Ulundurpettai
G. R. Vasanthavel (DMK) is the MLA for Ulundurpettai.
DMK has won Ulundurpettai at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 G. R. Vasanthavel won with 36.3% of the vote, 2,277 votes ahead of R. Kumaraguru (ADMK).
Ulundurpettai is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 34 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Viluppuram
- Area
- about 774 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 83.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kallakurichi · Neyveli · Panruti · Rishivandiyam · Tirukkoyilur · Villupuram · Virudhachalam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK G. R. Vasanthavel | 98,471 · 36.3% | ADMK R. Kumaraguru | 96,194 · 35.5% | 2,277 (0.8 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK A. J. Manikannan | 115,451 · 47.1% | ADMK R. Kumaraguru | 110,195 · 45.0% | 5,256 (2.1 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Kumaraguru. R. | 81,973 · 36.0% | DMK Vasanthavel. G.R. | 77,809 · 34.2% | 4,164 (1.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Kumaraguru | 114,794 · 60.1% | VCK M. Mohamed Yousuf | 61,286 · 32.1% | 53,508 (28.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ulundurpettai: mentions per week
Busiest week: 17 August (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
34 mentions of Ulundurpettai since 1 June 2026 from 7 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Ulundurpettai, 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 Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirukkoyilur | ADMK | 0.1 | 0 |
| Ulundurpettai | DMK | 0.8 | 10 |
| Rishivandiyam | DMK | 2.0 | 0 |
| Sankarapuram | ADMK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Kallakurichi | TVK | 0.3 | 42† |
† Kallakurichi 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
Latest from Kallakurichi district: no recent headline names Ulundurpettai
- அதிகாரிகளை கண்டித்து அதிமுக எம்எல்ஏ தர்ணா: கள்ளக்குறிச்சி கலெக்டர் அலுவலகத்தில் பரபரப்புTamil originalDinakaran
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.