Rajapalayam
K. Jegadeshwari (TVK) is the MLA for Rajapalayam.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 K. Jegadeshwari won with 35.8% of the vote, 10,605 votes ahead of S. Thangapandian (DMK).
Rajapalayam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 27 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tenkasi
- Area
- about 345 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 74.6%
- Seats sharing a border
- Sattur · Srivilliputhur · Vasudevanallur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK K. Jegadeshwari | 65,548 · 35.8% | DMK S. Thangapandian | 54,943 · 30.0% | 10,605 (5.8 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK S. Thangappandian | 74,158 · 41.5% | ADMK K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | 70,260 · 39.3% | 3,898 (2.2 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK S. Thangappandian | 74,787 · 43.8% | ADMK A. A. S. Shyam | 69,985 · 41.0% | 4,802 (2.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK K. Gopalsamy | 80,125 · 53.8% | DMK S. Thanga Pandian | 58,693 · 39.4% | 21,432 (14.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Rajapalayam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (6 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
27 mentions of Rajapalayam since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Rajapalayam, 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 Virudhunagar district
Virudhunagar| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajapalayam | TVK | 5.8 | 12 |
| Srivilliputhur | TVK | 4.4 | 9 |
| Sattur | DMK | 3.0 | 3 |
| Sivakasi | TVK | 6.0 | 46 |
| Virudhunagar | TVK | 5.6 | 35† |
| Aruppukkottai | DMK | 2.8 | 2 |
| Tiruchuli | DMK | 7.4 | 1 |
† Virudhunagar 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
From Virudhunagar district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Rajapalayam
- லஞ்ச வழக்கில் கைதான விருதுநகர் சுகாதாரத் துறை துணை இயக்குநரின் வீட்டில் சோதனைTamil 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.