Tenkasi
Kalai Kathiravan (DMK) is the MLA for Tenkasi.
DMK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 Kalai Kathiravan won with 33.9% of the vote, 10,299 votes ahead of S. Selvamohandas Pandian (ADMK).
Tenkasi is also the name of the district and the town: 58 mentions from 4 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tenkasi
- Area
- about 499 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Alangulam · Ambasamudram · Kadayanallur · Sankarankovil · Tirunelveli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK Kalai Kathiravan | 79,699 · 33.9% | ADMK S. Selvamohandas Pandian | 69,400 · 29.5% | 10,299 (4.4 pts) |
| 2021 | INC S. Palani Nadar | 89,315 · 41.7% | ADMK S. Selvamohandas Pandian | 88,945 · 41.5% | 370 (0.2 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK S. Selvamohandas Pandian | 86,339 · 42.6% | INC Palani Nadar S | 85,877 · 42.4% | 462 (0.2 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Sarathkumar | 92,253 · 54.3% | DMK Karuppasamy Pandian | 69,286 · 40.8% | 22,967 (13.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tenkasi (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 1 June (18 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
205 mentions of Tenkasi since 1 June 2026 from 15 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
Tenkasi 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 Tenkasi district
Tenkasi| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankarankovil | ADMK | 3.3 | 3 |
| Vasudevanallur | DMK | 3.5 | 0 |
| Kadayanallur | DMK | 2.8 | 8 |
| Tenkasi | DMK | 4.4 | 58† |
| Alangulam | DMK | 3.5 | 1 |
† Tenkasi 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 Tenkasi (also the district's name)
- ரூ.60 கோடியில் தென்காசி புறவழிச் சாலை பணிகள் தீவிரம்Tamil 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.