Colachal Assembly constituency
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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 | |
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
[edit]Year | Winner | Party | |
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1954 | T. T. Daniel | Tamil Nadu Congress |
Madras State
[edit]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
[edit]Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.