Tamil NaduThursday, 1 October 2026·The Hindu - National
Tamil Nadu bypolls 2026: Madurantakam and Dharapuram reserved seats, candidates and key electoral facts
Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly bypolls on October 6, 2026 are five-cornered contests in two SC-reserved constituencies.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In October 2026, Tamil Nadu’s Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies are going to bypolls on October 6, with counting scheduled for October 9, after the resignations of former AIADMK MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama on May 25, 2026.
Key specifics
- Madurantakam and Dharapuram are both reserved for Scheduled Castes and are going to the bypolls for the first time.
- Madurantakam is in Chengalpattu district, about 100 km from Chennai, and is described as an agrarian region where rice is the main crop.
- Dharapuram is in Tiruppur district; Scheduled Castes form about one-fourth of its population and rural voters account for nearly 60%.
- Madurantakam has candidates from DMK (I. Paranthamen), AIADMK (Kanitha Sampath), CPI(M) Left Front (P. Suganthi), TVK (Maragatham Kumaravel) and NTK (Janakiraman).
- Dharapuram has candidates from DMK (S. Suganya), AIADMK (K. Bhanumathi), CPI Left Front (P. Lakshmanan), TVK (P. Sathyabama) and NTK (M. Karthika).
Exam lens
Question type: constituency-profile and bypoll match-the-following, with district, reservation status, polling date and candidate names; TNPSC may ask which two Tamil Nadu seats went to bypolls on October 6, 2026.