Aranthangi
J. Mohamed Farvas (TVK) is the MLA for Aranthangi.
TVK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 J. Mohamed Farvas won with 40.1% of the vote, 10,062 votes ahead of T. Ramachandran (INC).
Aranthangi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 34 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Ramanathapuram
- Area
- about 904 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Alangudi · Karaikudi · Peravurani · Thirumayam · Tiruvadanai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK J. Mohamed Farvas | 73,244 · 40.1% | INC T. Ramachandran | 63,182 · 34.6% | 10,062 (5.5 pts) |
| 2021 | INC T. Ramachandran | 81,835 · 48.7% | ADMK M. Rajanayagam | 50,942 · 30.3% | 30,893 (18.4 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Rathinasabhapathy E | 69,905 · 45.2% | INC Ramachandran T | 67,614 · 43.7% | 2,291 (1.5 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK M. Rajanayagam | 67,559 · 52.8% | INC Su. Thirunavukkarasar | 50,903 · 39.8% | 16,656 (13.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Aranthangi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 12 October (6 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
34 mentions of Aranthangi since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Aranthangi, 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 Pudukkottai district
Pudukkottai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandarvakottai | TVK | 6.6 | 0 |
| Viralimalai | ADMK | 30.4 | 16 |
| Pudukkottai | DMK | 1.0 | 28† |
| Thirumayam | DMK | 0.8 | 6 |
| Alangudi | DMK | 7.2 | 0 |
| Aranthangi | TVK | 5.5 | 9 |
† Pudukkottai 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 Aranthangi
- மோடிக்கு குலசாமியே ஞானேஷ்குமார்தான்! Aranthangi VenkatesanTamil originalNakkheeran
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.