Vikravandi
C. Sivakumar (PMK) is the MLA for Vikravandi.
PMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 C. Sivakumar won with 33.3% of the vote, 910 votes ahead of Vijay Vadivel A (TVK).
Vikravandi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 14 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Viluppuram
- Area
- about 505 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 82.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gingee · Mailam · Tirukkoyilur · Vanur · Villupuram
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PMK C. Sivakumar | 69,727 · 33.3% | TVK Vijay Vadivel A | 68,817 · 32.9% | 910 (0.4 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK N. Pugazhenthi | 93,730 | ADMK R. Muthamilselvan | – | – |
| 2016 | DMK Rathamani.K | 63,757 · 35.7% | ADMK Velu R | 56,845 · 31.8% | 6,912 (3.9 pts) |
| 2011 | CPI(M) R. Ramamurthy | 78,656 · 51.7% | DMK K. Rathamani | 63,759 · 41.9% | 14,897 (9.8 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 Vikravandipaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Vikravandi itself is named in 14 of the district's 767 mentions (1.8%). 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 Vikravandi
- 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.