Cheyyur
E. Rajasekar (ADMK) is the MLA for Cheyyur.
ADMK took the seat from VCK in 2026.
In 2026 E. Rajasekar won with 34.0% of the vote, 5,668 votes ahead of K. Mohanraja (TVK).
Cheyyur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 20 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kancheepuram
- Area
- about 753 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 78.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Madurantakam · Thiruporur · Tindivanam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK E. Rajasekar | 63,809 · 34.0% | TVK K. Mohanraja | 58,141 · 31.0% | 5,668 (3.0 pts) |
| 2021 | VCK M. Babu | 82,750 · 46.2% | ADMK S. Kanitha Sampath | 78,708 · 43.9% | 4,042 (2.3 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Arasu R T | 63,446 · 37.5% | ADMK Munusamy A | 63,142 · 37.3% | 304 (0.2 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK V. S. Raji | 78,307 · 55.6% | VCK D. Parventhan | 51,723 · 36.7% | 26,584 (18.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Cheyyur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 31 August (8 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
20 mentions of Cheyyur since 1 June 2026 from 9 outlets.
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
Latest from Chengalpattu district: no recent headline names Cheyyur
- சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், செங்கல்பட்டு, காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் பள்ளிகளுக்கு இன்று(அக்.21) விடுமுறைDinamani
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.