Perambalur
K. Sivakumar (TVK) is the MLA for Perambalur.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 K. Sivakumar won with 35.8% of the vote, 14,393 votes ahead of S. T. Jayalakshmi (DMK).
Perambalur is also the name of the district and the town: 26 mentions from 4 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Perambalur
- Area
- about 1,072 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 79.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gangavalli · Kunnam · Lalgudi · Manachanallur · Thuraiyur · Tittakudi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK K. Sivakumar | 90,882 · 35.8% | DMK S. T. Jayalakshmi | 76,489 · 30.1% | 14,393 (5.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. Prabhakaran | 122,090 | ADMK R. Thamizhselvan | – | – |
| 2016 | ADMK R.Thamizhselvan | 101,073 · 45.3% | DMK P.Sivakami | 94,220 · 42.2% | 6,853 (3.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Thamizhselvan | 98,497 · 52.2% | DMK M. Prabhakaran | 79,418 · 42.1% | 19,079 (10.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Perambalur (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (16 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
109 mentions of Perambalur since 1 June 2026 from 11 outlets, including news about the district and the town.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Perambalur district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
observedTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days.
Seats in Perambalur district
Perambalur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perambalur | TVK | 5.7 | 26† |
| Kunnam | DMK | 6.8 | 1 |
† Perambalur 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 Perambalur (also the district's name)
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.