Ranipet
I. Tahira (TVK) is the MLA for Ranipet.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 I. Tahira won with 41.2% of the vote, 5,787 votes ahead of R. Gandhi (DMK).
Ranipet is also the name of the district and the town: 51 mentions from 4 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK I. Tahira | 91,149 · 41.2% | DMK R. Gandhi | 85,362 · 38.6% | 5,787 (2.6 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK R. Gandhi | 103,291 · 49.8% | ADMK S. M. Sukumar | 86,793 · 41.8% | 16,498 (7.9 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Gandhi. R | 81,724 · 42.9% | ADMK Elumalai. C | 73,828 · 38.7% | 7,896 (4.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK A. Mohammedjan | 83,834 · 53.1% | DMK R. Gandhi | 69,633 · 44.1% | 14,201 (9.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ranipet (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (15 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
137 mentions of Ranipet since 1 June 2026 from 8 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
Ranipet 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 Ranipet district
Ranipet| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arakkonam | TVK | 12.7 | 15 |
| Sholingur | TVK | 2.4 | 1 |
| Ranipet | TVK | 2.6 | 51† |
| Arcot | ADMK | 18.9 | 5 |
† Ranipet 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 Ranipet (also the district's name)
- Graduation day held at engineering college in RanipetThe Hindu National
- தொடுவானம்: ராணிப்பேட்டை மாவட்ட அரசு பள்ளிகளில் புதிய முயற்சிTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
- Ranipet police returns recovered phones to ownersThe Hindu National
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.