Vedaranyam
O. S. Manian (ADMK) is the MLA for Vedaranyam.
ADMK has won Vedaranyam at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 O. S. Manian won with 36.5% of the vote, 7,331 votes ahead of M. Pugazhendi (DMK).
Vedaranyam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 6 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Nagapattinam
- Area
- about 705 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 82.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kilvelur · Thiruthuraipoondi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK O. S. Manian | 59,172 · 36.5% | DMK M. Pugazhendi | 51,841 · 32.0% | 7,331 (4.5 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK O. S. Manian | 78,719 · 49.8% | DMK S. K. Vetharathinam | 66,390 · 42.0% | 12,329 (7.8 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Manian.O.S | 60,836 · 41.4% | INC Rajendiran.P.V | 37,838 · 25.8% | 22,998 (15.7 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK N. V. Kamaraj | 53,799 · 41.2% | IND S. K. Vedarathinam | 42,871 · 32.8% | 10,928 (8.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Nagapattinam district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (27 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Vedaranyampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Vedaranyam itself is named in 6 of the district's 148 mentions (4.1%). 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
Nagapattinam 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 Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagapattinam | DMK | 6.5 | 39† |
| Kilvelur | CPI(M) | 1.5 | 0 |
| Vedaranyam | ADMK | 4.5 | 3 |
† Nagapattinam 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 Nagapattinam district: no recent headline names Vedaranyam
- நாகை போதைப்பொருள் வழக்கில் மவுனம் ஏன்?Tamil 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.