In a razor-thin electoral upset, TVK's Seenivasa Sethupathy R defeated incumbent DMK minister KR Periakaruppan by just one vote (83,375 to 83,374) in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppattur Assembly constituency during the 2026 state elections. Despite this symbolic loss, the DMK alliance secured 74 seats overall, though TVK led by actor Vijay outpolled DMK statewide by 3.52 percentage points.