India, May 5 -- Every single vote counts. This sounds like a platitude the Election Commission or other authorities would use to boost voter turnout. But in a Tamil Nadu constituency, the importance of one vote became the difference between winning and losing.

Senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister for co-operatives KR Periakaruppan lost the Tiruppattur Assembly seat by a razor-thin margin of 1 vote in a dramatic upset in the 2026 Tamil Nadu elections.

According to election commission data, Seenivasa Sethupathy R of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, secured victory with 83,375 votes, while Periakaruppan finished with 83,374 votes. BJP's KC Thirumaran finished a distant third in the constituency...