Kurinjipadi
M. R. K. Panneerselvam (DMK) is the MLA for Kurinjipadi.
DMK has won Kurinjipadi at 3 elections in a row (2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 M. R. K. Panneerselvam won with 35.8% of the vote, 7,589 votes ahead of A. Bhuvanenthiran (ADMK).
Kurinjipadi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 1 mention since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Cuddalore
- Area
- about 411 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 81.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Bhuvanagiri · Chidambaram · Cuddalore · Neyveli · Panruti
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam | 76,695 · 35.8% | ADMK A. Bhuvanenthiran | 69,106 · 32.3% | 7,589 (3.5 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam | 101,456 · 51.0% | ADMK Selvi Ramajayam | 83,929 · 42.2% | 17,527 (8.8 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Panneerselvam Mrk | 82,864 · 44.0% | ADMK Rajendran R | 54,756 · 29.1% | 28,108 (14.9 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Rajendran | 88,345 · 56.4% | DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam | 64,497 · 41.2% | 23,848 (15.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Cuddalore district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (84 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Kurinjipadipaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Kurinjipadi itself is named in 1 of the district's 773 mentions (0.1%). 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
Cuddalore 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 Cuddalore district
Cuddalore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tittakudi | DMK | 1.5 | 0 |
| Virudhachalam | DMDK | 1.1 | 7 |
| Neyveli | ADMK | 6.5 | 4 |
| Panruti | ADMK | 5.1 | 5 |
| Cuddalore | TVK | 8.1 | 92† |
| Kurinjipadi | DMK | 3.5 | 1 |
| Bhuvanagiri | ADMK | 1.2 | 2 |
| Chidambaram | DMK | 2.9 | 81 |
| Kattumannarkoil | VCK | 17.6 | 1 |
† Cuddalore 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
From Cuddalore district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Kurinjipadi
- கைவிட்ட விஜய்... கைது நடவடிக்கை உறுதி... கடலூர் புகழேந்தி!Tamil originalNakkheeran
- கடலூர் நகர்மன்ற கூட்டரங்கில் ரகளை! விஜய் போட்டோவை திமுக, அதிமுக கவுன்சிலர்கள் இணைந்து அகற்றம்Oneindia Tamil
- Cuddalore Protest திமுக கவுன்சிலர்கள் குண்டுக்கட்டாக கைதுTamil 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.