Paramakudi
K. K. Kathiravan (DMK) is the MLA for Paramakudi.
DMK has won Paramakudi at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 K. K. Kathiravan won with 31.2% of the vote, 3,548 votes ahead of G. Gopirajan (TVK).
Paramakudi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 34 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Ramanathapuram
- Area
- about 892 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 71.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Manamadurai · Mudhukulathur · Tiruchuli · Tiruvadanai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK K. K. Kathiravan | 59,161 · 31.2% | TVK G. Gopirajan | 55,613 · 29.3% | 3,548 (1.9 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK S. Murugesan | 84,864 · 46.6% | ADMK N. Sadhan Prabhakar | 71,579 · 39.3% | 13,285 (7.3 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Dr. S. Muthiah | 79,254 · 46.9% | DMK Thisaiveeran.U | 67,865 · 40.1% | 11,389 (6.7 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. Sundararaj | 86,150 · 57.9% | INC R. Ramprabhu | 51,544 · 34.6% | 34,606 (23.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Paramakudi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (12 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
34 mentions of Paramakudi since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Paramakudi, 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 Ramanathapuram district
Ramanathapuram| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramakudi | DMK | 1.9 | 11 |
| Tiruvadanai | TVK | 1.1 | 1 |
| Ramanathapuram | DMK | 5.2 | 62† |
| Mudhukulathur | DMK | 7.2 | 1 |
† Ramanathapuram 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 Paramakudi
- பரமக்குடி அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு புதிய வசதிகள் வருமா? அமைச்சர் அருண்ராஜிடம் நவாஸ்கனி எம்.பி கோரிக்கைTamil 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.