Colaba Assembly constituency

Colaba
Colaba
Constituency No. 187 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai City
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai South
Established	1962
Total electors	265,326
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rahul Narwekar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Colaba Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state within Mumbai City in western India.^[1] 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.^[2] The number of electors in 2009 was 275,033 (male 159,519, female 115,514) 71,932 are from minority community.^[3]

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.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
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
1995	Ashok Dhatrak
1999	Marzban Patrawala
2000	Dinaz Patrawala	Shiv Sena
2004	Annie Shekhar	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes^[5]
2009	Annie Shekhar	Indian National Congress
2014	Raj K. Purohit	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Rahul Narwekar
2024	Rahul Narwekar

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rahul Suresh Narwekar	81,085	69.66%	14.30
	INC	Heera Nawaji Devasi	32,504	27.93%	11.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,993	1.71%	1.10
	BSP	Rukhe Arjun Ganpat	833	0.72%	0.12
Margin of victory			48,581	41.74%	26.12
Turnout			118,389	44.62%	4.97
Total valid votes			116,396
Registered electors			265,326		0.47
	BJP hold		Swing	14.30

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rahul Suresh Narwekar	57,420	55.37%	9.92
	INC	Ashok Arjunrao Alias Bhai Jagtap	41,225	39.75%	22.12
	VBA	Jitendra Ramchandra Kamble	3,011	2.90%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,921	2.82%	1.51
	Independent	Santosh Gopinath Chavan	667	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			16,195	15.62%	4.93
Turnout			107,025	40.15%	6.69
Total valid votes			103,709
Registered electors			266,587		4.98
	BJP hold		Swing	9.92

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj K. Purohit	52,608	45.44%	13.28
	SS	Pandurang Ganpat Sakpal	28,821	24.90%	New
	INC	Annie Shekhar	20,410	17.63%	22.70
	NCP	Patel Bashir Musa	5,966	5.15%	New
	MNS	Arvind Dnyaneshwar Gawde	5,453	4.71%	18.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,516	1.31%	New
	BSP	Kamble Ramesh Kashiram	721	0.62%	0.25
Margin of victory			23,787	20.55%	12.38
Turnout			117,289	46.19%	9.73
Total valid votes			115,767
Registered electors			253,929		7.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.11

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Annie Shekhar	39,779	40.33%	1.38
	BJP	Raj K. Purohit	31,722	32.16%	New
	MNS	Arvind Dnyaneshwar Gawde	22,756	23.07%	New
	BSP	Ilyas Khan (Ilu )	865	0.88%	New
	RPI(A)	Manohar Gopal Jadhav	685	0.69%	New
	Independent	Shahbaz Khan	663	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			8,057	8.17%	7.66
Turnout			98,627	35.86%	6.34
Total valid votes			98,627
Registered electors			275,035		138.86
	INC hold		Swing	1.38

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Annie Shekhar	20,266	41.71%	8.70
	SS	Adv.Rahul Suresh Narwekar	12,576	25.88%	0.07
	Independent	Puran Doshi	5,916	12.18%	New
	SP	Ganesh Kumar Gupta	4,724	9.72%	New
	Independent	Ashok Premji Patel	2,092	4.31%	New
	BBM	Dada Sakpal	1,835	3.78%	New
	Independent	Sanap Vinayak Y	433	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			7,690	15.83%	8.63
Turnout			48,587	42.20%	6.84
Total valid votes			48,586
Registered electors			115,143		11.66
	INC hold		Swing	8.70

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Patrawala Marazban Jal	23,235	50.41%	1.72
	SS	Ad. Prakash Sampat Bhaud	11,962	25.95%	11.79
	NCP	Ashok Gangaram Dhatrak	9,914	21.51%	New
	Independent	Santosh Balkrishna Dhaval	543	1.18%	New
	Independent	Mishra Prema Dinesh	436	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			11,273	24.46%	10.06
Turnout			46,092	35.36%	12.64
Total valid votes			46,090
Registered electors			130,348		11.50
	INC hold		Swing	1.72

