Ariyalur
S. Rajendran (ADMK) is the MLA for Ariyalur.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Rajendran won with 40.4% of the vote, 24,498 votes ahead of Latha Balu (DMK).
Ariyalur is also the name of the district and the town: 42 mentions from 3 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Chidambaram
- Area
- about 897 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 85.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Jayankondam · Kunnam · Lalgudi · Papanasam · Thiruvaiyaru
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK S. Rajendran | 95,219 · 40.4% | DMK Latha Balu | 70,721 · 30.0% | 24,498 (10.4 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. Chinnappa | 103,975 · 46.2% | ADMK Thamarai S. Rajendran | 100,741 · 44.7% | 3,234 (1.4 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Rajendran. S | 88,523 · 41.9% | DMK Sivasankar. S.S | 86,480 · 41.0% | 2,043 (1.0 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Durai Manivel | 88,726 · 47.8% | INC D. Amaramoorthy | 70,906 · 38.2% | 17,820 (9.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ariyalur (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (13 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
86 mentions of Ariyalur since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets, including news about the district and the town.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Ariyalur 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 Ariyalur district
Ariyalur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ariyalur | ADMK | 10.4 | 42† |
| Jayankondam | PMK | 8.1 | 1 |
† Ariyalur 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 Ariyalur (also the district's name)
- 3 தொழிலாளர்களின் குடும்பத்துக்கு இழப்பீடு கோரி அரியலூர் ஆட்சியர் அலுவலகத்தில் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டோர் கைதுTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
- Three workers die of suffocation in Ariyalur, police detain house ownerThe Hindu National
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.