Kovilpatti
K. Karunanithi (DMK) is the MLA for Kovilpatti.
DMK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 K. Karunanithi won with 31.7% of the vote, 843 votes ahead of S. Balasubramanian (TVK).
Kovilpatti 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
- Thoothukkudi
- Area
- about 705 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 67.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aruppukkottai · Ottapidaram · Sankarankovil · Tirunelveli · Vilathikulam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK K. Karunanithi | 61,643 · 31.7% | TVK S. Balasubramanian | 60,800 · 31.3% | 843 (0.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK Kadambur C. Raju | 68,556 · 37.9% | AMMK T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 56,153 · 31.0% | 12,403 (6.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Kadambur Raju | 64,514 · 39.0% | DMK A.Subramanian | 64,086 · 38.7% | 428 (0.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Kadambur Raju | 73,007 · 55.9% | PMK G. Ramachandran | 46,527 · 35.6% | 26,480 (20.3 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Kovilpatti: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (11 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
74 mentions of Kovilpatti since 1 June 2026 from 11 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tuticorin 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 Tuticorin district
Tuticorin| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilathikulam | DMK | 4.7 | 6 |
| Thoothukkudi | TVK | 18.4 | 90 |
| Tiruchendur | DMK | 3.2 | 79 |
| Srivaikuntam | TVK | 0.7 | 5 |
| Ottapidaram | TVK | 14.8 | 0 |
| Kovilpatti | DMK | 0.4 | 7 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Kovilpatti
- நீட் தேர்வில் வெற்றி; மருத்துவ இடம் கிடைத்தும் படிக்க முடியாத நிலை - கோவில்பட்டி மாணவிக்கு அரசு உதவ முன்வருமா?ETV Bharat
- தயாரான டெங்கு சிறப்பு வார்டு.. கோவில்பட்டியில் 15 பேருக்கு சிகிச்சைTamil originalThanthi TV
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.