Gummidipoondi
S. Vijayakumar (TVK) is the MLA for Gummidipoondi.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Vijayakumar won with 40.6% of the vote, 27,945 votes ahead of V. Sudhakar (ADMK).
Gummidipoondi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 86 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruvallur
- Area
- about 788 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 78.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Madhavaram · Ponneri · Poonamallee · Thiruvallur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK S. Vijayakumar | 94,320 · 40.6% | ADMK V. Sudhakar | 66,375 · 28.6% | 27,945 (12.0 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK T. J. Govindrajan | 126,452 · 56.9% | PMK Prakash M | 75,514 · 34.0% | 50,938 (22.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK K. S. Vijayakumar | 89,332 · 41.7% | DMK C. H. Sekar | 65,937 · 30.8% | 23,395 (10.9 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK C. H. Sekar | 97,708 · 54.4% | PMK K. N. Sekar | 68,452 · 38.1% | 29,256 (16.3 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Gummidipoondi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 15 June (44 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
86 mentions of Gummidipoondi since 1 June 2026 from 15 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Gummidipoondi, 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 Tiruvallur district
Tiruvallur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gummidipoondi | TVK | 12.0 | 8 |
| Ponneri | TVK | 24.6 | 20 |
| Tiruttani | ADMK | 2.4 | 20 |
| Thiruvallur | TVK | 10.9 | 31 |
| Poonamallee | TVK | 23.5 | 104 |
| Avadi | TVK | 22.1 | 21 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Gummidipoondi
- கும்மிடிப்பூண்டி அருகே 100 கிலோ கஞ்சாவுடன் ஆந்திர வாலிபர் கைதுTamil originalMaalaimalar
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.