Ottapidaram
P. Mathanraja (TVK) is the MLA for Ottapidaram.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 P. Mathanraja won with 41.6% of the vote, 29,083 votes ahead of P. M. Ramajeyam (DMK).
Ottapidaram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 3 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Thoothukkudi
- Area
- about 987 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kovilpatti · Nanguneri · Srivaikuntam · Thoothukkudi · Tirunelveli · Vilathikulam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK P. Mathanraja | 81,625 · 41.6% | DMK P. M. Ramajeyam | 52,542 · 26.8% | 29,083 (14.8 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. C. Shunmugaiah | 73,110 · 41.1% | ADMK P. Mohan | 64,600 · 36.3% | 8,510 (4.8 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK R. Sundararaj | 65,071 · 40.6% | PT Dr. Krishnasamy.K | 64,578 · 40.3% | 493 (0.3 pts) |
| 2011 | PT K. Krishnasamy | 71,330 · 56.4% | DMK S. Raja | 46,204 · 36.5% | 25,126 (19.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tuticorin district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 20 July (219 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Ottapidarampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Ottapidaram itself is named in 3 of the district's 1,203 mentions (0.2%). 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
Tuticorin 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 Tuticorin district
Tuticorin| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilathikulam | DMK | 4.7 | 6 |
| Thoothukkudi | TVK | 18.4 | 90 |
| Tiruchendur | DMK | 3.2 | 79 |
| Srivaikuntam | TVK | 0.7 | 5 |
| Ottapidaram | TVK | 14.8 | 0 |
| Kovilpatti | DMK | 0.4 | 7 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Tuticorin district: no recent headline names Ottapidaram
- தூத்துக்குடியில் மீனவர் குத்திக்கொலை- நண்பர் வெறிச்செயல்Tamil 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.