Dharmapuri
Sowmiya Anbumani (PMK) is the MLA for Dharmapuri.
PMK has won Dharmapuri at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 Sowmiya Anbumani won with 39.3% of the vote, 20,896 votes ahead of M. Sivan (TVK).
Dharmapuri is also the name of the district and the town: 81 mentions from 7 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Dharmapuri
- Area
- about 521 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 80.6%
- Seats sharing a border
- Mettur · Omalur · Pappireddippatti · Pennagaram
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PMK Sowmiya Anbumani | 93,713 · 39.3% | TVK M. Sivan | 72,817 · 30.5% | 20,896 (8.8 pts) |
| 2021 | PMK S. P. Venkateshwaran | 105,630 · 48.6% | DMK Thadangam P. Subramani | 78,770 · 36.2% | 26,860 (12.4 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Subramani. P. | 71,056 · 34.2% | ADMK Elangovan. P.D. | 61,380 · 29.6% | 9,676 (4.7 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK A. Baskar | 76,943 · 45.7% | PMK P. Santhamoorthy | 72,900 · 43.3% | 4,043 (2.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Dharmapuri (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (34 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
271 mentions of Dharmapuri since 1 June 2026 from 12 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
Dharmapuri 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 Dharmapuri district
Dharmapuri| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palacode | ADMK | 17.3 | 5 |
| Pennagaram | TVK | 1.4 | 1 |
| Dharmapuri | PMK | 8.8 | 81† |
| Pappireddippatti | ADMK | 14.0 | 0 |
| Harur | ADMK | 1.5 | 2 |
† Dharmapuri 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 Dharmapuri (also the district's name)
- தருமபுரி அருகே அரசுப்பள்ளி மாணவிகளுக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை - கணித ஆசிரியர் போக்சோவில் கைது!Daily Thanthi
- தருமபுரி| 7 வயது சிறுமிக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை.. 7 ஆண்டுக்கு பின் தண்டனை விதிப்பு!Puthiya Thalaimurai
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.