After 10 years, Madras High Court declares Appavu elected from Radhapuram constituency in 2016 Assembly polls
The Madras High Court has declared M. Appavu of the DMK as the rightful winner of the 2016 Assembly elections in Radhapuram, overturning the previous result. The court found that Appavu won by a margin of 109 votes after recounting, while his rival I.S. Inbadurai was initially declared the winner by just 49 votes. This decision follows a lengthy legal battle that included a recount of postal and electronic votes.
- ▪The Madras High Court set aside the election of I.S. Inbadurai from the 2016 Assembly polls.
- ▪Justice G. Jayachandran declared M. Appavu the winner by a margin of 109 votes.
- ▪The recounting process included 1,508 postal votes and over 15,700 votes from electronic voting machines.
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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.Justice G. 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. The judge directed the Assembly Secretary to substitute the name of Mr. Appavu as the MLA of the constituency between 2016 and 2021.
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