Kilpennathur
S. Ramachandran (ADMK) is the MLA for Kilpennathur.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Ramachandran won with 41.2% of the vote, 30,465 votes ahead of K. Pitchandi (DMK).
Kilpennathur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 0 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruvannamalai
- Area
- about 693 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 80.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gingee · Kalasapakkam · Polur · Rishivandiyam · Tirukkoyilur · Tiruvannamalai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK S. Ramachandran | 90,503 · 41.2% | DMK K. Pitchandi | 60,038 · 27.3% | 30,465 (13.9 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. Pitchandi | 104,675 · 51.3% | PMK K. Selvakumar | 77,888 · 38.2% | 26,787 (13.1 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Pitchandi K | 99,070 · 50.2% | ADMK Selvamani K | 64,404 · 32.6% | 34,666 (17.6 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK A. K. Aranganathan | 83,663 · 48.2% | DMK K. Pitchandi | 79,582 · 45.9% | 4,081 (2.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tiruvannamalai district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (52 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Kilpennathur itself is named in 0 of the district's 549 mentions (0.0%). 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
Tiruvannamalai 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 Tiruvannamalai district
Tiruvannamalai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengam | ADMK | 5.5 | 0 |
| Tiruvannamalai | DMK | 1.1 | 141† |
| Kilpennathur | ADMK | 13.9 | 0 |
| Kalasapakkam | ADMK | 12.5 | 0 |
| Polur | TVK | 0.1 | 2 |
| Arani | ADMK | 2.5 | 14 |
| Cheyyar | ADMK | 9.5 | 4 |
| Vandavasi | DMK | 1.7 | 2 |
† Tiruvannamalai 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
Latest from Tiruvannamalai district: no recent headline names Kilpennathur
- "30 ரூபாய் அரிசியும், ரேஷன் அரிசியும் ஒரே மாதிரி இருக்கே.." - பகீர் புகார்Thanthi TV
- Two persons arrested in Tiruvannamalai for slapping woman SIThe 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.