Nagercoil
S. Austin (DMK) is the MLA for Nagercoil.
DMK took the seat from BJP in 2026.
In 2026 S. Austin won with 35.6% of the vote, 7,570 votes ahead of G. Bervin Kings (TVK).
In the last 30 days Nagercoil was named in 28 mentions from 5 outlets.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kanniyakumari
- Area
- about 105 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 68.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Colachal · Kanniyakumari
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK S. Austin | 69,880 · 35.6% | TVK G. Bervin Kings | 62,310 · 31.8% | 7,570 (3.9 pts) |
| 2021 | BJP M. R. Gandhi | 88,804 · 48.2% | DMK N. Suresh Rajan | 77,135 · 41.9% | 11,669 (6.3 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK N. Suresh Rajan | 67,369 · 38.9% | BJP Gandhi M.R | 46,413 · 26.8% | 20,956 (12.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK A. Nanjil Murugesan | 58,819 · 40.0% | DMK R. Mahesh | 52,092 · 35.4% | 6,727 (4.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Nagercoil: mentions per week
Busiest week: 13 July (101 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
158 mentions of Nagercoil 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
Nagercoil, 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
Headlines that name Nagercoil
- நாகர்கோவில் இன்புளுயன்சர் வீட்டு Crime.. SP பரபரப்பு பேட்டிThanthi TV
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.