Pennagaram
S. Gajendran (TVK) is the MLA for Pennagaram.
TVK took the seat from PMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Gajendran won with 35.5% of the vote, 3,165 votes ahead of V. Selvam (PMK).
Pennagaram 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
- Dharmapuri
- Area
- about 1,161 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 85.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Dharmapuri · Mettur · Palacode · Thalli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK S. Gajendran | 81,240 · 35.5% | PMK V. Selvam | 78,075 · 34.1% | 3,165 (1.4 pts) |
| 2021 | PMK G. K. Mani | 106,123 · 50.5% | DMK P. N. P. Inbasekaran | 84,937 · 40.4% | 21,186 (10.1 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Inbasekaran. P.N.P. | 76,848 · 38.5% | PMK Anbumani Ramadoss | 58,402 · 29.2% | 18,446 (9.2 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI N. Nanjappan | 80,028 · 49.3% | DMK P. N. P. Inbasekaran | 68,485 · 42.2% | 11,543 (7.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Dharmapuri district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (34 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Pennagarampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Pennagaram itself is named in 3 of the district's 283 mentions (1.1%). 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
Dharmapuri 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 Dharmapuri district
Dharmapuri| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palacode | ADMK | 17.3 | 5 |
| Pennagaram | TVK | 1.4 | 1 |
| Dharmapuri | PMK | 8.8 | 81† |
| Pappireddippatti | ADMK | 14.0 | 0 |
| Harur | ADMK | 1.5 | 2 |
† Dharmapuri 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
From Dharmapuri district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Pennagaram
- தருமபுரி அருகே அரசுப்பள்ளி மாணவிகளுக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை - கணித ஆசிரியர் போக்சோவில் கைது!Daily Thanthi
- தருமபுரி| 7 வயது சிறுமிக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை.. 7 ஆண்டுக்கு பின் தண்டனை விதிப்பு!Puthiya Thalaimurai
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.