Thiruparankundram
C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar (TVK) is the MLA for Thiruparankundram.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar won with 44.8% of the vote, 41,553 votes ahead of Kiruthiga Thangapandi (DMK).
Thiruparankundram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 113 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Virudhunagar
- Area
- about 227 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Madurai East · Madurai South · Madurai West · Manamadurai · Thirumangalam · Tiruchuli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar | 114,316 · 44.8% | DMK Kiruthiga Thangapandi | 72,763 · 28.5% | 41,553 (16.3 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK V. V. Rajan Chellappa | 103,683 · 44.0% | CPI(M) S. K. Ponnuthai | 74,194 · 31.5% | 29,489 (12.5 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK S. M. Seenivel | 93,453 · 47.3% | DMK Manimaran M | 70,461 · 35.7% | 22,992 (11.6 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK A. K. T. Raja | 95,469 · 58.7% | INC C. R. Sundararajan | 46,967 · 28.9% | 48,502 (29.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Thiruparankundram: mentions per week
Busiest week: 1 June (30 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
113 mentions of Thiruparankundram since 1 June 2026 from 8 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Thiruparankundram, 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 Madurai district
Madurai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melur | INC | 1.4 | 7 |
| Madurai East | TVK | 6.1 | 0 |
| Sholavandan | TVK | 1.4 | 3 |
| Madurai North | TVK | 11.1 | 0 |
| Madurai South | TVK | 15.2 | 0 |
| Madurai Central | TVK | 12.9 | 0 |
| Madurai West | TVK | 5.5 | 0 |
| Thiruparankundram | TVK | 16.3 | 19 |
| Thirumangalam | DMK | 10.3 | 9 |
| Usilampatti | TVK | 0.8 | 16 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Thiruparankundram
- திருப்பரங்குன்றம் தீபத் தூணில் தீபம் ஏற்றக் கோரி சென்னையில் இந்து முன்னணி ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்Tamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
- கறி இல்லை.. காய்கறி கொண்டுபோவதற்கே தடை போட்ட போலீஸ்! திருப்பரங்குன்றம் மசூதிக்கு கெடுபிடி!Oneindia Tamil
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.