Tindivanam
Vanni Arasu (VCK) is the MLA for Tindivanam.
VCK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 Vanni Arasu won with 32.6% of the vote, 734 votes ahead of P. Arjunan (ADMK).
Tindivanam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 29 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Viluppuram
- Area
- about 589 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 79.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Cheyyur · Madurantakam · Mailam · Vanur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | VCK Vanni Arasu | 63,833 · 32.6% | ADMK P. Arjunan | 63,099 · 32.2% | 734 (0.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK P. Arjunan | 87,152 · 47.7% | DMK P. Seethapathy | 77,399 · 42.4% | 9,753 (5.3 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Seethapathy P | 61,879 · 35.3% | ADMK Rajendran S P | 61,778 · 35.3% | 101 (0.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK D. Haridoss | 80,553 · 52.6% | PMK M. P. Sankar | 65,016 · 42.5% | 15,537 (10.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tindivanam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 6 July (5 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
29 mentions of Tindivanam since 1 June 2026 from 10 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Villupuram 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 Villupuram district
Villupuram| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gingee | PMK | 5.8 | 276 |
| Mailam | ADMK | 15.9 | 5 |
| Tindivanam | VCK | 0.4 | 3 |
| Vanur | DMK | 3.7 | 1 |
| Villupuram | DMK | 1.9 | 76† |
| Vikravandi | PMK | 0.4 | 2 |
† Villupuram 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 Tindivanam
- திமுக கூட்டணியைக் காப்பாற்றத் தவறிவிட்டது: திண்டிவனம் மாநாட்டில் விசிக தலைவர் திருமாவளவன் பரபரப்பு பேச்சுTamil originalNewsBytes 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.