Ambasamudram
Ambasamudram has no sitting MLA. E. Subaya (ADMK), elected here in 2026, vacated the seat on 26 May 2026 after moving to TVK.
No by-election date is recorded yet.
ADMK has won Ambasamudram at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 E. Subaya won with 34.3% of the vote, 10,245 votes ahead of V. P. Durai (INC).
Ambasamudram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 37 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tirunelveli
- Area
- about 924 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 72.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Alangulam · Nanguneri · Padmanabhapuram · Tenkasi · Tirunelveli · Vilavancode
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK E. Subaya | 65,589 · 34.3% | INC V. P. Durai | 55,344 · 28.9% | 10,245 (5.3 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK E. Subaya | 85,211 · 48.0% | DMK R. Avudaiappan | 68,296 · 38.4% | 16,915 (9.5 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK R. Murugaiah Pandian | 78,555 · 45.8% | DMK Avudaiappan. R | 65,389 · 38.1% | 13,166 (7.7 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK E. Subaya | 80,156 · 55.1% | DMK R. Avudaiyappan | 55,547 · 38.2% | 24,609 (16.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ambasamudram: mentions per week
Busiest week: 22 June (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
37 mentions of Ambasamudram since 1 June 2026 from 14 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tirunelveli district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Tirunelveli district
Tirunelveli| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirunelveli | TVK | 5.2 | 155† |
| Ambasamudram | ADMK | 5.3 | 4 |
| Palayamkottai | DMK | 7.6 | 12 |
| Nanguneri | TVK | 7.8 | 0 |
| Radhapuram | TVK | 6.2 | 2 |
† Tirunelveli is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Ambasamudram
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.