# Colaba Assembly constituency

Colaba Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state within Mumbai City in western India. Rahul Narwekar of the BJP is currently the MLA of Colaba Constituency

## Overview

Colaba (constituency number 187) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district. The number of electors in 2009 was 275,033 (male 159,519, female 115,514) 71,932 are from minority community.
Colaba is part of the Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in Mumbai City district, namely Worli, Shivadi, Byculla, Malabar Hill and Mumbadevi.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1962 | Kalaram Dharia | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | B. B. K. Bawan | Independent |
| 1972 | Aloo Jal Chibber | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Ranjit Bhanu | Janata Party |
| 1980 | O. P. Bahl | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Marzban Patrawala | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Marzban Patrawala | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Ashok Dhatrak | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Marzban Patrawala | Indian National Congress |
| 2000 | Dinaz Patrawala | Shiv Sena |
| 2004 | Annie Shekhar | Indian National Congress |
| Major boundary changes ||||
| 2009 | Annie Shekhar | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Raj K. Purohit | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Rahul Narwekar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Rahul Narwekar | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Colaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Rahul Narwekar | 81,085 | 68.49 | +14.64 |
| | INC | Heera Navji Devasi | 32,504 | 27.46 | −11.20 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,993 | 1.68 | −1.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48,581 | 41.03 | +25.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,18,389 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | +14.64 | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Colaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Rahul Narwekar | 57,420 | 53.85 |
| | INC | Ashok "Bhai" Jagtap | 41,225 | 38.66 |
| | VBA | Jitendra Ramchandra Kamble | 3,011 | 2.82 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,921 | 2.74 |
| | IND | Santosh Gopinath Chavan | 667 | 0.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,195 | 15.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,025 | 40.15 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Colaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Raj K. Purohit | 52,608 | 44.86 | +12.70 |
| | SS | Pandurang Sakpal | 28,821 | 24.57 | N/A |
| | INC | Annie Shekhar | 20,410 | 17.40 | −22.93 |
| | NCP | Bashir Patel | 5,966 | 5.09 | N/A |
| | MNS | Arvind Gawde | 5,453 | 4.65 | −18.42 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,516 | 1.29 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,787 | 20.29 | +12.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,289 | 46.19 | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Colaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Annie Shekhar | 39,779 | 40.33 |
| | BJP | Raj K. Purohit | 31,722 | 32.16 |
| | MNS | Arvind Gawde | 22,756 | 23.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,057 | 8.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Colaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Kalaram Shankar Dharia | 19,351 | 53.89 |
| | SWA | Phiroze Jamshedji Shroff | 7,073 | 19.70 |
| | CPI(M) | Penambur Vishnu Narayan Upadhyay | 5,157 | 14.36 |
| | SOPA | Palkat Chandy Cherian | 2,166 | 6.03 |
| | ABJS | Murlidhar Vishidas Mulchandani | 2,159 | 6.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,278 | 34.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,087 | 53.27 |
| | INC gain from SWA | INC gain from SWA | Swing | |