Ramanathapuram
Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam (DMK) is the MLA for Ramanathapuram.
DMK has won Ramanathapuram at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam won with 37.5% of the vote, 12,459 votes ahead of Shahul Hameed (TVK).
Ramanathapuram is also the name of the district and the town: 62 mentions from 6 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Ramanathapuram
- Area
- about 577 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 69.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Mudhukulathur · Tiruvadanai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam | 89,137 · 37.5% | TVK Shahul Hameed | 76,678 · 32.3% | 12,459 (5.2 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. Muthuramalingam | 111,082 · 51.9% | BJP D. Kuppuram | 60,603 · 28.3% | 50,479 (23.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Dr. M. Manikandan | 89,365 · 46.3% | MMK M. H. Jawahirullah | 56,143 · 29.1% | 33,222 (17.2 pts) |
| 2011 | MMK M. H. Jawahirullah | 65,831 · 41.0% | INC K. Hussan Ali | 50,074 · 31.2% | 15,757 (9.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ramanathapuram (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (22 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
158 mentions of Ramanathapuram 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
Ramanathapuram 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 Ramanathapuram district
Ramanathapuram| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramakudi | DMK | 1.9 | 11 |
| Tiruvadanai | TVK | 1.1 | 1 |
| Ramanathapuram | DMK | 5.2 | 62† |
| Mudhukulathur | DMK | 7.2 | 1 |
† Ramanathapuram 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 Ramanathapuram (also the district's name)
- ராமநாதபுரம் அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் பறிபோன பிஞ்சு உயிர்.. கண்ணீருடன் முதல்வர் விஜய்க்கு கோரிக்கைTamil 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.