Colachal Assembly constituency
State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India
Colachel | |
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Constituency No. 231 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Kanniyakumari |
LS constituency | Kanniyakumari |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 262175[1] |
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.
Travancore-cochin assembly
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1954 | T. T. Daniel | Tamil Nadu Congress |
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1957 | Lourdammal Simon | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | A. Swamidhas | Independent | |
1967 | A. Chidambaranatha Nadar | Indian National Congress |
Tamil Nadu assembly
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | A. Pauliah | 52,641 | 60.01% | 20.82% | |
JD | Bathakbishnan R. | 19,626 | 22.37% | ||
BJP | Appancheyl S. | 14,968 | 17.06% | ||
Independent | Thomas S. | 111 | 0.13% | ||
Independent | Johnson M. | 108 | 0.12% | ||
Independent | Soosai Nayagom S. | 101 | 0.12% | ||
Independent | Jacobe Mianous T. | 99 | 0.11% | ||
Independent | Lingaraja N. | 73 | 0.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 33,015 | 37.63% | 24.58% | ||
Turnout | 87,727 | 55.98% | −10.86% | ||
Registered electors | 160,212 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 20.82% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Pauliah-A. M | 36,611 | 39.19% | ||
DMK | Sambath Chandra-R | 24,414 | 26.13% | 4.26% | |
AIADMK | F. M. Rajarathnam | 18,747 | 20.07% | −19.26% | |
AIADMK | Jonas | 13,292 | 14.23% | −25.10% | |
Independent | Raveendran. A. M | 187 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | Soosai Michael. P. M | 173 | 0.19% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,197 | 13.06% | 12.37% | ||
Turnout | 93,424 | 66.84% | −5.30% | ||
Registered electors | 141,330 | ||||
INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.14% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | F. M. Rajarathnam | 33,585 | 39.33% | 6.36% | |
BJP | M. R. Gandhi | 32,996 | 38.64% | ||
DMK | N. Paramonydhas | 18,678 | 21.87% | −45.16% | |
Independent | V. Rajendran | 138 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 589 | 0.69% | −33.37% | ||
Turnout | 85,397 | 72.14% | 16.02% | ||
Registered electors | 123,569 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -27.70% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. Retnaraj | 42,949 | 67.03% | 38.33% | |
AIADMK | Sanotsham. M. | 21,127 | 32.97% | 8.28% | |
Margin of victory | 21,822 | 34.06% | 32.36% | ||
Turnout | 64,076 | 56.12% | −6.47% | ||
Registered electors | 115,330 | ||||
DMK gain from JP | Swing | 36.63% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP | R. Athiswami | 21,131 | 30.40% | ||
DMK | S. Retnaraj | 19,949 | 28.70% | −15.18% | |
AIADMK | F.M. Rasarathinam | 17,165 | 24.69% | ||
INC | A. Pauliah | 11,264 | 16.21% | −38.78% | |
Margin of victory | 1,182 | 1.70% | −9.40% | ||
Turnout | 69,509 | 62.59% | −8.40% | ||
Registered electors | 111,755 | ||||
JP gain from INC | Swing | -24.58% |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | A. Pauliah | 37,401 | 54.98% | 6.61% | |
DMK | S. Retnaraj | 29,852 | 43.88% | ||
Independent | Eugene A. | 773 | 1.14% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,549 | 11.10% | 8.71% | ||
Turnout | 68,026 | 70.99% | −1.33% | ||
Registered electors | 97,695 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 6.61% |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | A. Chidambaranatha Nadar | 29,325 | 48.37% | 4.74% | |
SWA | S. Retnaraj | 27,879 | 45.99% | ||
Independent | Y. Devadason | 2,887 | 4.76% | ||
Independent | L. Louis | 532 | 0.88% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,446 | 2.39% | −9.62% | ||
Turnout | 60,623 | 72.31% | −2.76% | ||
Registered electors | 86,726 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | -7.27% |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Swamidhas | 36,054 | 55.64% | ||
INC | Lourdammal Simon | 28,275 | 43.63% | 2.90% | |
Independent | John Russel | 471 | 0.73% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,779 | 12.00% | 7.33% | ||
Turnout | 64,800 | 75.07% | 31.31% | ||
Registered electors | 88,634 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | 14.91% |
1957
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Lourdammal Simon | 14,055 | 40.73% | ||
Independent | S. Doraiswamy | 12,443 | 36.06% | ||
Independent | R. K. Ram. | 3,309 | 9.59% | ||
Independent | P. Johnson | 2,875 | 8.33% | ||
Independent | S. M. Shahul Hamid | 1,826 | 5.29% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,612 | 4.67% | |||
Turnout | 34,508 | 43.76% | |||
Registered electors | 78,859 | ||||
INC gain from TTNC | Swing |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TTNC | Thompson Tharmaraj Daniel | 15,542 | 59.14% | ||
INC | Ramachandra Nadar | 10,738 | 40.86% | 40.86% | |
Margin of victory | 4,804 | 18.28% | |||
Turnout | 26,280 | 69.48% | |||
Registered electors | 37,824 | ||||
TTNC win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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