Perundurai
Perundurai has no sitting MLA. S. Jayakumar (ADMK), elected here in 2026, vacated the seat on 25 May 2026 after moving to TVK.
No by-election date is recorded yet.
ADMK has won Perundurai at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 S. Jayakumar won with 35.0% of the vote, 9,693 votes ahead of N. D. Venkatachalam (DMK).
Perundurai is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 42 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruppur
- Area
- about 596 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 83.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Anthiyur · Bhavani · Erode (West) · Gobichettipalayam · Kangayam · Tiruppur (North) · Tiruppur (South)
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK S. Jayakumar | 70,302 · 35.0% | DMK N. D. Venkatachalam | 60,609 · 30.2% | 9,693 (4.8 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK S. Jayakumar | 85,125 · 44.8% | DMK K. K. C. Balu | 70,618 · 37.2% | 14,507 (7.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Venkatachalam.N.D | 80,292 · 44.0% | DMK Mohanasundaram P. | 67,521 · 37.0% | 12,771 (7.0 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK N. D. Venkatachalam | 89,960 · 60.1% | KNMK K. K. C. Balu | 47,793 · 32.0% | 42,167 (28.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Perundurai: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
42 mentions of Perundurai since 1 June 2026 from 9 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Perundurai, 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 Erode district
Erode| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erode (East) | TVK | 14.8 | 0 |
| Erode (West) | TVK | 10.1 | 0 |
| Modakkurichi | TVK | 1.3 | 0 |
| Perundurai | ADMK | 4.8 | 13 |
| Bhavani | ADMK | 3.6 | 21 |
| Anthiyur | ADMK | 0.7 | 3 |
| Gobichettipalayam | TVK | 7.6 | 3 |
| Bhavanisagar | TVK | 2.1 | 9 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Perundurai
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.