Tiruvannamalai
E. V. Velu (DMK) is the MLA for Tiruvannamalai.
DMK has won Tiruvannamalai at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 E. V. Velu won with 40.1% of the vote, 2,455 votes ahead of Arul Arumugam (TVK).
Tiruvannamalai is also the name of the district and the town: 141 mentions from 15 outlets in the last 30 days name it, so this is not a count for the constituency alone.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruvannamalai
- Area
- about 364 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 72.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Chengam · Kalasapakkam · Kilpennathur · Rishivandiyam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK E. V. Velu | 88,273 · 40.1% | TVK Arul Arumugam | 85,818 · 39.0% | 2,455 (1.1 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK E. V. Velu | 137,876 · 66.0% | BJP S. Thanigaivel | 43,203 · 20.7% | 94,673 (45.3 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK E. V. Velu | 116,484 · 57.1% | ADMK Rajan.K | 66,136 · 32.5% | 50,348 (24.7 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK E. V. Velu | 84,802 · 49.4% | ADMK S. Ramachandran | 79,676 · 46.4% | 5,126 (3.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tiruvannamalai (also the district's name): mentions per week
Busiest week: 21 September (45 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
460 mentions of Tiruvannamalai since 1 June 2026 from 22 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
Tiruvannamalai 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 Tiruvannamalai district
Tiruvannamalai| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengam | ADMK | 5.5 | 0 |
| Tiruvannamalai | DMK | 1.1 | 141† |
| Kilpennathur | ADMK | 13.9 | 0 |
| Kalasapakkam | ADMK | 12.5 | 0 |
| Polur | TVK | 0.1 | 2 |
| Arani | ADMK | 2.5 | 14 |
| Cheyyar | ADMK | 9.5 | 4 |
| Vandavasi | DMK | 1.7 | 2 |
† Tiruvannamalai 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 Tiruvannamalai (also the district's name)
- "30 ரூபாய் அரிசியும், ரேஷன் அரிசியும் ஒரே மாதிரி இருக்கே.." - பகீர் புகார்Thanthi TV
- Two persons arrested in Tiruvannamalai for slapping woman SIThe Hindu National
- Two students killed in road accident in TiruvannamalaiThe Hindu National
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.