After 10 years, Madras High Court declares Appavu elected from Radhapuram constituency in 2016 Assembly polls

Key points

• The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (June 3, 2026), allowed an election petition filed by former Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M.
• Appavu of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 2016 and set aside the election of his rival candidate I.S.
• Inbadurai of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) from Radhapuram Assembly constituency in Tirunelveli district that year.
• Jayachandran declared the election of Mr. Inbadurai by a slender margin of 49 votes as null and void and ordered that Mr. Appavu must be declared to have won the polls by a margin of 109 votes.
• The orders were passed after recounting the votes.