Sholingur
G. Kapil (TVK) is the MLA for Sholingur.
TVK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 G. Kapil won with 36.2% of the vote, 5,686 votes ahead of K. Saravanan (PMK).
Sholingur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 12 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK G. Kapil | 84,506 · 36.2% | PMK K. Saravanan | 78,820 · 33.7% | 5,686 (2.4 pts) |
| 2021 | INC A. N. Munirathinam | 110,228 · 49.2%† | PMK A. M. Krishnan | 83,530 · 37.3% | 26,698 (11.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK N. G. Parthiban | 77,651 · 36.8% | INC A. M. Munirathinam | 67,919 · 32.2% | 9,732 (4.6 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK P. R. Manogar | 69,963 · 39.0% | IND A. M. Muniratinam | 60,925 · 33.9% | 9,038 (5.0 pts) |
† Corrected from the source's own printed totals.
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ranipet district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (26 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Sholingurpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Sholingur itself is named in 12 of the district's 215 mentions (5.6%). 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
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
Latest from Ranipet district: no recent headline names Sholingur
- Graduation day held at engineering college in RanipetThe 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.