Karaikudi
Dr. T. K. Prabhu (TVK) is the MLA for Karaikudi.
TVK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 Dr. T. K. Prabhu won with 44.2% of the vote, 46,074 votes ahead of S. Mangudi (INC).
Karaikudi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 74 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Sivaganga
- Area
- about 823 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 67.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aranthangi · Sivaganga · Thirumayam · Tiruppattur · Tiruvadanai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK Dr. T. K. Prabhu | 101,358 · 44.2% | INC S. Mangudi | 55,284 · 24.1% | 46,074 (20.1 pts) |
| 2021 | INC S. Mangudi | 75,954 · 35.8% | BJP H. Raja | 54,365 · 25.6% | 21,589 (10.2 pts) |
| 2016 | INC Ramasamy Kr | 93,419 · 46.4% | ADMK Karpagam Ilango | 75,136 · 37.3% | 18,283 (9.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Cholan C. T. Palanichamy | 86,104 · 51.0% | INC Ramasamy KR | 67,204 · 39.8% | 18,900 (11.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Karaikudi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (7 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
74 mentions of Karaikudi since 1 June 2026 from 14 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Sivagangai 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 Sivagangai district
Sivagangai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karaikudi | TVK | 20.1 | 9 |
| Tiruppattur | TVK | 0.0 | 22 |
| Sivaganga | TVK | 7.1 | 55 |
| Manamadurai | TVK | 0.6 | 6 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Sivagangai district: no recent headline names Karaikudi
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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.