Colachel (state assembly constituency)

Colachel is an assembly constituency located in Nagercoil Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

Colachel
state assembly constituency
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Existence	1952-present
Reservation	General
Current MLA	J. G. Prince
Party	INC
Elected Year	2016
Total Electors	262175 [1]
Most Successful Party	INC (8 times)

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	67195	40.19
	BJP	P.Ramesh	41167	24.62
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	39218	23.46
	MDMK	Sampath Chandra	12909	7.72
	NTK	T.Prabakaran	2281	1.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1593	0.95
Margin of victory			26028
Turnout			1,67,205	63.78
Registered electors			262175
	INC hold		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jeyapaul	58819
	BJP	M.R. Gandhi	29321
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	20413
	DMDK	S. Wellington	4941
	ABHM	K. Surendran Nair	626
Margin of victory			21320
Turnout			1,07,772
Registered electors
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing

Tamil Nadu Elections 2016 Candidate List (Sorted Alphabetically)

Candidate	Party
A. Alexander Rajkumar	Pattali Makkal Katchi
J. G. Prince	Indian National Congress (DMK Alliance)
K. T. Pachaimal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Prabhakaran	Naam Tamilar Katchi
Ramesh P	Bharatiya Janata Party
R. Sampath Chandra	MDMK (Makkal Nala Kootani)

Travancore-cochin assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1954	D. D. Daniel	Tamil Nadu Congress

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	Lourdammal Simon	Indian National Congress
1962	A. Swamidhas	Independent
1967	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. Pauliah	Indian National Congress (Organisation)
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

References

"Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Elections in Tamil Nadu

General elections

Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly

Assembly by-elections

Local elections

Municipal	1996 2001 2006 2011 2021
Panchayat	1996 2001 2006 2011 2019

See also: Elections in India

Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu

Current
Constituencies
(2007 Delimitation)

A: Aarani; Alandur; Alangudi; Alangulam; Ambasamudram; Ambattur; Ambur; Anaikattu; Andipatti; Anna Nagar; Anthiyur; Arakkonam (SC); Aranthangi; Aravakurichi; Arcot; Ariyalur; Aruppukkottai; Athoor; Attur (SC); Avadi; Avinashi (SC)

B: Bargur; Bhavanisagar (SC); Bhavani; Bhuvanagiri; Bodinayakanur

C: Chengalpattu; Chengam (SC); Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni; Cheyyar; Cheyyur (SC); Chidambaram; Coimbatore North; Coimbatore South; Colachel; Coonoor; Cuddalore; Cumbum

D: Dharapuram (SC); Dharmapuri; Dindigul

E: Edappadi; Egmore (SC); Erode East; Erode West

G: Gandharvakottai (SC); Gangavalli (SC); Gingee; Gobichettipalayam; Gudalur (SC); Gudiyattam (SC); Gummidipundi

H: Harbour; Harur (SC); Hosur

J: Jayankondam; Jolarpet

K: Kadayanallur; Kalasapakkam; Kallakurichi (SC); Kancheepuram; Kangayam; Kanyakumari; Karaikudi; Karur; Katpadi; Kattumannarkoil (SC); Kaundampalayam; Killiyoor; Kilpennathur; Kilvelur (SC); Kinathukadavu; Kolathur; Kovilpatti; Krishnagiri; Krishnarayapuram (SC); Kulithalai; Kumarapalayam; Kumbakonam; Kunnam; Kurinjipadi; K. V. Kuppam (SC)

L: Lalgudi

M: Madathukulam; Madavaram; Madurai Central; Madurai East; Madurai North; Madurai South; Madurai West; Madurantakam (SC); Maduravoyal; Mailam; Manachanallur; Manamadurai (SC); Manapaarai; Mannargudi; Mayiladuthurai; Melur; Mettuppalayam; Mettur; Modakkurichi; Mudhukulathur; Musiri; Mylapore

N: Nagapattinam; Nagercoil; Namakkal; Nanguneri; Nannilam; Natham; Neyveli; Nilakkottai (SC)

O: Oddanchatram; Omalur; Orathanadu; Ottapidaram (SC)

P: Padmanabhapuram; Palacodu; Palani; Palayamkottai; Palladam; Pallavaram; Panruti; Papanasam; Pappireddipatti; Paramakudi (SC); Paramathi Velur; Pattukkottai; Pennagaram; Perambalur (SC); Perambur; Peravurani; Periyakulam (SC); Perundurai; Pollachi; Polur; Ponneri (SC); Poompuhar; Poonamallee (SC); Pudukkottai

R: Radhakrishnan Nagar; Radhapuram; Rajapalayam; Ramanathapuram; Ranipet; Rasipuram (SC); Rishivandiyam; Royapuram

S: Saidapet; Salem North; Salem South; Salem West; Sankarankovil (SC); Sankarapuram; Sankari; Sattur; Senthamangalam (ST); Sholavandan (SC); Sholinganallur; Sholingur; Singanallur; Sirkazhi (SC); Sivaganga; Sivakasi; Sriperumbudur (SC); Srirangam; Srivaikundam; Srivilliputhur (SC); Sulur

T: Tambaram; Tenkasi; Thalli; Thanjavur; T. Nagar; Thiruporur; Thiruparankundram; Thiruverumbur; Thiruvidaimarudur (SC); Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC); Thiruvottiyur; Thondamuthur; Thoothukkudi; Thousand Lights; Thuraiyur (SC); Tindivanam (SC); Tiruchendur; Tiruchengodu; Tiruchirappalli East; Tiruchirappalli West; Tiruchuli; Tirukkoyilur; Tirumangalam; Thirumayam; Tirunelveli; Tiruppattur (Sivaganga district); Tirupattur (Vellore district); Tiruppur North; Tiruppur South; Thiruthuraipoondi (SC); Tiruttani; Tiruvadanai; Thiruvaiyaru; Thiruvallur; Tiruvannamalai; Thiruvarur; Tittakudi (SC)

U: Udhagamandalam; Udumalpet; Ulundurpettai; Usilampatti; Uthangarai (SC); Uthiramerur

V: Valparai (SC); Vandavasi (SC); Vaniyambadi; Vanur (SC); Vasudevanallur (SC); Vedaranyam; Vedasandur; Veerapandi; Velachery; Vellore; Veppanahalli; Vikravandi; Vilathikulam; Vilavancode; Villivakkam; Villupuram; Viralimalai; Virudhunagar; Virugambakkam; Vriddhachalam

Y: Yercaud (ST)

Related topics

List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Elections in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu

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