Colachel (state assembly constituency)

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

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
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

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	90681	49.56
	BJP	P. Ramesh	65849	35.99
	NTK	Antony Aslin J	18202	9.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	878	0.48
Majority			24832
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	67,195	40.19
	BJP	P. Ramesh	41,167	24.62
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	39,218	23.46
	MDMK	Sampath Chandra	12,909	7.72
	NTK	T.Prabakaran	2,281	1.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,593	0.95
Margin of victory			26,028	15.57
Turnout			1,67,218	63.78
	INC hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. G. Prince	58,428	40.16
	AIADMK	Larence P	46,607	32.03
	BJP	P. Ramesh	35,778	24.59
	CPI(ML)L	Anthony Muthu S M	1,566	1.08
Margin of victory			11,821	8.13
Turnout			1,45,496	64.29
	INC hold		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jeyapaul	58,819
	BJP	M. R. Gandhi	29,321
	AIADMK	K. T. Pachaimal	20,413
	DMDK	S. Wellington	4,941
	ABHM	K. Surendran Nair	626
Margin of victory			21,320
Turnout			1,07,772
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing

References

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