Yercaud
P. Usharani (ADMK) is the MLA for Yercaud.
ADMK has won Yercaud at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 P. Usharani won with 34.6% of the vote, 2,189 votes ahead of J. Lakshmi Janarthanan (TVK).
Yercaud 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
- Kallakurichi
- Area
- about 1,111 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 84.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Attur · Harur · Omalur · Pappireddippatti · Rasipuram · Salem (North) · Salem (South) · Salem (West) · Sankarapuram · Veerapandi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK P. Usharani | 87,772 · 34.6% | TVK J. Lakshmi Janarthanan | 85,583 · 33.8% | 2,189 (0.9 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK G. Chitra | 121,561 · 50.9% | DMK C. Tamilselvan | 95,606 · 40.0% | 25,955 (10.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Chitra.G | 100,562 · 45.2% | DMK Tamilselvan.C | 83,168 · 37.4% | 17,394 (7.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK C. Perumal | 104,221 · 58.1% | DMK C. Tamilselvan | 66,639 · 37.1% | 37,582 (20.9 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Yercaud: mentions per week
Busiest week: 28 September (5 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
22 mentions of Yercaud since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Yercaud, 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 Salem district
Salem| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangavalli | ADMK | 7.3 | 0 |
| Attur | ADMK | 7.4 | 3 |
| Yercaud | ADMK | 0.9 | 10 |
| Omalur | ADMK | 5.4 | 12 |
| Mettur | ADMK | 8.3 | 78 |
| Edappadi | ADMK | 38.0 | 37 |
| Sankari | ADMK | 3.9 | 0 |
| Salem (West) | TVK | 31.9 | 0 |
| Salem (North) | TVK | 6.7 | 1 |
| Salem (South) | TVK | 16.1 | 0 |
| Veerapandi | TVK | 1.7 | 124 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Yercaud
- ஏற்காடு, மேட்டூர், குரும்பப்பட்டி உயிரியல் பூங்காவில் குவிந்த சுற்றுலா பயணிகள்Tamil originalMaalaimalar
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.