Oddanchatram
R. Sakkarapani (DMK) is the MLA for Oddanchatram.
DMK has won Oddanchatram at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 R. Sakkarapani won with 46.2% of the vote, 43,249 votes ahead of Vidiyal S. Sekar (BJP).
Oddanchatram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 4 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Dindigul
- Area
- about 1,071 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 83.6%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aravakurichi · Athoor · Dharapuram · Madathukulam · Palani · Vedasandur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK R. Sakkarapani | 93,099 · 46.2% | BJP Vidiyal S. Sekar | 49,850 · 24.7% | 43,249 (21.5 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK R. Sakkarapani | 109,970 · 54.5% | ADMK N. P. Nataraj | 81,228 · 40.3% | 28,742 (14.2 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Sakkarapani R | 121,715 · 64.3% | ADMK Kittusamy K | 55,988 · 29.6% | 65,727 (34.7 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK R. Sakkarapani | 87,743 · 52.0% | ADMK P. Baalasubramani | 72,810 · 43.1% | 14,933 (8.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Dindigul district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 13 July (290 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Oddanchatrampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Oddanchatram itself is named in 4 of the district's 1,205 mentions (0.3%). 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
Dindigul 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 Dindigul district
Dindigul| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palani | ADMK | 0.3 | 101 |
| Oddanchatram | DMK | 21.5 | 2 |
| Athoor | DMK | 9.4 | 3 |
| Nilakottai | TVK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Natham | ADMK | 5.0 | 0 |
| Dindigul | DMK | 0.5 | 115† |
| Vedasandur | DMK | 4.5 | 4 |
† Dindigul 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 Oddanchatram
- ஒட்டன்சத்திரம் தொடக்கப்பள்ளிக்கூட குடிநீர் தொட்டியில் அசுத்தமா?- பள்ளிக்கல்வித்துறை விளக்கம்Tamil originalMaalaimalar
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.