Vilathikulam
G. V. Markandayan (DMK) is the MLA for Vilathikulam.
DMK has won Vilathikulam at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 G. V. Markandayan won with 33.4% of the vote, 8,228 votes ahead of P. Kasiram (TVK).
Vilathikulam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 85 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Thoothukkudi
- Area
- about 1,666 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 77.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Aruppukkottai · Kovilpatti · Mudhukulathur · Ottapidaram · Tiruchuli
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK G. V. Markandayan | 58,395 · 33.4% | TVK P. Kasiram | 50,167 · 28.7% | 8,228 (4.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK G. V. Markandayan | 90,348 · 54.0% | ADMK P. Chinnappan | 51,799 · 31.0% | 38,549 (23.1 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Uma Maheswari | 71,496 · 46.8% | DMK Beemaraj S | 52,778 · 34.5% | 18,718 (12.2 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK G. V. Markandayan | 72,753 · 54.6% | INC K. Perumalsamy | 50,156 · 37.6% | 22,597 (16.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Vilathikulam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 20 July (60 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
85 mentions of Vilathikulam since 1 June 2026 from 16 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tuticorin 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 Tuticorin district
Tuticorin| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilathikulam | DMK | 4.7 | 6 |
| Thoothukkudi | TVK | 18.4 | 90 |
| Tiruchendur | DMK | 3.2 | 79 |
| Srivaikuntam | TVK | 0.7 | 5 |
| Ottapidaram | TVK | 14.8 | 0 |
| Kovilpatti | DMK | 0.4 | 7 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Vilathikulam
- விளாத்திகுளம் மாணவி கொலை வழக்கு - தர்மமுனீஸ்வரன் தூக்கு தண்டனையை எதிர்த்த மனு தீர்ப்பு ஒத்திவைப்பு!Tamil originalOneindia 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.