Nagapattinam
M. H. Jawahirullah (DMK) is the MLA for Nagapattinam.
DMK took the seat from VCK in 2026.
In 2026 M. H. Jawahirullah won with 37.2% of the vote, 9,781 votes ahead of M. Sugumar (TVK).
Nagapattinam is also the name of the district and the town: 39 mentions from 3 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Nagapattinam
- Area
- about 243 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 72.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kilvelur · Nannilam · Thiruvarur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK M. H. Jawahirullah | 56,305 · 37.2% | TVK M. Sugumar | 46,524 · 30.7% | 9,781 (6.5 pts) |
| 2021 | VCK Aloor Shanavas | 66,281 · 46.2% | ADMK Thanga Kathiravan | 59,043 · 41.1% | 7,238 (5.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Thamimun Ansari.M | 64,903 · 48.3% | MMK Mohamed Jafarullah.A | 44,353 · 33.0% | 20,550 (15.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK K. A. Jayapal | 61,870 · 51.3% | DMK Mohamed Sheik Dawood | 56,127 · 46.5% | 5,743 (4.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Nagapattinam (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (17 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
80 mentions of Nagapattinam since 1 June 2026 from 11 outlets, including news about the district and the town.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Nagapattinam 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 Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagapattinam | DMK | 6.5 | 39† |
| Kilvelur | CPI(M) | 1.5 | 0 |
| Vedaranyam | ADMK | 4.5 | 3 |
† Nagapattinam 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 Nagapattinam (also the district's name)
- நாகை போதைப்பொருள் வழக்கில் மவுனம் ஏன்?Tamil originalNews18 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.