Kancheepuram
R. V. Ranjithkumar (TVK) is the MLA for Kancheepuram.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 R. V. Ranjithkumar won with 37.1% of the vote, 15,488 votes ahead of V. Somasundaram (ADMK).
Kancheepuram is also the name of the district and the town: 25 mentions from 5 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kancheepuram
- Area
- about 417 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 74.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Arakkonam · Cheyyar · Sholingur · Sriperumbudur · Uthiramerur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK R. V. Ranjithkumar | 91,350 · 37.1% | ADMK V. Somasundaram | 75,862 · 30.8% | 15,488 (6.3 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan | 103,235 | PMK P. Mageshkumar | – | – |
| 2016 | DMK C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan | 90,533 · 40.4% | ADMK T.Mythili | 82,985 · 37.0% | 7,548 (3.4 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK V. Somasundaram | 102,710 · 53.4% | PMK P. S. Ulagarakshagan | 76,993 · 40.0% | 25,717 (13.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Kancheepuram (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 1 June (14 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
105 mentions of Kancheepuram since 1 June 2026 from 10 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
Kancheepuram 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 Kancheepuram district
Kancheepuram| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sriperumbudur | TVK | 16.4 | 27 |
| Uthiramerur | TVK | 6.2 | 0 |
| Kancheepuram | TVK | 6.3 | 25† |
† Kancheepuram 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 Kancheepuram (also the district's name)
- சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், செங்கல்பட்டு, காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் பள்ளிகளுக்கு இன்று(அக்.21) விடுமுறைDinamani
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.