Katpadi
M. Sudhakar (TVK) is the MLA for Katpadi.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 M. Sudhakar won with 34.3% of the vote, 5,870 votes ahead of V. Ramu (ADMK).
Katpadi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 48 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Arakkonam
- Area
- about 348 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 74.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kilvaithinankuppam · Ranipet · Sholingur · Tiruttani · Vellore
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK M. Sudhakar | 69,868 · 34.3% | ADMK V. Ramu | 63,998 · 31.4% | 5,870 (2.9 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK Durai Murugan | 85,140 · 45.7% | ADMK V. Ramu | 84,394 · 45.3% | 746 (0.4 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Durai Murugan | 90,534 · 50.9% | ADMK Appu S.R.K | 66,588 · 37.4% | 23,946 (13.5 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK Durai Murugan | 75,064 · 49.5% | ADMK S. R. K. Appu | 72,091 · 47.6% | 2,973 (2.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Katpadi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (11 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
48 mentions of Katpadi since 1 June 2026 from 7 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Katpadi, 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 Vellore district
Vellore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katpadi | TVK | 2.9 | 12 |
| Vellore | TVK | 3.6 | 98† |
| Anaikattu | ADMK | 3.3 | 0 |
| Kilvaithinankuppam | TVK | 10.7 | 0 |
| Gudiyatham | TVK | 4.4 | 3 |
† Vellore 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 Katpadi
- Two bus passengers held for possession of illicit arrack near KatpadiThe Hindu National
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.