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhatrak Ashok Gangaram	29,256	52.14%	11.89
	SS	Narwekar Suresh Murari	21,178	37.74%	9.47
	JD	Kuldip Sitabi Adav	2,261	4.03%	9.77
	Independent	Peter Lobo	1,385	2.47%	New
	Independent	Tatyaram Tukaram Sonawane	477	0.85%	New
	Independent	Dhatigara Eric Nariman	347	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			8,078	14.40%	2.41
Turnout			57,132	48.87%	6.65
Total valid votes			56,115
Registered electors			116,901		2.44
	INC hold		Swing	11.89

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Patrawala Marazban Jal	19,945	40.25%	20.33
	SS	Gawade Dnyaneshwar Bhimmaji	14,007	28.27%	New
	Independent	Suresh Murari Narveker	8,015	16.17%	New
	JD	Usha Tripathi	6,837	13.80%	New
Margin of victory			5,938	11.98%	18.10
Turnout			50,188	41.89%	8.77
Total valid votes			49,552
Registered electors			119,822		13.51
	INC hold		Swing	20.33

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Patrawala Marazban Jal	20,836	60.58%	*New*
	JP	Sharad Rao	10,489	30.50%	11.66
	Independent	Ankush Sakharam Ruke	2,819	8.20%	New
Margin of victory			10,347	30.08%	10.95
Turnout			34,791	32.96%	3.04
Total valid votes			34,394
Registered electors			105,561		9.97
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	10.60

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	O. P. Bahl	17,091	49.98%	29.77
	BJP	Haresh Jagtiani	10,547	30.85%	New
	JP	Ranjit Bhanu	6,440	18.83%	26.78
Margin of victory			6,544	19.14%	6.26
Turnout			34,514	35.96%	18.15
Total valid votes			34,193
Registered electors			95,990		3.83
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	4.37

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ranjit Bhanu	24,479	45.61%	*New*
	INC(I)	Vyas Manjula Mukundray	10,848	20.21%	New
	Independent	Boman Behram Boman Kavasji	8,110	15.11%	New
	INC	Chibber Aloo Jal	4,237	7.89%	65.48
	SS	Palav Jagannath Jairam	3,056	5.69%	New
	Independent	Bhaskar Sadashiv Kargutkar	2,685	5.00%	New
Margin of victory			13,631	25.40%	26.15
Turnout			54,607	54.71%	1.99
Total valid votes			53,668
Registered electors			99,811		39.73
	JP gain from INC		Swing	27.76

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aloo Jal Chibber	27,141	73.38%	43.5
	INC(O)	Jamitram Kashiram Joshi	8,075	21.83%	New
	Independent	Shankar Govind Khanekar	1,562	4.22%	New
Margin of victory			19,066	51.55%	29.82
Turnout			37,731	52.82%	11.76
Total valid votes			36,989
Registered electors			71,430		0.51
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	21.78

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. B. K. Bawan	23,536	51.59%	*New*
	INC	K. S. Dhabia	13,627	29.87%	24.02
	ABJS	S. K. Bahl	4,656	10.21%	4.19
	PSP	M. M. Cheriyan	3,799	8.33%	New
Margin of victory			9,909	21.72%	12.47
Turnout			47,442	66.08%	11.96
Total valid votes			45,618
Registered electors			71,794		3.13
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	2.30

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Colaba^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kalaram Shankar Dharia	19,351	53.89%	*New*
	SWA	Phiroze Jamshedji Shroff	7,073	19.70%	New
	CPI	Penambur Vishnu Narayan Upadhyay	5,157	14.36%	New
	Socialist	Palkhat Chandy Cheriyan	2,166	6.03%	New
	ABJS	Murlidhar Vishindas Mulchandani	2,159	6.01%	New
Margin of victory			12,278	34.19%
Turnout			37,087	53.27%
Total valid votes			35,906
Registered electors			69,617
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 267.
^ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
^ Kuber, Girish (25 February 2008). "Delimit and rule: One Mumbai MP will move to the suburbs". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Colaba". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

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[ceo-1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

[2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 267.

[3] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[4] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.

[5] Kuber, Girish (25 February 2008). "Delimit and rule: One Mumbai MP will move to the suburbs". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

[Maharastra_Assembly_Election_Results_2024_-_Colaba-6] "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Colaba". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

[7] "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[election2014-8] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[9] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.

[16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.

[17] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.

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