Kangayam
N. S. N. Nataraj (ADMK) is the MLA for Kangayam.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 N. S. N. Nataraj won with 34.9% of the vote, 8,133 votes ahead of Mani Gounder (TVK).
Kangayam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 6 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Erode
- Area
- about 971 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 77.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aravakurichi · Dharapuram · Erode (West) · Modakkurichi · Palladam · Perundurai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK N. S. N. Nataraj | 71,122 · 34.9% | TVK Mani Gounder | 62,989 · 30.9% | 8,133 (4.0 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. P. Saminathan | 94,197 · 47.1% | ADMK A. S. Ramalingam | 86,866 · 43.5% | 7,331 (3.7 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Thaniyarasu U | 83,325 · 45.2% | INC Gopi P | 70,190 · 38.1% | 13,135 (7.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK N. S. N. Nataraj | 96,005 · 60.6% | INC S. Videyal Sekar | 54,240 · 34.3% | 41,765 (26.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tirupur district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 28 September (1,276 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Kangayampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Kangayam itself is named in 6 of the district's 3,672 mentions (0.2%). 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
Tirupur 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 Tirupur district
Tirupur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dharapuram | ADMK | 8.4 | 2781 |
| Kangayam | ADMK | 4.0 | 2 |
| Avanashi | TVK | 6.6 | 4 |
| Tiruppur (North) | TVK | 26.6 | 0 |
| Tiruppur (South) | TVK | 7.2 | 0 |
| Palladam | TVK | 12.6 | 5 |
| Udumalaipettai | DMK | 1.4 | 1 |
| Madathukulam | DMK | 8.5 | 0 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Tirupur district: no recent headline names Kangayam
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.