Periyakulam Meeting Constituency in Theni district has been steadily polling for the 2 Dravidian events since 1967. Besides in 2011, when CPI (M) gained, over the past 5 many years, the DMK and the AIADMK have tasted victory and defeat like a see-saw battle.

Within the final elections held in 2021, DMK candidate Ok. S. Saravanakumar emerged victorious by polling 46.28 % defeating his nearest rival from the AIADMK, who managed to ballot 35.58 %.