYASAMY rank #2	56,462	-3.5%6,583	lost	50	Rs 31.13 Cr	0
AC 231 COLACHAL Kanniyakumari	SIVAKUMAR. T rank #3	54,384	-5.9%11,823	lost	51	Rs 1.64 Cr	5
AC 178 GANDHARVAKOTTAI Pudukkottai	C. UTHAYAKUMAR rank #2	47,756	-6.6%11,039	lost	54	Rs 99.90 L	0
AC 112 AVANASHI Tiruppur	DR. L. MURUGAN rank #2	68,836	-6.6%15,373	lost	48	Rs 3.96 Cr	0
AC 92 RASIPURAM Namakkal	PREMKUMAR S D rank #2	60,297	-7.1%14,511	lost	46	Rs -3.42 Cr	0
AC 228 RADHAPURAM Tirunelveli	BALAKRISHNAN.S.P rank #3	52,637	-8.7%17,310	lost	58	Rs 23.34 Cr	3
AC 230 NAGERCOIL Kanniyakumari	GANDHI M R rank #3	52,355	-8.9%17,525	lost	81	Rs 61.22 L	0
AC 187 MANAMADURAI Sivaganga	BALAGANAPATHY.V rank #3	42,610	-13.1%27,361	lost	48	Rs 4.93 Cr	4
AC 211 RAMANATHAPURAM Ramanathapuram	GBS K.NAGENDRAN rank #3	57,730	-13.2%31,407	lost	57	Rs 12.52 Cr	2
AC 180 PUDUKKOTTAI Pudukkottai	N. RAMACHANDRAN rank #3	41,089	-13.5%25,736	lost	65	Rs 5.67 L	0
AC 232 PADMANABHAPURAM Kanniyakumari	RAMESH. P rank #3	44,293	-13.7%24,645	lost	60	Rs 6.41 Cr	2
AC 233 VILAVANCODE Kanniyakumari	VIJAYADHARANI S rank #3	45,604	-14.4%25,151	lost	56	Rs 21.93 Cr	0
AC 202 RAJAPALAYAM Virudhunagar	PRISCILLA PANDIAN. J rank #3	36,318	-16.0%29,230	lost	56	Rs 41.65 Cr	0
AC 171 KUMBAKONAM Thanjavur	ASHOKKUMAR R rank #3	40,103	-18.5%38,547	lost	42	Rs 2.45 Cr	0
AC 118 COIMBATORE NORTH Coimbatore	VANATHI SRINIVASAN rank #3	49,722	-18.9%42,778	lost	55	Rs 9.44 Cr	0
AC 234 KILLIYOOR Kanniyakumari	NIVIN SIMON. J rank #3	31,070	-19.9%35,364	lost	38	Rs 8.85 Cr	0
AC 215 TIRUCHENDUR Thoothukudi	K R M RADHAKRISHNAN rank #3	34,159	-20.7%38,564	lost	44	Rs 10.24 Cr	3
AC 128 ODDANCHATRAM Dindigul	VIDIYAL S. SEKAR rank #2	49,850	-21.4%43,249	lost	58	Rs 17.76 Cr	0
AC 114 TIRUPPUR SOUTH Tiruppur	THANGARAJ. S rank #3	34,617	-21.8%39,176	lost	—	—	—
AC 192 MADURAI SOUTH Madurai	RAAMA SREENIVASAN rank #3	31,100	-22.1%31,315	lost	61	Rs 5.57 Cr	0
AC 183 ARANTHANGI Pudukkottai	KAVITHA SRIKANTH rank #3	31,456	-22.9%41,788	lost	48	Rs 89.11 L	0
AC 63 TIRUVANNAMALAI Tiruvannamalai	ELUMALAI. C rank #3	34,280	-24.5%53,993	lost	67	Rs 5.66 Cr	5
AC 25 MYLAPORE Chennai	DR. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN rank #3	32,328	-25.1%37,742	lost	64	Rs 19.77 Cr	0
AC 185 TIRUPPATTUR Sivaganga	THIRUMARAN. K.C rank #3	29,054	-25.2%54,321	lost	52	Rs 74.67 L	0
AC 168 THIRUVARUR Thiruvarur	CHANDRASEKARAN GOVI rank #3	36,387	-26.2%57,021	lost	63	Rs 3.89 Cr	0
AC 99 ERODE WEST Erode	M. YUVARAJA rank #3	38,185	-26.5%58,651	lost	45	Rs 15.34 Cr	1
AC 41 RANIPET Ranipet	V.M. KARTHIKEYAN rank #3	32,060	-26.7%59,089	lost	55	Rs 2.76 Cr	0
AC 174 THANJAVUR Thanjavur	KARUPPU MURUGANANTHAM rank #3	26,790	-30.6%60,915	lost	52	Rs 1.86 Cr	0
AC 6 AVADI Thiruvallur	RAJASIMHA MAHENDRA rank #3	39,605	-40.7%1,40,779	lost	49	Rs 11.59 Cr	0