Kallakurichi
C. Arul Vignesh (TVK) is the MLA for Kallakurichi.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 C. Arul Vignesh won with 32.5% of the vote, 798 votes ahead of S. Rajeevgandhi (ADMK).
Kallakurichi is also the name of the district and the town: 42 mentions from 5 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kallakurichi
- Area
- about 791 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 78.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gangavalli · Rishivandiyam · Sankarapuram · Tittakudi · Ulundurpettai · Virudhachalam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK C. Arul Vignesh | 81,132 · 32.5% | ADMK S. Rajeevgandhi | 80,334 · 32.2% | 798 (0.3 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK M. Senthilkumar | 110,643 · 49.0% | INC K. I. Manirathinam | 84,752 · 37.5% | 25,891 (11.5 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Prabhu A | 90,108 · 42.2% | DMK Kamaraj P | 86,004 · 40.2% | 4,104 (1.9 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK K. Alaguvelu | 111,249 · 62.2% | VCK A. C. Pavarasu | 51,251 · 28.6% | 59,998 (33.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Kallakurichi (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (27 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
175 mentions of Kallakurichi since 1 June 2026 from 14 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
Kallakurichi 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 Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirukkoyilur | ADMK | 0.1 | 0 |
| Ulundurpettai | DMK | 0.8 | 10 |
| Rishivandiyam | DMK | 2.0 | 0 |
| Sankarapuram | ADMK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Kallakurichi | TVK | 0.3 | 42† |
† Kallakurichi 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 Kallakurichi (also the district's name)
- அதிகாரிகளை கண்டித்து அதிமுக எம்எல்ஏ தர்ணா: கள்ளக்குறிச்சி கலெக்டர் அலுவலகத்தில் பரபரப்புTamil originalDinakaran
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.