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

YearMemberParty
1962Kalaram DhariaIndian National Congress
1967B. B. K. BawanIndependent
1972Aloo Jal ChibberIndian National Congress
1978Ranjit BhanuJanata Party
1980O. P. BahlIndian National Congress (I)
1985Marzban PatrawalaIndian National Congress
1990
1995Ashok Dhatrak
1999Marzban Patrawala
2000Dinaz PatrawalaShiv Sena
2004Annie ShekharIndian National Congress
Major boundary changes
2009Annie ShekharIndian National Congress
2014Raj K. PurohitBharatiya Janata Party
2019Rahul Narwekar
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRahul Suresh Narwekar81,08569.66%14.30
INCHeera Nawaji Devasi32,50427.93%11.83
NOTANone of the Above1,9931.71%1.10
BSPRukhe Arjun Ganpat8330.72%0.12
Margin of victory48,58141.74%26.12
Turnout118,38944.62%4.97
Total valid votes116,396
Registered electors265,3260.47
BJP holdSwing14.30

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRahul Suresh Narwekar57,42055.37%9.92
INCAshok Arjunrao Alias Bhai Jagtap41,22539.75%22.12
VBAJitendra Ramchandra Kamble3,0112.90%New
NOTANone of the Above2,9212.82%1.51
IndependentSantosh Gopinath Chavan6670.64%New
Margin of victory16,19515.62%4.93
Turnout107,02540.15%6.69
Total valid votes103,709
Registered electors266,5874.98
BJP holdSwing9.92

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRaj K. Purohit52,60845.44%13.28
SSPandurang Ganpat Sakpal28,82124.90%New
INCAnnie Shekhar20,41017.63%22.70
NCPPatel Bashir Musa5,9665.15%New
MNSArvind Dnyaneshwar Gawde5,4534.71%18.36
NOTANone of the Above1,5161.31%New
BSPKamble Ramesh Kashiram7210.62%0.25
Margin of victory23,78720.55%12.38
Turnout117,28946.19%9.73
Total valid votes115,767
Registered electors253,9297.67
BJP gain from INCSwing5.11

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAnnie Shekhar39,77940.33%1.38
BJPRaj K. Purohit31,72232.16%New
MNSArvind Dnyaneshwar Gawde22,75623.07%New
BSPIlyas Khan (Ilu )8650.88%New
RPI(A)Manohar Gopal Jadhav6850.69%New
IndependentShahbaz Khan6630.67%New
Margin of victory8,0578.17%7.66
Turnout98,62735.86%6.34
Total valid votes98,627
Registered electors275,035138.86
INC holdSwing1.38

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAnnie Shekhar20,26641.71%8.70
SSAdv.Rahul Suresh Narwekar12,57625.88%0.07
IndependentPuran Doshi5,91612.18%New
SPGanesh Kumar Gupta4,7249.72%New
IndependentAshok Premji Patel2,0924.31%New
BBMDada Sakpal1,8353.78%New
IndependentSanap Vinayak Y4330.89%New
Margin of victory7,69015.83%8.63
Turnout48,58742.20%6.84
Total valid votes48,586
Registered electors115,14311.66
INC holdSwing8.70

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCPatrawala Marazban Jal23,23550.41%1.72
SSAd. Prakash Sampat Bhaud11,96225.95%11.79
NCPAshok Gangaram Dhatrak9,91421.51%New
IndependentSantosh Balkrishna Dhaval5431.18%New
IndependentMishra Prema Dinesh4360.95%New
Margin of victory11,27324.46%10.06
Turnout46,09235.36%12.64
Total valid votes46,090
Registered electors130,34811.50
INC holdSwing1.72

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCDhatrak Ashok Gangaram29,25652.14%11.89
SSNarwekar Suresh Murari21,17837.74%9.47
JDKuldip Sitabi Adav2,2614.03%9.77
IndependentPeter Lobo1,3852.47%New
IndependentTatyaram Tukaram Sonawane4770.85%New
IndependentDhatigara Eric Nariman3470.62%New
Margin of victory8,07814.40%2.41
Turnout57,13248.87%6.65
Total valid votes56,115
Registered electors116,9012.44
INC holdSwing11.89

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCPatrawala Marazban Jal19,94540.25%20.33
SSGawade Dnyaneshwar Bhimmaji14,00728.27%New
IndependentSuresh Murari Narveker8,01516.17%New
JDUsha Tripathi6,83713.80%New
Margin of victory5,93811.98%18.10
Turnout50,18841.89%8.77
Total valid votes49,552
Registered electors119,82213.51
INC holdSwing20.33

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCPatrawala Marazban Jal20,83660.58%New
JPSharad Rao10,48930.50%11.66
IndependentAnkush Sakharam Ruke2,8198.20%New
Margin of victory10,34730.08%10.95
Turnout34,79132.96%3.04
Total valid votes34,394
Registered electors105,5619.97
INC gain from INC(I)Swing10.60

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I)O. P. Bahl17,09149.98%29.77
BJPHaresh Jagtiani10,54730.85%New
JPRanjit Bhanu6,44018.83%26.78
Margin of victory6,54419.14%6.26
Turnout34,51435.96%18.15
Total valid votes34,193
Registered electors95,9903.83
INC(I) gain from JPSwing4.37

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JPRanjit Bhanu24,47945.61%New
INC(I)Vyas Manjula Mukundray10,84820.21%New
IndependentBoman Behram Boman Kavasji8,11015.11%New
INCChibber Aloo Jal4,2377.89%65.48
SSPalav Jagannath Jairam3,0565.69%New
IndependentBhaskar Sadashiv Kargutkar2,6855.00%New
Margin of victory13,63125.40%26.15
Turnout54,60754.71%1.99
Total valid votes53,668
Registered electors99,81139.73
JP gain from INCSwing27.76

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAloo Jal Chibber27,14173.38%43.5
INC(O)Jamitram Kashiram Joshi8,07521.83%New
IndependentShankar Govind Khanekar1,5624.22%New
Margin of victory19,06651.55%29.82
Turnout37,73152.82%11.76
Total valid votes36,989
Registered electors71,4300.51
INC gain from IndependentSwing21.78

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentB. B. K. Bawan23,53651.59%New
INCK. S. Dhabia13,62729.87%24.02
ABJSS. K. Bahl4,65610.21%4.19
PSPM. M. Cheriyan3,7998.33%New
Margin of victory9,90921.72%12.47
Turnout47,44266.08%11.96
Total valid votes45,618
Registered electors71,7943.13
Independent gain from INCSwing2.30

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCKalaram Shankar Dharia19,35153.89%New
SWAPhiroze Jamshedji Shroff7,07319.70%New
CPIPenambur Vishnu Narayan Upadhyay5,15714.36%New
Socialist Party (India)Palkhat Chandy Cheriyan2,1666.03%New
ABJSMurlidhar Vishindas Mulchandani2,1596.01%New
Margin of victory12,27834.19%
Turnout37,08753.27%
Total valid votes35,906
Registered electors69,617
INC win (new seat)

See also

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