Periyakulam
G. Sabari Iyngaran (TVK) is the MLA for Periyakulam.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 G. Sabari Iyngaran won with 40.6% of the vote, 19,321 votes ahead of P. Sakthivel (VCK).
Periyakulam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 11 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Theni
- Area
- about 441 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Andipatti · Bodinayakanur · Nilakottai · Palani
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK G. Sabari Iyngaran | 85,656 · 40.6% | VCK P. Sakthivel | 66,335 · 31.4% | 19,321 (9.2 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. S. Saravana Kumar | 92,251 · 45.7% | ADMK M. Murugan | 70,930 · 35.1% | 21,321 (10.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK K. Kathirkamu | 90,599 · 46.9% | DMK Anbazhagan | 76,249 · 39.5% | 14,350 (7.4 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI(M) A. Laser | 76,687 · 47.9% | DMK V. Anbazhagan | 71,046 · 44.3% | 5,641 (3.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Theni district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 8 June (45 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Periyakulampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Periyakulam itself is named in 11 of the district's 387 mentions (2.8%). 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
Theni 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 Theni district
Theni| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andipatti | DMK | 4.4 | 4 |
| Periyakulam | TVK | 9.2 | 1 |
| Bodinayakanur | DMK | 3.1 | 1 |
| Cumbum | TVK | 0.3 | 8 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Theni district: no recent headline names Periyakulam
- தேனி சின்னவாய்க்காலில் இடுப்பளவு தண்ணீரில் இறங்கி கைகளாலேயே குப்பை அள்ளிய கம்பம் எம்எல்ஏ ஜெகநாத்!Tamil 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.