Attur
A. P. Jayasankaran (ADMK) is the MLA for Attur.
ADMK has won Attur at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 A. P. Jayasankaran won with 38.8% of the vote, 15,318 votes ahead of R. Selvabharati (TVK).
Attur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 24 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kallakurichi
- Area
- about 651 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 78.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gangavalli · Rasipuram · Sankarapuram · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK A. P. Jayasankaran | 80,843 · 38.8% | TVK R. Selvabharati | 65,525 · 31.5% | 15,318 (7.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK A. P. Jayasankaran | 95,308 · 47.7% | DMK K. Chinnadurai | 87,051 · 43.6% | 8,257 (4.1 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Chinnathambi R M | 82,827 · 44.3% | INC Arthanari S K | 65,493 · 35.1% | 17,334 (9.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. Madheswaran | 88,036 · 55.5% | INC S. K. Arthanari | 58,180 · 36.7% | 29,856 (18.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Attur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 29 June (5 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
24 mentions of Attur since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Salem 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 Salem district
Salem| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangavalli | ADMK | 7.3 | 0 |
| Attur | ADMK | 7.4 | 3 |
| Yercaud | ADMK | 0.9 | 10 |
| Omalur | ADMK | 5.4 | 12 |
| Mettur | ADMK | 8.3 | 78 |
| Edappadi | ADMK | 38.0 | 37 |
| Sankari | ADMK | 3.9 | 0 |
| Salem (West) | TVK | 31.9 | 0 |
| Salem (North) | TVK | 6.7 | 1 |
| Salem (South) | TVK | 16.1 | 0 |
| Veerapandi | TVK | 1.7 | 124 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Salem district: no recent headline names Attur
- அரசு ஊழியரைப் பணிநீக்கம் செய்வது மரண தண்டனைக்குச் சமமானது.. சேலம் பல்கலை வழக்கில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம்Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
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.