Pallavaram
J. Kamatchi (TVK) is the MLA for Pallavaram.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 J. Kamatchi won with 47.1% of the vote, 54,693 votes ahead of D. Murugesan (DMDK).
Pallavaram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 26 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Sriperumbudur
- Area
- about 30 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 61.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Alandur · Sholinganallur · Tambaram
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK J. Kamatchi | 133,611 · 47.1% | DMDK D. Murugesan | 78,918 · 27.8% | 54,693 (19.3 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK I. Karunanithi | 126,427 · 47.5% | ADMK S. Rajendran | 88,646 · 33.3% | 37,781 (14.2 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Karunanithi. I | 112,891 · 44.9% | ADMK C. R. Saraswathi | 90,726 · 36.1% | 22,165 (8.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK P. Dhansingh | 105,631 · 52.7% | DMK T. M. Anbarasan | 88,257 · 44.0% | 17,374 (8.7 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Pallavaram: mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (4 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
26 mentions of Pallavaram since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Chengalpattu 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 Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallavaram | TVK | 19.3 | 3 |
| Tambaram | TVK | 12.8 | 88 |
| Chengalpattu | TVK | 11.0 | 81† |
| Thiruporur | TVK | 15.0 | 6 |
| Cheyyur | ADMK | 3.0 | 1 |
| Madurantakam | ADMK | 3.6 | 1336 |
† Chengalpattu 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 Pallavaram
- பல்லாவரம் | விரைவில் பணக்காரராக ஆசை: கஞ்சா விற்ற 3 இளைஞர்கள் கைதுTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
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.