Senior DMK leader KR Periakaruppan lost the Tiruppattur Assembly seat by a single vote in the 2026 Tamil Nadu elections.
Periakaruppan, the Tamil Nadu minister for co-operatives, trailed behind Seenivasa Sethupathy R of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) by a mere 1 vote.
The result in Tiruppattur remains one of the closest in India's electoral history, emphasizing the decisive impact of individual ballots.
Vijay's TVK emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats in a historic debut that disrupted the state's traditional bipolar politics.
The party needs to cross the majority mark of 118 to form the government and is likely to seek the support of smaller parties.
