Chengam
S. Velu (ADMK) is the MLA for Chengam.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Velu won with 36.1% of the vote, 13,278 votes ahead of K. Bharatidhasan (TVK).
Chengam 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
- Tiruvannamalai
- Area
- about 1,356 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 81.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Harur · Kalasapakkam · Rishivandiyam · Sankarapuram · Tiruppattur · Tiruvannamalai · Uthangarai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK S. Velu | 87,802 · 36.1% | TVK K. Bharatidhasan | 74,524 · 30.7% | 13,278 (5.5 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. P. Giri | 108,081 · 48.3% | ADMK M. S. Nainakannu | 96,511 · 43.1% | 11,570 (5.2 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Giri .M.P | 95,939 · 45.6% | ADMK Dinagaran. M | 83,248 · 39.6% | 12,691 (6.0 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK T. Suresh | 83,722 · 47.0% | INC K. Selvaperunthagai | 72,225 · 40.5% | 11,497 (6.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tiruvannamalai district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (52 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Chengampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Chengam itself is named in 6 of the district's 549 mentions (1.1%). 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
Tiruvannamalai 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 Tiruvannamalai district
Tiruvannamalai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengam | ADMK | 5.5 | 0 |
| Tiruvannamalai | DMK | 1.1 | 141† |
| Kilpennathur | ADMK | 13.9 | 0 |
| Kalasapakkam | ADMK | 12.5 | 0 |
| Polur | TVK | 0.1 | 2 |
| Arani | ADMK | 2.5 | 14 |
| Cheyyar | ADMK | 9.5 | 4 |
| Vandavasi | DMK | 1.7 | 2 |
† Tiruvannamalai 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 Tiruvannamalai district: no recent headline names Chengam
- "30 ரூபாய் அரிசியும், ரேஷன் அரிசியும் ஒரே மாதிரி இருக்கே.." - பகீர் புகார்Thanthi TV
- Two persons arrested in Tiruvannamalai for slapping woman SIThe 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.