Uthangarai
N. Elaiyaraja (TVK) is the MLA for Uthangarai.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 N. Elaiyaraja won with 34.2% of the vote, 5,198 votes ahead of T. M. Tamilselvam (ADMK).
Uthangarai is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 11 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Krishnagiri
- Area
- about 698 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 79.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Bargur · Chengam · Harur · Tiruppattur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK N. Elaiyaraja | 70,201 · 34.2% | ADMK T. M. Tamilselvam | 65,003 · 31.6% | 5,198 (2.5 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK T. M. Tamilselvam | 99,675 · 53.0% | INC J. S. Arumugam | 71,288 · 37.9% | 28,387 (15.1 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK N.Manoranjitham | 69,980 · 38.8% | DMK S.Malathy | 67,367 · 37.3% | 2,613 (1.5 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Manoranjitham Nagaraj | 90,381 · 58.9% | VCK Muniyammal | 51,223 · 33.4% | 39,158 (25.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Krishnagiri district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 13 July (44 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Uthangaraipaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Uthangarai itself is named in 11 of the district's 444 mentions (2.5%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Krishnagiri 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 Krishnagiri district
Krishnagiri| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uthangarai | TVK | 2.5 | 4 |
| Bargur | ADMK | 2.0 | 2 |
| Krishnagiri | TVK | 8.2 | 62† |
| Veppanahalli | DMK | 0.1 | 0 |
| Hosur | ADMK | 10.0 | 31 |
| Thalli | CPI | 2.5 | 5 |
† Krishnagiri 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 Uthangarai
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.