Radhapuram
Sathish Christopher (TVK) is the MLA for Radhapuram.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 Sathish Christopher won with 35.0% of the vote, 12,313 votes ahead of M. Appavu (DMK).
Radhapuram 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
- Tirunelveli
- Area
- about 944 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 69.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kanniyakumari · Nanguneri · Srivaikuntam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK Sathish Christopher | 69,947 · 35.0% | DMK M. Appavu | 57,634 · 28.8% | 12,313 (6.2 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. Appavu | 82,331 · 44.0% | ADMK I.S. Inbudurai | 76,406 · 40.8% | 5,925 (3.2 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK I. S. Inbadurai | 69,590 · 40.6% | DMK M. Appavu | 69,541 · 40.6% | 49 (0.0 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK S. Michael Rayappan | 67,072 · 48.4% | INC P. Veldurai | 45,597 · 32.9% | 21,475 (15.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tirunelveli district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 28 September (92 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Radhapurampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Radhapuram itself is named in 11 of the district's 881 mentions (1.2%). 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
Tirunelveli 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 Tirunelveli district
Tirunelveli| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirunelveli | TVK | 5.2 | 155† |
| Ambasamudram | ADMK | 5.3 | 4 |
| Palayamkottai | DMK | 7.6 | 12 |
| Nanguneri | TVK | 7.8 | 0 |
| Radhapuram | TVK | 6.2 | 2 |
† Tirunelveli 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 Tirunelveli district: no recent headline names Radhapuram
- நெல்லையில் திமுகவுக்கு பெரும் அதிர்ச்சி! 15-வது வார்டு கவுன்சிலர் அஜய் தவெகவில் ஐக்கியம்Tamil originalTop Tamil News
- நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவமனை.. லுங்கியில் தொங்கிய சங்கரலிங்கம்.. விஜய் அரசை தாக்கிய நயினார் நாகேந்திரன்Tamil 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.