Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate N Elaiyaraaja secured a decisive victory in the Uthangarai Assembly bypoll, garnering 70,201 votes and winning by a margin of 5,198 votes. He defeated AIADMK's T M Tamilselvam, who polled 65,003 votes. The Congress candidate R Kuppusamy finished third with 60,993 votes, trailing the winner by 9,208 votes.
The contest witnessed a closely fought battle between TVK and AIADMK, while the Congress remained in third place. In the 2021 Assembly elections, T M Tamilselvam (AIADMK) had won with 99,675 votes, defeating INC's J S Arumugam, who secured 71,288 votes, by a margin of 28,387 votes. In 2016, AIADMK's N Manoranjitham had won with 69,980 votes, defeating DMK's S Malathy, who secured 67,367 votes, by a margin of 2,613 votes.
Uthangarai recorded steady voter participation, reflecting continued electoral engagement in this constituency. Uthangarai (Assembly Constituency), reserved for Scheduled Castes, is located in Tamil Nadu and has witnessed electoral contests mainly between AIADMK, DMK and INC over the years. In 2011, AIADMK's Manoranjitham won with 90,381 votes, defeating VCK's Muniyammal, who secured 51,223 votes, by a margin of 39,158 votes.
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