Palayamkottai
M. Abdul Wahab (DMK) is the MLA for Palayamkottai.
DMK has won Palayamkottai at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 M. Abdul Wahab won with 44.1% of the vote, 13,805 votes ahead of Maria John (TVK).
Palayamkottai is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 35 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tirunelveli
- Area
- about 70 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 58.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Nanguneri · Tirunelveli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK M. Abdul Wahab | 79,744 · 44.1% | TVK Maria John | 65,939 · 36.5% | 13,805 (7.6 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. Abdul Wahab | 89,117 · 55.3% | ADMK G. Gerald | 36,976 · 22.9% | 52,141 (32.4 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | 67,463 · 43.6% | ADMK Hyder Ali S.K.A | 51,591 · 33.4% | 15,872 (10.3 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | 58,049 · 42.8% | CPI(M) V. Palani | 57,444 · 42.3% | 605 (0.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Palayamkottai: mentions per week
Busiest week: 20 July (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
35 mentions of Palayamkottai since 1 June 2026 from 7 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tirunelveli 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 Tirunelveli district
Tirunelveli| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirunelveli | TVK | 5.2 | 159† |
| Ambasamudram | ADMK | 5.3 | 5 |
| Palayamkottai | DMK | 7.6 | 12 |
| Nanguneri | TVK | 7.8 | 0 |
| Radhapuram | TVK | 6.2 | 2 |
† Tirunelveli 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 Tirunelveli district: no recent headline names Palayamkottai
- நெல்லையில் திமுகவுக்கு பெரும் அதிர்ச்சி! 15-வது வார்டு கவுன்சிலர் அஜய் தவெகவில் ஐக்கியம்Tamil originalTop Tamil News
- நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவமனை.. லுங்கியில் தொங்கிய சங்கரலிங்கம்.. விஜய் அரசை தாக்கிய நயினார் நாகேந்திரன்Tamil 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.