Virudhachalam
Premalatha Vijayakanth (DMDK) is the MLA for Virudhachalam.
DMDK took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 Premalatha Vijayakanth won with 33.1% of the vote, 2,387 votes ahead of S. Vijay (TVK).
Virudhachalam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 22 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Cuddalore
- Area
- about 641 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 77.8%
- Seats sharing a border
- Bhuvanagiri · Jayankondam · Kallakurichi · Kattumannarkoil · Neyveli · Tittakudi · Ulundurpettai
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMDK Premalatha Vijayakanth | 69,351 · 33.1% | TVK S. Vijay | 66,964 · 32.0% | 2,387 (1.1 pts) |
| 2021 | INC R. Radhakrishnan | 77,064 · 39.2% | PMK J. Karthikeyan | 76,202 · 38.7% | 862 (0.4 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Kalaiselvan V T | 72,611 · 39.2% | DMK Govindasamy P | 58,834 · 31.8% | 13,777 (7.4 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK V. Muthukumar | 72,902 · 46.1% | INC T. Neethirajan | 59,261 · 37.4% | 13,641 (8.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Virudhachalam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 24 August (4 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
22 mentions of Virudhachalam since 1 June 2026 from 3 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Cuddalore 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 Cuddalore district
Cuddalore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tittakudi | DMK | 1.5 | 0 |
| Virudhachalam | DMDK | 1.1 | 7 |
| Neyveli | ADMK | 6.5 | 4 |
| Panruti | ADMK | 5.1 | 5 |
| Cuddalore | TVK | 8.1 | 92† |
| Kurinjipadi | DMK | 3.5 | 1 |
| Bhuvanagiri | ADMK | 1.2 | 2 |
| Chidambaram | DMK | 2.9 | 81 |
| Kattumannarkoil | VCK | 17.6 | 1 |
† Cuddalore 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 Virudhachalam
- "இந்த வெளிச்சத்தில் நான் தெரியுறேனா?" விருத்தாசலம் மேம்பாலத்தில் இரவு நேரத்தில் பிரேமலதா ரெய்டு!Oneindia 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.