Vanur
D. Gowtham (DMK) is the MLA for Vanur.
DMK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 D. Gowtham won with 35.9% of the vote, 7,034 votes ahead of P. Suresh (TVK).
Vanur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 2 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Viluppuram
- Area
- about 676 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 80.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Cuddalore · Mailam · Panruti · Tindivanam · Vikravandi · Villupuram
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK D. Gowtham | 68,873 · 35.9% | TVK P. Suresh | 61,839 · 32.2% | 7,034 (3.7 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK M. Chakrapani | 92,219 · 50.6% | VCK Vanni Arasu | 70,492 · 38.7% | 21,727 (11.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Chakrapani M | 64,167 · 36.8% | DMK Mydili R | 53,944 · 30.9% | 10,223 (5.9 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK I. Janagiraman | 88,834 · 56.0% | DMK S. Pushparaj | 63,696 · 40.1% | 25,138 (15.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Villupuram district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (233 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Vanurpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Vanur itself is named in 2 of the district's 767 mentions (0.3%). 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
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
Latest from Villupuram district: no recent headline names Vanur
- வாக்காளர் பட்டியலில் பெயர் சேர்க்க, திருத்தம் செய்ய வாய்ப்பு.? - விழுப்புரம் மக்களே நோட் பண்ணுங்கTamil originalNews18 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.