Constituency
231. Colachel
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-COLACHEL
INC 40.2%won by 15.6%BJP 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.1% to 15.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 72.2% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,62,175
Turnout
63.8%
Valid votes
1,67,205
Margin
26,028
15.57%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1PRINCE J.G.Indian National Congress · INC67,19540.2%
- 2RAMESH PBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,16724.6%
- 3PATCHAIMAL K.T.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK39,21823.5%
- 4SAMBATHCHANDRA R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK12,9097.7%
- 5PRABAHARAN T.NTK · NTK2,2811.4%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,5931.0%
- 7ANTHONYMUTHUCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,0000.6%
- 8ALEXANDERRAJKUMAR APattali Makkal Katchi · PMK7720.5%
- 9SELVARAJ MIndependent · IND3390.2%
- 10AAKHASHDHEV MGMI · GMI2770.2%
- 11CHRISTOPHER M.Independent · IND2300.1%
- 12NAGARAJAN K.Independent · IND2240.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −0.0%
- INC share
- 40.2% → 40.2%
- BJP share
- 24.6% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- 64.3% → 63.8%