Dindigul
I. P. Senthil Kumar (DMK) is the MLA for Dindigul.
DMK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 I. P. Senthil Kumar won with 35.1% of the vote, 1,131 votes ahead of G. Nazeer Raja (TVK).
Dindigul is also the name of the district and the town: 115 mentions from 9 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Dindigul
- Area
- about 109 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Athoor · Natham · Vedasandur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK I. P. Senthil Kumar | 74,489 · 35.1% | TVK G. Nazeer Raja | 73,358 · 34.6% | 1,131 (0.5 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK Dindigul C. Sreenivaasan | 90,545 | CPI(M) N. Pandi | – | – |
| 2016 | ADMK Sreenivasan C | 91,413 · 49.3% | DMK Basheer Ahamed M | 70,694 · 38.1% | 20,719 (11.2 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI(M) K. Balabharathi | 86,932 · 58.8% | PMK J. Paul Baskar | 47,817 · 32.4% | 39,115 (26.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Dindigul (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (41 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
437 mentions of Dindigul since 1 June 2026 from 22 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
Dindigul 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 Dindigul district
Dindigul| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palani | ADMK | 0.3 | 101 |
| Oddanchatram | DMK | 21.5 | 2 |
| Athoor | DMK | 9.4 | 3 |
| Nilakottai | TVK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Natham | ADMK | 5.0 | 0 |
| Dindigul | DMK | 0.5 | 115† |
| Vedasandur | DMK | 4.5 | 4 |
† Dindigul 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 Dindigul (also the district's name)
- திமுக மாநில நிர்வாகி வி.ஜெயன் கட்சியில் இருந்து விலகல்.. திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்ட திமுகவில் சலசலப்பு!Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
- Faeces found in government school water tank in DindigulThe 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.