Harur
V. Sampathkumar (ADMK) is the MLA for Harur.
ADMK has won Harur at 3 elections in a row (2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 V. Sampathkumar won with 34.3% of the vote, 3,329 votes ahead of A. Shanmugam (DMK).
Harur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 7 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Dharmapuri
- Area
- about 1,342 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 79.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Bargur · Chengam · Palacode · Pappireddippatti · Sankarapuram · Uthangarai · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK V. Sampathkumar | 75,523 · 34.3% | DMK A. Shanmugam | 72,194 · 32.8% | 3,329 (1.5 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK V. Sampathkumar | 99,061 · 49.9% | CPI(M) A. Kumar | 68,699 · 34.6% | 30,362 (15.3 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK R.Murugan | 64,568 · 34.0% | DMK S.Rajendran | 53,147 · 27.9% | 11,421 (6.0 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI(M) P. Dillibabu | 77,703 · 51.7% | VCK B. M. Nandhan | 51,200 · 34.1% | 26,503 (17.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Dharmapuri district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (34 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Harurpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Harur itself is named in 7 of the district's 283 mentions (2.5%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
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
From Dharmapuri district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Harur
- 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.