Padmanabhapuram
R. Chellaswamy (CPI(M)) is the MLA for Padmanabhapuram.
CPI(M) took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 R. Chellaswamy won with 38.2% of the vote, 15,569 votes ahead of S. Krishna Kumar (TVK).
Padmanabhapuram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 2 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kanniyakumari
- Area
- about 478 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Ambasamudram · Colachal · Kanniyakumari · Nanguneri · Vilavancode
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CPI(M) R. Chellaswamy | 68,938 · 38.2% | TVK S. Krishna Kumar | 53,369 · 29.6% | 15,569 (8.6 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK Mano Thangaraj | 87,744 · 51.6% | ADMK D. John Thangam | 60,859 · 35.8% | 26,885 (15.8 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Mano Thangaraj | 76,249 · 47.2% | ADMK Rajendra Prasad K P | 35,344 · 21.9% | 40,905 (25.3 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK Pushpa Leela Alban | 59,882 · 41.5% | DMDK S. Austin | 40,561 · 28.1% | 19,321 (13.4 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 Padmanabhapurampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Padmanabhapuram itself is named in 2 of the district's 567 mentions (0.4%). 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 Padmanabhapuram
- 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.