Chengalpattu
S. Thiyagarajan (TVK) is the MLA for Chengalpattu.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Thiyagarajan won with 42.3% of the vote, 35,641 votes ahead of M. K. T. Karthik Dhandapani (DMK).
Chengalpattu is also the name of the district and the town: 81 mentions from 10 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kancheepuram
- Area
- about 343 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 64.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Madurantakam · Sriperumbudur · Tambaram · Thiruporur · Uthiramerur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK S. Thiyagarajan | 137,136 · 42.3% | DMK M. K. T. Karthik Dhandapani | 101,495 · 31.3% | 35,641 (11.0 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. Varalakshmi | 130,573 · 47.6% | ADMK M. Gajendran | 103,908 · 37.9% | 26,665 (9.7 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK M. Varalakshmi | 112,675 · 45.1% | ADMK Kamalakkannan.R | 86,383 · 34.6% | 26,292 (10.5 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK D. Murugesan | 83,297 · 44.6% | PMK V. G. Rangasamy | 83,006 · 44.4% | 291 (0.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Chengalpattu (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 28 September (28 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
230 mentions of Chengalpattu since 1 June 2026 from 20 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
Chengalpattu 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 Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallavaram | TVK | 19.3 | 3 |
| Tambaram | TVK | 12.8 | 88 |
| Chengalpattu | TVK | 11.0 | 81† |
| Thiruporur | TVK | 15.0 | 6 |
| Cheyyur | ADMK | 3.0 | 1 |
| Madurantakam | ADMK | 3.6 | 1336 |
† Chengalpattu 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 Chengalpattu (also the district's name)
- சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், செங்கல்பட்டு, காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் பள்ளிகளுக்கு இன்று(அக்.21) விடுமுறைDinamani
- தேர்தல் நடத்தை விதிகள் வாபஸ்: திருப்பூர், செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டங்களில் அரசு திட்டங்கள் அமலுக்கு வந்தனTamil originalMakkal Kural
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.