Tirupattur TVK MLA’s win by a single vote: Madras High Court rejects election petition filed against his victory
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed an application filed by the MLA R. Seenivasa Sethupathy to reject the election petition preferred by former DMK Minister K.R. Periakaruppan
The Madras High Court on September 28, 2026, dismissed an election petition against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam MLA R. Seenivasa Sethupathy from Tirupattur constituency in Sivaganga district, following a narrow margin of one vote in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate and former Minister K.R.
Periakaruppan alleged that the election was won unfairly due to a mistaken postal vote in one of the two Tirupattur constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Sethupathy secured 83,375 votes while Periakaruppan garnered 83,374 votes. The petition argued that the postal vote could have been mistakenly transferred due to the identical names of the two constituencies.
The court dismissed the petition, stating that the constituency number, not the name, was the key identifier, and that every postal ballot contains the full address of the Returning Officer, precluding any ambiguity.
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