Dharapuram by-election result 2026: SATHYABAMA.P (TVK) wins by 9,471 votes
SATHYABAMA.P (TVK) won the Dharapuram (SC) assembly by-election on Friday 9 October 2026, defeating SUGANYA.S (DMK) by 9,471 votes, after all 23 rounds of counting. Turnout was 80.30% of 222,406 electors. Source: Election Commission of India, results.eci.gov.in, scraped at 09:48 IST.
Leading candidates: SATHYABAMA.P (TVK) 66,841 votes (37.02%); SUGANYA.S (DMK) 57,370 votes (31.78%); BANUMATHI.K (ADMK) 45,280 votes (25.08%); KARTHIKA.M (NTK) 5,268 votes (2.92%); LAKSHMANAN.P (CPI) 1,157 votes (0.64%).
Compared with April 2026: TVK polled 23.23% here then and 37.02% now; AIADMK and TVK together had 63.79% in April. In April, AIADMK won Dharapuram by 16,727 votes.
Turnout on 6 October was 80.30% of 222,406 electors, against 89.96% in April.
Dharapuram (also spelt Tharapuram) (SC) is Assembly Constituency No. 101 in Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, part of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency.
Updated 09:48 IST · Source: Election Commission of India, results.eci.gov.in.