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
| Colaba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 187 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai City |
| LS constituency | Mumbai South |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 2,64,739(2024) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Overview
editColaba (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
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 1995 | Ashok Dhatrak | ||
| 1999 | Marzban Patrawala | ||
| 2000 | Dinaz Patrawala | Shiv Sena | |
| 2004 | Annie Shekhar | Indian National Congress | |
Major boundary changes[5]
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| 2009 | Annie Shekhar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Raj K. Purohit | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 | Rahul Narwekar | ||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rahul Narwekar | 81,085 | 68.49 | +14.64 | |
| INC | Heera Navji Devasi | 32,504 | 27.46 | −11.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,993 | 1.68 | −1.06 | |
| Majority | 48,581 | 41.03 | +25.42 | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,389 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | +14.64 | |||
2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rahul Narwekar | 57,420 | 53.85 | ||
| INC | Ashok "Bhai" Jagtap | 41,225 | 38.66 | ||
| VBA | Jitendra Ramchandra Kamble | 3,011 | 2.82 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,921 | 2.74 | ||
| IND | Santosh Gopinath Chavan | 667 | 0.63 | ||
| Majority | 16,195 | 15.61 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,025 | 40.15 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raj K. Purohit | 52,608 | 44.86 | +12.70 | |
| SS | Pandurang Sakpal | 28,821 | 24.57 | N/A | |
| INC | Annie Shekhar | 20,410 | 17.40 | −22.93 | |
| NCP | Bashir Patel | 5,966 | 5.09 | N/A | |
| MNS | Arvind Gawde | 5,453 | 4.65 | −18.42 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,516 | 1.29 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23,787 | 20.29 | +12.12 | ||
| Turnout | 1,17,289 | 46.19 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Annie Shekhar | 39,779 | 40.33 | ||
| BJP | Raj K. Purohit | 31,722 | 32.16 | ||
| MNS | Arvind Gawde | 22,756 | 23.07 | ||
| Majority | 8,057 | 8.17 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1962
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kalaram Shankar Dharia | 19,351 | 53.89 | ||
| SWA | Phiroze Jamshedji Shroff | 7,073 | 19.70 | ||
| CPI(M) | Penambur Vishnu Narayan Upadhyay | 5,157 | 14.36 | ||
| SOPA | Palkat Chandy Cherian | 2,166 | 6.03 | ||
| ABJS | Murlidhar Vishidas Mulchandani | 2,159 | 6.01 | ||
| Majority | 12,278 | 34.19 | |||
| Turnout | 37,087 | 53.27 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.