Srivilliputhur
A. Karthik (TVK) is the MLA for Srivilliputhur.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 A. Karthik won with 33.9% of the vote, 8,581 votes ahead of P. Mahalingam (DMK).
Srivilliputhur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 68 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tenkasi
- Area
- about 670 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Andipatti · Rajapalayam · Sattur · Sivakasi · Thirumangalam · Usilampatti · Virudhunagar
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK A. Karthik | 65,653 · 33.9% | DMK P. Mahalingam | 57,072 · 29.5% | 8,581 (4.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK E. M. Manraj | 70,475 · 38.1% | INC P. S. W. Madhava Rao | 57,737 · 31.2% | 12,738 (6.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK M. Chandra Prabha | 88,103 · 49.3% | PT Muthukumar.C | 51,430 · 28.8% | 36,673 (20.5 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI V. Ponnupandi | 73,485 · 47.8% | DMK R. V. K. Durai | 67,257 · 43.7% | 6,228 (4.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Srivilliputhur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 10 August (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
68 mentions of Srivilliputhur since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Srivilliputhur, 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 Virudhunagar district
Virudhunagar| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajapalayam | TVK | 5.8 | 12 |
| Srivilliputhur | TVK | 4.4 | 9 |
| Sattur | DMK | 3.0 | 3 |
| Sivakasi | TVK | 6.0 | 46 |
| Virudhunagar | TVK | 5.6 | 35† |
| Aruppukkottai | DMK | 2.8 | 2 |
| Tiruchuli | DMK | 7.4 | 1 |
† Virudhunagar 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
From Virudhunagar district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Srivilliputhur
- லஞ்ச வழக்கில் கைதான விருதுநகர் சுகாதாரத் துறை துணை இயக்குநரின் வீட்டில் சோதனைTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
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.