Mettupalayam
N. Sunil Anand (TVK) is the MLA for Mettupalayam.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 N. Sunil Anand won with 31.0% of the vote, 7,768 votes ahead of S. M. T. Kavitha Kalyanasundaram (DMK).
Mettupalayam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 53 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Nilgiris
- Area
- about 718 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Avanashi · Bhavanisagar · Coonoor · Kavundampalayam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK N. Sunil Anand | 75,664 · 31.0% | DMK S. M. T. Kavitha Kalyanasundaram | 67,896 · 27.8% | 7,768 (3.2 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK A. K. Selvaraj | 105,231 · 46.8% | DMK T. R. Shanmuga Sundaram | 102,775 · 45.7% | 2,456 (1.1 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Chinnaraj.O.K | 93,595 · 44.4% | DMK Surendran. S. | 77,481 · 36.8% | 16,114 (7.6 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK O. K. Chinnaraj | 93,700 · 54.5% | DMK B. Arunkumar | 67,925 · 39.5% | 25,775 (15.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Mettupalayam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (12 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
53 mentions of Mettupalayam since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Mettupalayam, 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 Coimbatore district
Coimbatore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mettupalayam | TVK | 3.2 | 19 |
| Sulur | TVK | 1.8 | 5 |
| Kavundampalayam | TVK | 11.6 | 2 |
| Coimbatore (North) | TVK | 9.7 | 1 |
| Thondamuthur | ADMK | 5.7 | 0 |
| Coimbatore (South) | DMK | 1.4 | 0 |
| Singanallur | TVK | 8.7 | 0 |
| Kinathukadavu | TVK | 4.4 | 0 |
| Pollachi | DMK | 2.5 | 23 |
| Valparai | DMK | 6.2 | 36 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Mettupalayam
- மேட்டுப்பாளையம்–ஊட்டி சாலை டிராபிக்கில் சூப்பர் மாற்றம்! தொடர் விடுமுறை வரை நீலகிரியில் இதுதான் ரூட்Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
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.