Aravakurichi
R. Elango (DMK) is the MLA for Aravakurichi.
DMK has won Aravakurichi at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 R. Elango won with 39.1% of the vote, 19,382 votes ahead of P. Karthikeyan (TVK).
Aravakurichi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 6 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Karur
- Area
- about 1,063 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 82.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Dharapuram · Kangayam · Karur · Krishnarayapuram · Modakkurichi · Oddanchatram · Paramathi Velur · Vedasandur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK R. Elango | 70,827 · 39.1% | TVK P. Karthikeyan | 51,445 · 28.4% | 19,382 (10.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK R. Elango | 93,369 · 52.7% | BJP K. Annamalai | 68,553 · 38.7% | 24,816 (14.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK V. Senthil Balaji | 88,068 · 53.5% | DMK K. C. Palanisamy | 64,407 · 39.1% | 23,661 (14.4 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK K. C. Pallanishamy | 72,831 · 49.7% | ADMK V. Senthilnathan | 68,290 · 46.6% | 4,541 (3.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Karur district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 6 July (905 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Aravakurichipaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Aravakurichi itself is named in 6 of the district's 1,822 mentions (0.3%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Karur 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 Karur district
Karur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aravakurichi | DMK | 10.7 | 0 |
| Karur | ADMK | 0.8 | 216† |
| Krishnarayapuram | TVK | 1.8 | 1 |
| Kulithalai | DMK | 0.3 | 6 |
† Karur 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
Latest from Karur district: no recent headline names Aravakurichi
- அரிசி பாலிஸ் போட்டு விற்பனை; கரூர் பாணியில் ஓட்டம் - உதயநிதி விமர்சனம்!Tamil originalPuthiya Thalaimurai
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.