Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026 Live: Political Earthquake in Tamil Nadu! M. K. Stalin’s defeat in the fort

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026 Live : The present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the leader of the ruling DMK party M. K. Stalin has been defeated from Kolathur constituency. Kolathur constituency was considered Stalin’s stronghold, from which he won three consecutive times (2011, 2016 and 2021). Vijay Thalapathy’s party candidate, Tamil Nadu Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate and Stalin’s long-time associate V. S. He has been defeated by Babu. Earlier, in the 2021 assembly elections, M. K. Stalin defeated Aadi Rajaram of AIADMK.

V. S. Babu joined TVK this year

V. S. Babu was earlier a DMK MLA. M. for the Kolathur constituency in the 2011 assembly elections. K. He was responsible for Stalin’s election campaign, but later left the party and joined the AIADMK. Then, on 7 February 2026, he joined Vijay Thalapathy’s TVK party.

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Stalin won three consecutive times from Kolathur constituency

M.K. Stalin is a prominent figure in Tamil Nadu politics. He was the five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of Karunanidhi. After Karunanidhi’s death in 2018, he assumed the post of DMK party president. In 2011, parts of Villivakkam and Purasavakkam constituencies were merged to form Kolathur assembly constituency. Since the formation of this constituency, M.K. Stalin is an MLA.

Stalin’s defeat but Mula’s bitter fight in the fort

The Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu has turned out to be very tight this time too. This constituency is the stronghold of the DMK party, and the responsibility of maintaining it is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin’s son and Deputy Chief Minister, Udayanidhi Stalin is on.

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According to the preliminary results (Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni Assembly Election Results 2026), Te Vijay’s TVK Party candidate D. Selvam was lagging behind, but now he has made a comeback. After 11 rounds of counting, he (Udayanidhi Stalin) d. Selvam has been trailed by 4,319 votes. But the fight for this place has become very tough.

Udayanidhi’s responsibility to preserve his political legacy

Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni constituency is considered DMK’s stronghold. The DMK party has been winning here since its formation in 2008 and Udayanidhi Stalin himself won the last election. Stalin’s grandfather, five-time Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, erstwhile MLA from Chepauk Constituency several times.

Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni is a part of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. It is a densely populated, urban and politically important area. According to Election Commission data, the Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni constituency had 2,34,067 voters in the 2021 assembly elections.