Srivaikuntam
G. Saravanan (TVK) is the MLA for Srivaikuntam.
TVK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 G. Saravanan won with 33.3% of the vote, 1,186 votes ahead of S. P. Shunmuganathan (ADMK).
Srivaikuntam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 34 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Thoothukkudi
- Area
- about 762 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Nanguneri · Ottapidaram · Radhapuram · Thoothukkudi · Tiruchendur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK G. Saravanan | 58,814 · 33.3% | ADMK S. P. Shunmuganathan | 57,628 · 32.7% | 1,186 (0.7 pts) |
| 2021 | INC Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj | 76,843 · 46.8% | ADMK S. P. Shanmuganathan | 59,471 · 36.2% | 17,372 (10.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK S. P. Shanmuganathan | 65,198 · 42.0% | INC Rani Venkatesan V | 61,667 · 39.7% | 3,531 (2.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. P. Shunmuganathan | 69,708 · 52.9% | INC M. B. Sudalaiyandi | 48,586 · 36.8% | 21,122 (16.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Srivaikuntam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 6 July (11 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
34 mentions of Srivaikuntam since 1 June 2026 from 11 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tuticorin 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 Tuticorin district
Tuticorin| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilathikulam | DMK | 4.7 | 6 |
| Thoothukkudi | TVK | 18.4 | 90 |
| Tiruchendur | DMK | 3.2 | 79 |
| Srivaikuntam | TVK | 0.7 | 5 |
| Ottapidaram | TVK | 14.8 | 0 |
| Kovilpatti | DMK | 0.4 | 7 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Srivaikuntam
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.