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Perambur

Assembly constituency 12 · General seat · Chennai district

C. Joseph Vijay (TVK) is the MLA for Perambur.

TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.

In 2026 C. Joseph Vijay won with 58.9% of the vote, 53,715 votes ahead of R. D. Shekar (DMK).

In the last 30 days Perambur was named in 142 mentions from 10 outlets.

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Map of Perambur constituency, Chennai districtPerambur drawn on its boundary with the seats around it. Madhavaram, Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar, Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar, Thiruvottiyur
Boundaries: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India), approximate.
Lok Sabha seat
Chennai North
Area
about 12 km² (from the boundary)
Turnout 2021
63.4%
Seats sharing a border
Madhavaram · Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar · Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar · Thiruvottiyur

Election results

ElectionWinnerVotesRunner-upVotesMargin
2026TVK C. Joseph Vijay120,365 · 58.9%DMK R. D. Shekar66,650 · 32.6%53,715 (26.3 pts)
2021DMK R. D. Sekar105,267 · 52.5%ADMK N. R. Dhanapalan50,291 · 25.1%54,976 (27.4 pts)
2016ADMK P. Vetrivel79,974 · 42.4%DMK N. R. Dhanapalan79,455 · 42.1%519 (0.3 pts)
2011CPI(M) A. Soundararajan84,668 · 52.3%DMK N. R. Dhanapalan67,245 · 41.5%17,423 (10.8 pts)
Winner's and runner-up's share of the vote at each election

officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.

Attention in the news

Perambur: mentions per week

Busiest week: 13 July (159 mentions).

articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover

466 mentions of Perambur since 1 June 2026 from 22 outlets.

observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.

Issues and parties in the news

Perambur, last 30 days: topics named in the same items

Law & Order14
Development & Infrastructure13
Elections & Bypolls6
By-poll & Campaign4
Education3
Water & Cauvery2

Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls

Chennai news, 30 daysPerambur vote, 2026
TVK24158.9%
DMK10432.6%
INC62did not stand
BJP44did not stand

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 Chennai district

Chennai
Seat2026 winnerLead (points)Mentions, 30 days
MaduravoyalTVK20.910
AmbatturTVK22.634
MadhavaramTVK26.255
ThiruvottiyurTVK25.919
Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarTVK27.41
PeramburTVK26.3142
KolathurTVK4.869
VillivakkamTVK12.21
Thiru-Vi-Ka-NagarTVK15.51
EgmoreTVK9.026
RoyapuramTVK11.26
HarbourDMK11.85
Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniDMK5.17
Thousand LightsTVK11.52
Anna NagarTVK13.10
VirugambakkamTVK15.746
SaidapetTVK17.84
ThiyagarayanagarTVK9.70
MylaporeTVK19.212
VelacheryTVK18.016
SholinganallurTVK21.618
AlandurTVK11.31

officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.

Latest

Headlines that name Perambur

  1. பெரம்பூர் தொகுதியில் பாதாள சாக்கடைக்கு 13 நவீன இயந்திரங்கள் - முதலமைச்சர் விஜய் உத்தரவுMaalaimalar

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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.

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