Cuddalore
B. Rajkumar (TVK) is the MLA for Cuddalore.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 B. Rajkumar won with 37.2% of the vote, 15,519 votes ahead of A. S. Chandrasekaran (INC).
Cuddalore is also the name of the district and the town: 92 mentions from 9 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Cuddalore
- Area
- about 130 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 76.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kurinjipadi · Vanur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK B. Rajkumar | 70,856 · 37.2% | INC A. S. Chandrasekaran | 55,337 · 29.1% | 15,519 (8.1 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK G. Iyappan | 84,563 · 46.5% | ADMK M. C. Sampath | 79,412 · 43.6% | 5,151 (2.8 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Sampath M C | 70,922 · 41.1% | DMK Pugazhendi Ela | 46,509 · 26.9% | 24,413 (14.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK M. C. Sampath | 85,953 · 60.6% | DMK E. Pugazhendi | 52,275 · 36.8% | 33,678 (23.7 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Cuddalore (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (47 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
354 mentions of Cuddalore since 1 June 2026 from 18 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
Cuddalore 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 Cuddalore district
Cuddalore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tittakudi | DMK | 1.5 | 0 |
| Virudhachalam | DMDK | 1.1 | 7 |
| Neyveli | ADMK | 6.5 | 4 |
| Panruti | ADMK | 5.1 | 5 |
| Cuddalore | TVK | 8.1 | 92† |
| Kurinjipadi | DMK | 3.5 | 1 |
| Bhuvanagiri | ADMK | 1.2 | 2 |
| Chidambaram | DMK | 2.9 | 81 |
| Kattumannarkoil | VCK | 17.6 | 1 |
† Cuddalore 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 Cuddalore (also the district's name)
- கைவிட்ட விஜய்... கைது நடவடிக்கை உறுதி... கடலூர் புகழேந்தி!Tamil originalNakkheeran
- கடலூர் நகர்மன்ற கூட்டரங்கில் ரகளை! விஜய் போட்டோவை திமுக, அதிமுக கவுன்சிலர்கள் இணைந்து அகற்றம்Oneindia Tamil
- Cuddalore Protest திமுக கவுன்சிலர்கள் குண்டுக்கட்டாக கைதுTamil originalThanthi TV
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.