Mudhukulathur
R. S. Raja Kannappan (DMK) is the MLA for Mudhukulathur.
DMK has won Mudhukulathur at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 R. S. Raja Kannappan won with 29.4% of the vote, 16,598 votes ahead of B. Malarvizhi (TVK).
Mudhukulathur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 5 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Ramanathapuram
- Area
- about 1,535 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 71.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Paramakudi · Ramanathapuram · Tiruchuli · Vilathikulam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK R. S. Raja Kannappan | 68,003 · 29.4% | TVK B. Malarvizhi | 51,405 · 22.2% | 16,598 (7.2 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK R. S. Raja Kannappan | 101,901 · 46.1% | ADMK Keerthika Muniyasamy | 81,180 · 36.7% | 20,721 (9.4 pts) |
| 2016 | INC S. Pandi | 94,946 · 46.7% | ADMK M.Keerthika | 81,598 · 40.1% | 13,348 (6.6 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK M. Murugan | 83,225 · 46.9% | DMK V. Sathiamoorthy | 63,136 · 35.6% | 20,089 (11.3 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ramanathapuram district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (32 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Mudhukulathurpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Mudhukulathur itself is named in 5 of the district's 193 mentions (2.6%). 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
Ramanathapuram 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 Ramanathapuram district
Ramanathapuram| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramakudi | DMK | 1.9 | 11 |
| Tiruvadanai | TVK | 1.1 | 1 |
| Ramanathapuram | DMK | 5.2 | 62† |
| Mudhukulathur | DMK | 7.2 | 1 |
† Ramanathapuram 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
Latest from Ramanathapuram district: no recent headline names Mudhukulathur
- ராமநாதபுரம் அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் பறிபோன பிஞ்சு உயிர்.. கண்ணீருடன் முதல்வர் விஜய்க்கு கோரிக்கைTamil 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.