Omalur
R. Mani (ADMK) is the MLA for Omalur.
ADMK has won Omalur at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 R. Mani won with 41.4% of the vote, 14,539 votes ahead of R. V. Adhiyamaan (TVK).
Omalur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 33 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Salem
- Area
- about 559 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 84.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Dharmapuri · Edappadi · Mettur · Pappireddippatti · Salem (West) · Sankari · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK R. Mani | 112,246 · 41.4% | TVK R. V. Adhiyamaan | 97,707 · 36.0% | 14,539 (5.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK R. Mani | 142,488 · 57.2% | INC Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam | 87,194 · 35.0% | 55,294 (22.2 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Vetrivel.S | 89,169 · 39.2% | DMK Ammasi.S | 69,213 · 30.4% | 19,956 (8.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK C. Krishnan | 112,102 · 59.7% | PMK A. Tamizharasu | 65,558 · 34.9% | 46,544 (24.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Omalur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (5 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
33 mentions of Omalur since 1 June 2026 from 3 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Omalur, 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 Salem district
Salem| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangavalli | ADMK | 7.3 | 0 |
| Attur | ADMK | 7.4 | 3 |
| Yercaud | ADMK | 0.9 | 10 |
| Omalur | ADMK | 5.4 | 12 |
| Mettur | ADMK | 8.3 | 78 |
| Edappadi | ADMK | 38.0 | 37 |
| Sankari | ADMK | 3.9 | 0 |
| Salem (West) | TVK | 31.9 | 0 |
| Salem (North) | TVK | 6.7 | 1 |
| Salem (South) | TVK | 16.1 | 0 |
| Veerapandi | TVK | 1.7 | 124 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Salem district: no recent headline names Omalur
- அரசு ஊழியரைப் பணிநீக்கம் செய்வது மரண தண்டனைக்குச் சமமானது.. சேலம் பல்கலை வழக்கில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம்Tamil 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.