Madurantakam
Madurantakam has no sitting MLA. Maragatham Kumaravel (ADMK), elected here in 2026, vacated the seat on 25 May 2026 after moving to TVK.
A by-election was held on 6 October 2026; its result is not in our data yet.
ADMK has won Madurantakam at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 Maragatham Kumaravel won with 35.0% of the vote, 7,194 votes ahead of E. Ezhil Catherine (TVK).
In the last 30 days Madurantakam was named in 1,336 mentions from 50 outlets.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kancheepuram
- Area
- about 770 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 82.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Chengalpattu · Cheyyur · Mailam · Thiruporur · Tindivanam · Uthiramerur · Vandavasi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK Maragatham Kumaravel | 69,284 · 35.0% | TVK E. Ezhil Catherine | 62,090 · 31.3% | 7,194 (3.6 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK Maragatham Kumaravel | 86,646 · 46.6% | DMK Mallai C. E. Sathya | 83,076 · 44.7% | 3,570 (1.9 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK S.Pugazhenthi | 73,693 · 41.4% | ADMK C.K.Thamizharasan | 70,736 · 39.8% | 2,957 (1.7 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. Kanitha Sampath | 79,256 · 53.6% | INC K. Jayakumar | 60,762 · 41.1% | 18,494 (12.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Madurantakam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (742 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
1,806 mentions of Madurantakam since 1 June 2026 from 57 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Madurantakam, 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 Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallavaram | TVK | 19.3 | 3 |
| Tambaram | TVK | 12.8 | 88 |
| Chengalpattu | TVK | 11.0 | 81† |
| Thiruporur | TVK | 15.0 | 6 |
| Cheyyur | ADMK | 3.0 | 1 |
| Madurantakam | ADMK | 3.6 | 1336 |
† Chengalpattu 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 Madurantakam
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.