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Lalgudi

Assembly constituency 143 · General seat · Tiruchchirappalli district

Leema Rose Martin (ADMK) is the MLA for Lalgudi.

ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.

In 2026 Leema Rose Martin won with 32.8% of the vote, 2,739 votes ahead of Ku. Pa. Krishnan (TVK).

Lalgudi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 21 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.

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Map of Lalgudi constituency, Tiruchchirappalli districtLalgudi drawn on its boundary with the seats around it. Ariyalur, Kunnam, Manachanallur, Perambalur, Srirangam, Thiruvaiyaru
Boundaries: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India), approximate.
Lok Sabha seat
Perambalur
Area
about 589 km² (from the boundary)
Turnout 2021
80.1%
Seats sharing a border
Ariyalur · Kunnam · Manachanallur · Perambalur · Srirangam · Thiruvaiyaru

Election results

ElectionWinnerVotesRunner-upVotesMargin
2026ADMK Leema Rose Martin60,795 · 32.8%TVK Ku. Pa. Krishnan58,056 · 31.4%2,739 (1.5 pts)
2021DMK A. Soundara Pandian84,914 · 48.6%ADMK D. R. Dharmarajè67,965 · 38.9%16,949 (9.7 pts)
2016DMK Soundarapandian A77,946 · 46.8%ADMK Vijayamurthy M74,109 · 44.5%3,837 (2.3 pts)
2011DMK A. Soundara Pandian65,363 · 44.7%DMDK A. D. Sendhureswaran58,208 · 39.8%7,155 (4.9 pts)
Winner's and runner-up's share of the vote at each election

officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.

Attention in the news

Lalgudi: mentions per week

Busiest week: 6 July (2 mentions).

articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover

21 mentions of Lalgudi since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.

observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.

Issues and parties in the news

Tiruchchirappalli district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items

Law & Order44
Development & Infrastructure18
Corruption17
Elections & Bypolls13
By-poll & Campaign11
Water & Cauvery9

Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls

Tiruchchirappalli news, 30 daysLalgudi vote, 2026
ADMK332.8%
TVK4431.4%
DMK3130.0%
INC11did not stand

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 Tiruchchirappalli district

Tiruchchirappalli
Seat2026 winnerLead (points)Mentions, 30 days
ManapaaraiTVK0.68
SrirangamTVK13.249
Tiruchirappalli (West)DMK2.40
Tiruchirappalli (East)TVK15.00
ThiruverumburTVK4.12
LalgudiADMK1.54
ManachanallurDMK5.90
MusiriTVK9.22
ThuraiyurTVK5.21

officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.

Latest

Latest from Tiruchchirappalli district: no recent headline names Lalgudi

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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.

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