Sirkazhi
R. Senthilselvan (DMK) is the MLA for Sirkazhi.
DMK has won Sirkazhi at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 R. Senthilselvan won with 35.6% of the vote, 11,417 votes ahead of M. Sakthi (ADMK).
Sirkazhi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 54 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Mayiladuthurai
- Area
- about 435 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Chidambaram · Kattumannarkoil · Mayiladuthurai · Poompuhar
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK R. Senthilselvan | 71,449 · 35.6% | ADMK M. Sakthi | 60,032 · 29.9% | 11,417 (5.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK M. Panneerselvam | 94,057 · 49.2% | ADMK P. V. Bharathi | 81,909 · 42.8% | 12,148 (6.3 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Bharathi.P.V | 76,487 · 43.0% | DMK Killai Ravindran.S | 67,484 · 38.0% | 9,003 (5.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK M. Sakthi | 83,881 · 54.6% | VCK P. Durairajan | 56,502 · 36.8% | 27,379 (17.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Sirkazhi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 12 October (7 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
54 mentions of Sirkazhi since 1 June 2026 from 10 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Sirkazhi, 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 Mayiladuthurai district
Mayiladuthurai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirkazhi | DMK | 5.7 | 13 |
| Mayiladuthurai | INC | 5.8 | 51† |
| Poompuhar | DMK | 3.8 | 7 |
† Mayiladuthurai 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 Sirkazhi
- Just Now | சீர்காழி திமுக எம்எல்ஏவுக்கு எதிரான வழக்கு வாபஸ்Tamil originalNews18 Tamil
- சீர்காழி எம்எல்ஏ செந்தில் செல்வனுக்கு எதிரான தேர்தல் வழக்கு தள்ளுபடிHindu Tamil Thisai
- சீர்காழி தொகுதி எம்.எல்.ஏ. செந்தில்வேலன் வெற்றிக்கு எதிரான தேர்தல் வழக்கு தள்ளுபடி!- ஐகோர்ட்Maalaimalar
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.