Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections Results 2026 | BJP bigwigs trail behind Vijay's TVK, DMK

As the counting of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections progressed, data revealed many of BJP's significant candidates trailing behind the ruling DMK and Vijay-led TVK candidates.

Some of the prominent names include state chief Nainar Nagenthran, former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Union Minister L Murugan.

Nagenthran is contesting from Sattur for the first time after migrating from his home constituency of Tirunelveli, and is trailing by 909 votes behind the DMK candidate Kadarkarairaj A.

Union Minister L Murugan is trailing behind TVK's Kamali S in Avanashi reserved constituency by 2,080 votes as per the counting trends, while former Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan is behind TVK's Venkataramanan P by a margin of 9,296 votes in Mylapore constituency in Chennai.

The party is contesting 27 seats in alliance with the AIADMK.

BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan, who has shifted to Coimbatore North from Coimbatore South, which she won in the 2021 Assembly elections, is also lagging behind TVK's V Sampath Kumar by 839 votes.

Candidates M R Gandhi, Bhojarajan M, and C Nagesh Kumar are leading in Nagercoil, Udhagamanalam and Thalli constituencies respectively as per the ECI data released on 12:20 PM.

In Vilavancode constituency, Vijayadharani S is behind the Congress candidate Praveen T T by 6,697 votes.

As TVK appeared towards the majority mark of 118 Assembly seats out of the total 234 segments in Tamil Nadu, his supporters began celebrations across the state.

(with PTI inputs)