Vilavancode
T. T. Praveen (INC) is the MLA for Vilavancode.
INC has won Vilavancode at every election on file (2011, 2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 T. T. Praveen won with 40.5% of the vote, 20,970 votes ahead of K. Michael Kumar (TVK).
Vilavancode is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 6 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kanniyakumari
- Area
- about 277 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 67.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Ambasamudram · Colachal · Killiyoor · Padmanabhapuram
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | INC T. T. Praveen | 70,755 · 40.5% | TVK K. Michael Kumar | 49,785 · 28.5% | 20,970 (12.0 pts) |
| 2021 | INC S. Vijayadharani | 87,473 · 52.1% | BJP R. Jayaseelan | 58,804 · 35.0% | 28,669 (17.1 pts) |
| 2016 | INC S. Vijayadharani | 68,789 · 42.4% | BJP Dharmaraj C | 35,646 · 22.0% | 33,143 (20.4 pts) |
| 2011 | INC S. Vijayadharani | 62,898 · 43.7% | CPI(M) R. Leema Rose | 39,109 · 27.2% | 23,789 (16.5 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 Vilavancodepaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Vilavancode itself is named in 6 of the district's 567 mentions (1.1%). 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 Vilavancode
- 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.