Pudukkottai
V. Muthuraja (DMK) is the MLA for Pudukkottai.
DMK has won Pudukkottai at 3 elections in a row (2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 V. Muthuraja won with 35.1% of the vote, 1,867 votes ahead of K. M. Shariff (TVK).
Pudukkottai is also the name of the district and the town: 28 mentions from 4 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruchirappalli
- Area
- about 497 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Alangudi · Gandarvakottai · Peravurani · Thirumayam · Viralimalai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK V. Muthuraja | 66,825 · 35.1% | TVK K. M. Shariff | 64,958 · 34.1% | 1,867 (1.0 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK Dr. V. Muthuraja | 85,802 · 47.7% | ADMK V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 72,801 · 40.5% | 13,001 (7.2 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Periyannan Arassu | 66,739 · 39.2% | ADMK Karthik Thondaiman | 64,655 · 38.0% | 2,084 (1.2 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI S. P. Muthukumaran | 65,466 · 46.8% | DMK Periyannan Arassu | 62,365 · 44.6% | 3,101 (2.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Pudukkottai (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 31 August (17 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
180 mentions of Pudukkottai since 1 June 2026 from 13 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
Pudukkottai 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 Pudukkottai district
Pudukkottai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandarvakottai | TVK | 6.6 | 0 |
| Viralimalai | ADMK | 30.4 | 16 |
| Pudukkottai | DMK | 1.0 | 28† |
| Thirumayam | DMK | 0.8 | 6 |
| Alangudi | DMK | 7.2 | 0 |
| Aranthangi | TVK | 5.5 | 9 |
† Pudukkottai 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 Pudukkottai (also the district's name)
- தாராபுரத்தில் விரட்டப்பட்ட புதுக்கோட்டை தவெக நிர்வாகிகள்Tamil originalNakkheeran
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.