Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam swept through Tamil Nadu in its debut election with not just numbers, but margins — several of its candidates posting landslide leads that rival the biggest individual wins in the state's recent electoral history, according to the Election Commission of India data.
- The biggest victory came from Shozhinganallur where the TVK's ECR P Saravanan won against the DMK's S Aravind Ramesh by a spectacular margin of 96,780 votes.
- Madavaram produced the second-largest margin with ML Vijayprabhu winning against S Sudharsanam by 94,985 votes.
- Salem (West) produced the third-largest margin, with the TVK's Lakshmanan S defeating the PMK's Karthe M by margin of 74,867 votes, notable also as one of the few TVK landslides against a non-DMK opponent.
- Poonamallee, where the TVK's Prakasam R won against the DMK's Krishnaswamy A by 72,740 votes.
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- In Tiruppur (North), TVK's V.Sathyabama won against AIADMK's M.S.M.Anandan by 69,992 votes.
- In Ambattur TVK's Balamurugan G. defeated DMK's Dr. A.P. Poornima by 58781 votes. In Thiruvottiyur, TVK's Senthil Kumar N defeated CPI(M)'s Sundararaj L by 53,564 votes.
- In Sriperumbudur TVK's Thennarasu K won against INC's K. Selvaperunthagai by margin of 54,246 votes.
The TVK's entry into Tamil Nadu's political arena is undeniably historic, making it a celebrity-led regional party stepping into the Assembly contest as a formidable disruptive element.
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