Thousand Lights
Part of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat.
J. C. D. Prabhakar (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) won Thousand Lights in 2026, 15,141 votes ahead of Ezhilan Naganathan.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
58,965 votes · 44.7%
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- ENDravida Munetra Kazhagam
43,824 votes · 33.2%
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- VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
23,320 votes · 17.7%
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- KNaam Tamilar Katchi
3,717 votes · 2.8%
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- VIndependent
245 votes · 0.2%
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- MGTamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi
203 votes · 0.2%
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- SIndependent
165 votes · 0.1%
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- VIndependent
102 votes · 0.1%
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- VIndependent
83 votes · 0.1%
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- PIndependent
64 votes · 0.0%
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- PIndependent
63 votes · 0.0%
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- KIndependent
61 votes · 0.0%
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- SRIndependent
48 votes · 0.0%
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- SIndependent
42 votes · 0.0%
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- PIndependent
36 votes · 0.0%
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- MIndependent
28 votes · 0.0%
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- DIndependent
23 votes · 0.0%
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- PIndependent
20 votes · 0.0%
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20 · Thousand Lights
General1,57,551 registered voters · 18 candidates · 15,141 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
J. C. D. Prabhakar
TVK · Male · 58,965 votes (44.73%) · 15,141 ahead of Ezhilan Naganathan
- 83.72%
- Turnout
- 1,31,905
- Votes cast
- 1,31,009
- Valid votes
- 815
- None of the above
- 82,225
- Women electors
62,461 men and 67,860 women voted in person, plus 1,538 postal ballots. 81 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 22.
- TVK58,965420 postal44.73%
DMK43,824600 postal33.24%- Valarmathi.bFemale
ADMK23,320349 postal17.69% - Kalanchiyam.muMaleNTKFarmer Carrying Plough3,71737 postal2.82%
- None of the aboveNOTA8150.62%
- Valarmathi.eFemaleINDBox24512 postal0.19%
- Mohamed Ghouse.hMaleTAVKCamera2033 postal0.15%
- Sathya.aMaleINDMike1654 postal0.13%
- Valarmathy.dFemaleINDBat1022 postal0.08%
- Vijay.dMaleINDBelt836 postal0.06%
- Prabhakaran.bMaleINDGas Stove641 postal0.05%
- Prabhakaran.vMaleINDLetter box631 postal0.05%
- Karthikeyan.sMaleINDCake611 postal0.05%
- Sundara Raju.aMaleINDGas cylinder480.04%
- Shankar.vMaleINDGrapes422 postal0.03%
- Prabhakaran.tMaleINDBread360.03%
- Muniyan.eMaleINDBrush282 postal0.02%
- Dhanasekaran.vMaleINDCarrom board232 postal0.02%
- Pachaiyappan.eMaleINDBiscuit200.02%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.