Poompuhar
Nivedha M. Murugan (DMK) is the MLA for Poompuhar.
DMK has won Poompuhar at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 Nivedha M. Murugan won with 37.0% of the vote, 8,260 votes ahead of Pavunraj. S (ADMK).
Poompuhar is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 33 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Mayiladuthurai
- Area
- about 465 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Mayiladuthurai · Nannilam · Sirkazhi · Thiruvidaimarudur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK Nivedha M. Murugan | 81,096 · 37.0% | ADMK Pavunraj. S | 72,836 · 33.2% | 8,260 (3.8 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK Nivedha M. Murugan | 96,102 · 46.2% | ADMK S. Pavunraj | 92,803 · 44.6% | 3,299 (1.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Pavunraj.S | 87,666 · 45.5% | IUML Shajahan.A.M | 67,731 · 35.1% | 19,935 (10.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. Pavunraj | 85,839 · 50.7% | PMK K. Agoram | 74,466 · 43.9% | 11,373 (6.7 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Poompuhar: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (8 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
33 mentions of Poompuhar since 1 June 2026 from 7 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Mayiladuthurai 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 Mayiladuthurai district
Mayiladuthurai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirkazhi | DMK | 5.7 | 13 |
| Mayiladuthurai | INC | 5.8 | 50† |
| Poompuhar | DMK | 3.8 | 7 |
† Mayiladuthurai 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
Latest from Mayiladuthurai district: no recent headline names Poompuhar
- மயிலாடுதுறை அருகே சொத்து, பணம் தராத ஆத்திரத்தில் கூலிப்படையை ஏவி கணவர் கொலை: மனைவி, 3 மகள்கள் கைதுTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
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.