Colachal
Tharahai Cuthbert (INC) is the MLA for Colachal.
INC has won Colachal at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 Tharahai Cuthbert won with 33.3% of the vote, 2,833 votes ahead of Prem Alex Lawrence (TVK).
Colachal is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 3 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kanniyakumari
- Area
- about 154 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 68.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Killiyoor · Nagercoil · Padmanabhapuram · Vilavancode
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | INC Tharahai Cuthbert | 66,207 · 33.3% | TVK Prem Alex Lawrence | 63,374 · 31.8% | 2,833 (1.4 pts) |
| 2021 | INC J. G. Prince | 90,681 · 49.6% | BJP P. Ramesh | 65,849 · 36.0% | 24,832 (13.6 pts) |
| 2016 | INC J. G. Prince | 67,195 · 40.2% | BJP Ramesh P | 41,167 · 24.6% | 26,028 (15.6 pts) |
| 2011 | INC J. G. Prince | 58,428 · 40.2% | ADMK P. Larence | 46,607 · 32.0% | 11,821 (8.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Kanniyakumari district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 13 July (123 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Colachalpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Colachal itself is named in 3 of the district's 568 mentions (0.5%). 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
Kanniyakumari 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 Kanniyakumari district
Kanniyakumari| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanniyakumari | ADMK | 0.1 | 67 |
| Nagercoil | DMK | 3.9 | 28 |
| Colachal | INC | 1.4 | 1 |
| Padmanabhapuram | CPI(M) | 8.6 | 2 |
| Vilavancode | INC | 12.0 | 0 |
| Killiyoor | INC | 0.7 | 0 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
From Kanniyakumari district, last 30 days: no headline in that time names Colachal
- கன்னியாகுமரி அருகே கல்லால் தாக்கி வாலிபரை கொன்ற 4 பேர் கைதுTamil 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.