Colachal Assembly constituency

Colachel
Colachel
Constituency No. 231 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanniyakumari
Established	1951
Total electors	2,66,055
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tharahai Cuthbert
Party	INC
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

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
1952*	A. K. Chellaiya		Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
1954	T. T. Daniel		Tamil Nadu Congress

*Braniel seat

Madras State

Year	Winner
1957	Lourdammal Simon	Indian National Congress
1962	A. Swamidhas	Independent
1967	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
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	S. Jeyapaul	Indian National Congress
2011	J. G. Prince
2016
2021
2026	Tharahai Cuthbert

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^[1]^[2]
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^[3]
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)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Colachal". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Colachal Constituency Election Results 2021- 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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

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