G. Vaithilingam

G. Vaithilingam
G. Vaithilingam
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 May 2026
Preceded by	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan
Constituency	Jayankondam
Personal details
Party	Pattali Makkal Katchi
Relations	Kaduvetti Guru (Brother)
Parent	Thiru Ganesan (father);
Occupation	Politician, Agriculturalist and Business Activities

G. Vaithilingam, also known as Ka. Vaithi., is an Indian politician who is a Member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Jayankondam as an Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate in 2026.^[1]^[2]

Elections contested

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. Vaithilingam	88,992	38.94	4.54
	DMK	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan	70,502	30.85	15.15
	TVK	G. Kavitha Rajendran	55,538	24.30	New
	NTK	K. Revathi	6,192	2.71	1.89
	Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam	N. Ravisankar	1,203	0.53	New
	Independent	S. Chanthirasekar	984	0.43	New
	Independent	C. Vinothsavariremijeas	792	0.35	New
	Naadaalum Makkal Katchi	M. Ravanan	711	0.31	New
	Independent	M. Sankar	608	0.27	New
	Independent	R. Anandhakumar	583	0.26	New
	Independent	G. Jayabalan	528	0.23	New
	BSP	Chinnadurai S.	475	0.21	0.07
	NOTA	NOTA	416	0.18	0.68
	TVK	Pagutharivalan A.	269	0.12	New
	Independent	Gurunathan N.	177	0.08	New
	Independent	Kannan K.	158	0.07	New
	Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi	Azhagesan V.R.	151	0.07	New
	Independent	Isac Newtan J.	115	0.05	New
	Independent	Vezhaventhan D.	100	0.04	New
	Independent	Venkatajalapathi R.	54	0.02	New
Margin of victory			18,490	8.09	5.57
Turnout			2,28,548	86.62	5.36
Registered electors			2,63,862		2,406
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.54