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
*Braniel seat
Madras State
Tamil Nadu
Election results
Vote share of winning candidates | | |
| 2026 | | 33.27% |
| 2021 | | 49.56% |
| 2016 | | 40.19% |
| 2011 | | 40.16% |
| 2006 | | 46.99% |
| 2001 | | 46.23% |
| 1996 | | 42.85% |
| 1991 | | 60.01% |
| 1989 | | 39.19% |
| 1984 | | 39.33% |
| 1980 | | 67.03% |
| 1977 | | 30.40% |
| 1971 | | 54.98% |
| 1967 | | 48.37% |
| 1962 | | 55.64% |
| 1957 | | 40.73% |
| 1954 | | 59.14% |
2026
2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachal| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| INC | Tharahai Cuthbert | 66,207 | 33.27 | 16.29 |
| TVK | Prem Alex Lawrence | 63,374 | 31.84 | New |
| BJP | Sivakumar. T | 54,384 | 27.33 | 8.66 |
| NTK | Ancy Shoba Rani. L | 12,458 | 6.26 | 3.69 |
| NOTA | NOTA | 581 | 0.29 | 0.19 |
| Independent | Selvaraj. M | 349 | 0.18 | New |
| BSP | Rajasingh. C | 314 | 0.16 | New |
| CPI(ML)L | Anthony Muthu. S.M | 304 | 0.15 | 0.52 |
| Independent | Saravanan. M | 255 | 0.13 | New |
| Thamizhaka Padaippalar Makkal Katchi | Ganesh. N | 244 | 0.12 | New |
| All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | Christ Miller. S | 145 | 0.07 | New |
| Naam Indiar Party | Koil Raj. R | 140 | 0.07 | New |
| Independent | Antony Alankaram. K | 134 | 0.07 | New |
| TVK | Murali. M | 124 | 0.06 | New |
| Margin of victory | 2,833 | 1.43 | 12.14 |
| Turnout | 1,99,013 | 74.80 | 6.85 |
| Registered electors | 2,66,055 | | 3,232 |
| INC hold | Swing | 16.29 | |
2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 24,832 | 13.57 | −1.99 |
| Turnout | 182,969 | 67.95 | 4.17 |
| Registered electors | 269,287 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | 9.37 | |
2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| INC | J. G. Prince | 67,195 | 40.19 | 0.03 |
| BJP | Ramesh P | 41,167 | 24.62 | 0.03 |
| AIADMK | K. T. Patchaimal | 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 | 26,028 | 15.57 | 7.44 |
| Turnout | 167,205 | 63.78 | −0.51 |
| Registered electors | 262,175 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | 0.03 | |
2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 11,821 | 8.13 | −11.66 |
| Turnout | 226,321 | 64.28 | 2.62 |
| Registered electors | 145,488 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | -6.83 | |
2006
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| INC | S. Jeyapaul | 50,641 | 46.99 | |
| BJP | M. R. Gandhi | 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 | 21,320 | 19.78 | 3.31 |
| Turnout | 107,772 | 61.67 | 11.63 |
| Registered electors | 174,762 | | |
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.76 | |
2001
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 15,089 | 16.47 | 8.75 |
| Turnout | 91,623 | 50.04 | −10.32 |
| Registered electors | 183,117 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 3.37 | |
1996
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 7,426 | 7.72 | −29.91 |
| Turnout | 96,181 | 60.36 | 4.38 |
| Registered electors | 165,972 | | |
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | -17.15 | |
1991
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 33,015 | 37.63 | 24.58 |
| Turnout | 87,727 | 55.98 | −10.86 |
| Registered electors | 160,212 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | 20.82 | |
1989
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 12,197 | 13.06 | 12.37 |
| Turnout | 93,424 | 66.84 | −5.30 |
| Registered electors | 141,330 | | |
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.14 | |
1984
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 589 | 0.69 | −33.37 |
| Turnout | 85,397 | 72.14 | 16.02 |
| Registered electors | 123,569 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -27.70 | |
1980
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | S. Retnaraj | 42,949 | 67.03 | 38.33 |
| AIADMK | Sanotsham. M. | 21,127 | 32.97 | 8.28 |
| Margin of victory | 21,822 | 34.06 | 32.36 |
| Turnout | 64,076 | 56.12 | −6.47 |
| Registered electors | 115,330 | | |
| DMK gain from JP | Swing | 36.63 | |
1977
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 1,182 | 1.70 | −9.40 |
| Turnout | 69,509 | 62.59 | −8.40 |
| Registered electors | 111,755 | | |
| JP gain from INC | Swing | -24.58 | |
1971
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 7,549 | 11.10 | 8.71 |
| Turnout | 68,026 | 70.99 | −1.33 |
| Registered electors | 97,695 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | 6.61 | |
1967
1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 1,446 | 2.39 | −9.62 |
| Turnout | 60,623 | 72.31 | −2.76 |
| Registered electors | 86,726 | | |
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | -7.27 | |
1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 7,779 | 12.00 | 7.33 |
| Turnout | 64,800 | 75.07 | 31.31 |
| Registered electors | 88,634 | | |
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | 14.91 | |
1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| 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 | 1,612 | 4.67 | |
| Turnout | 34,508 | 43.76 | |
| Registered electors | 78,859 | | |
| INC gain from TTNC | Swing | | |
1954
1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election: Colachel| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| TTNC | Thompson Tharmaraj Daniel | 15,542 | 59.14 | |
| INC | Ramachandra Nadar | 10,738 | 40.86 | 40.86 |
| Margin of victory | 4,804 | 18.28 | |
| Turnout | 26,280 | 69.48 | |
| Registered electors | 37,824 | | |
| TTNC win (new seat) |
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