Veteran politician KA Sengottaiyan has secured his ninth win in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, winning the Gobichettipalayam constituency under actor Vijay's TVK party.
Sengottaiyan, a former AIADMK veteran, has over 5 decades of political experience and was born on January 9, 1948.
He was expelled from the AIADMK in November 2025 due to disagreements and joined the TVK, where he serves as the Chief Coordinator of the executive committee.
Sengottaiyan defeated his closest rival, N Nallasivam of the DMK, by a margin of 16,620 votes, securing 82612 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
