Colachal Assembly constituency

Colachel
Colachel
Constituency No. 231 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanniyakumari
Established	1951
Total electors	262175
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent J. G. Prince
Party	INC
Elected year	2016

Colachel is an assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner
1971	A. Pauliah	Indian National Congress
1977	R. Athiswami	Janata Party
1980	S. Retnaraj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	F. M. Rajarathnam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Pauliah	Indian National Congress
1991	A. Pauliah	Indian National Congress
1996	Era Bernard	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. T. Pachaimal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006–2010	S. Jeyapaul	Indian National Congress
2011	J. G. Prince	Indian National Congress
2016	J. G. Prince	Indian National Congress
2021	J. G. Prince	Indian National Congress

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			49.56%
2016			40.19%
2011			40.16%
2006			46.99%
2001			46.23%
1996			42.85%
1991			60.01%
1989			39.19%
1984			39.33%
1980			67.03%
1977			30.40%
1971			54.98%
1967			48.37%
1962			55.64%
1957			40.73%
1954			59.14%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	90,681	49.56%	9.37%
	BJP	Ramesh P.	65,849	35.99%	11.37%
	NTK	Antony Aslin J.	18,202	9.95%	8.58%
	MNM	Lathis Mary S.	2,127	1.16%
	DMDK	Sivakumar M.	1,332	0.73%
	CPI(ML)L	Anthony Muthu S. M.	1,218	0.67%	0.07%
	ABHM	Krishna Kumar A.	1,145	0.63%
	NOTA	Nota	878	0.48%
Margin of victory			24,832	13.57%	−1.99%
Turnout			182,969	67.95%	4.17%
Registered electors			269,287
	INC hold		Swing	9.37%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	67,195	40.19%	0.03%
	BJP	Ramesh P	41,167	24.62%	0.03%
	AIADMK	Patchaimal K. T.	39,218	23.46%	−8.58%
	MDMK	Sambathchandra R.	12,909	7.72%
	NTK	Prabaharan T.	2,281	1.36%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,593	0.95%
	CPI(ML)L	Anthonymuthu	1,000	0.60%	−0.48%
	PMK	Alexanderrajkumar A	772	0.46%
	Independent	Selvaraj M	339	0.20%
		Aakhashdhev M	277	0.17%
	Independent	Christopher M.	230	0.14%
Margin of victory			26,028	15.57%	7.44%
Turnout			167,205	63.78%	−0.51%
Registered electors			262,175
	INC hold		Swing	0.03%

Members of Legislative Assembly

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	58,428	40.16%	−6.83%
	AIADMK	Larence. P	46,607	32.03%	13.09%
	BJP	Ramesh. P	35,778	24.59%	−2.61%
	CPI(ML)L	Anthony Muthu. S. M	1,566	1.08%
	Independent	Varkees Tharuma Raj. G	1,262	0.87%
	BSP	Abu Thahir. A. P	872	0.60%
	Independent	Kathiresan. V	537	0.37%
	ABHM	Selvaraj. M	438	0.30%	−0.28%
Margin of victory			11,821	8.13%	−11.66%
Turnout			226,321	64.28%	2.62%
Registered electors			145,488
	INC hold		Swing	-6.83%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jeyapaul	50,641	46.99%
	BJP	Gandhi. M. R	29,321	27.21%
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	20,413	18.94%	−27.29%
	DMDK	Wellington. S	4,941	4.58%
	Independent	Linga Perumal. C	656	0.61%
	ABHM	Surendran Nair. K	626	0.58%
	BSP	Dharmendra Kumar. S. N	449	0.42%
	Independent	Thomas. S	310	0.29%
	Independent	Kumaraswamy. H	164	0.15%
	Independent	Karunakaran	142	0.13%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. C	109	0.10%
Margin of victory			21,320	19.78%	3.31%
Turnout			107,772	61.67%	11.63%
Registered electors			174,762
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.76%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	42,354	46.23%
	MDMK	R. Sambath Chandra	27,265	29.76%	17.77%
	DMK	Era Bernard	20,296	22.15%	−20.70%
	Independent	A. Frederick	1,206	1.32%
	NCP	C. Raja Singh	502	0.55%
Margin of victory			15,089	16.47%	8.75%
Turnout			91,623	50.04%	−10.32%
Registered electors			183,117
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.37%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Era Bernard	41,217	42.85%
	BJP	S. P. Kutty	33,791	35.13%	18.07%
	MDMK	Sambath Chandra. R.	11,528	11.99%
	INC	Pauliah. A.	8,401	8.73%	−51.27%
	Independent	Chandra Sekhar	186	0.19%
	AIIC(T)	Jaipal. J. T.	168	0.17%
	Independent	Sreekumaran Thampy. A.	137	0.14%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. N.	130	0.14%
	Independent	Tharchis Xavier. S.	130	0.14%
	Independent	Ponnuswamy. E.	83	0.09%
	Independent	Murugan. R.	71	0.07%
Margin of victory			7,426	7.72%	−29.91%
Turnout			96,181	60.36%	4.38%
Registered electors			165,972
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-17.15%