# Colachal Assembly constituency

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.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Travancore-Cochin Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party | Party |
| 1954 | T. T. 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

| 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

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

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,832 | 13.57% | −1.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,969 | 67.95% | 4.17% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 269,287 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 9.37% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,028 | 15.57% | 7.44% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,205 | 63.78% | −0.51% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 262,175 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 0.03% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,821 | 8.13% | −11.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 226,321 | 64.28% | 2.62% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 145,488 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -6.83% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,320 | 19.78% | 3.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,772 | 61.67% | 11.63% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 174,762 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.76% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,089 | 16.47% | 8.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,623 | 50.04% | −10.32% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 183,117 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 3.37% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,426 | 7.72% | −29.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,181 | 60.36% | 4.38% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 165,972 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | -17.15% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,015 | 37.63% | 24.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,727 | 55.98% | −10.86% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 160,212 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 20.82% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,197 | 13.06% | 12.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,424 | 66.84% | −5.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 141,330 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.14% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 589 | 0.69% | −33.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,397 | 72.14% | 16.02% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 123,569 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -27.70% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. Retnaraj | 42,949 | 67.03% | 38.33% |
| | AIADMK | Sanotsham. M. | 21,127 | 32.97% | 8.28% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,822 | 34.06% | 32.36% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,076 | 56.12% | −6.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 115,330 | | |
| | DMK gain from JP | DMK gain from JP | Swing | 36.63% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,182 | 1.70% | −9.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,509 | 62.59% | −8.40% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 111,755 | | |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | -24.58% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,549 | 11.10% | 8.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,026 | 70.99% | −1.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 97,695 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 6.61% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,446 | 2.39% | −9.62% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,623 | 72.31% | −2.76% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 86,726 | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | -7.27% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,779 | 12.00% | 7.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,800 | 75.07% | 31.31% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,634 | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | 14.91% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,612 | 4.67% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,508 | 43.76% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,859 | |
| | INC gain from TTNC | INC gain from TTNC | Swing | |

### 1954

1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Colachel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TTNC | Thompson Tharmaraj Daniel | 15,542 | 59.14% | |
| | INC | Ramachandra Nadar | 10,738 | 40.86% | 40.86% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,804 | 18.28% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,280 | 69.48% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,824 | | |
| | TTNC win (new seat) | TTNC win (new seat) | TTNC win (new seat) | TTNC win (new seat) | TTNC win (new seat) |