Thiruvarur
Kalaivanan Poondi. K. (DMK) is the MLA for Thiruvarur.
DMK has won Thiruvarur at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 Kalaivanan Poondi. K. won with 42.9% of the vote, 18,148 votes ahead of Veeramani. V. (TVK).
In the last 30 days Thiruvarur was named in 69 mentions from 5 outlets.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Nagapattinam
- Area
- about 423 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kilvelur · Mannargudi · Nagapattinam · Nannilam · Thiruthuraipoondi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK Kalaivanan Poondi. K. | 93,408 · 42.9% | TVK Veeramani. V. | 75,260 · 34.5% | 18,148 (8.3 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. Poondi Kalaivanan | 108,906 · 52.3% | ADMK A. N. R. Panneerselvam | 57,732 · 27.7% | 51,174 (24.6 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Kalaignar M Karunanidhi | 121,473 · 61.7% | ADMK Pannerselvam .R | 53,107 · 27.0% | 68,366 (34.7 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK M. Karunanidhi | 109,014 · 63.0% | ADMK M. Rajendran | 58,765 · 33.9% | 50,249 (29.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Thiruvarur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (21 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
174 mentions of Thiruvarur since 1 June 2026 from 9 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Thiruvarur, 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 Tiruvarur district
Tiruvarur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiruthuraipoondi | CPI | 6.8 | 10 |
| Mannargudi | AMMK | 0.8 | 9 |
| Thiruvarur | DMK | 8.3 | 69 |
| Nannilam | ADMK | 18.0 | 0 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Thiruvarur
- திருவாரூர் | ஆன்லைனில் போதை மாத்திரைகளை வாங்கி பயன்படுத்திய கல்லூரி மாணவர்கள் 5 பேர் கைதுTamil 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.