Colachel
Vidhan Sabha 1996 · Tamil Nadu · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- BERNARD, ERADMK
- Votes
- 41,21742.9% share
- Margin ?
- 7,426over BJP
- Turnout ?
- 60.4%100,259 of 165,972
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BERNARD, ERA Winner | DMK | 41,217 | 42.85% |
| 2 | S.P. KUTTY | BJP | 33,791 | 35.13% |
| 3 | SAMBATH CHANDRA, R. | MDMK | 11,528 | 11.99% |
| 4 | PAULIAH, A. | INC | 8,401 | 8.73% |
| 5 | CHANDRA SEKHAR | IND | 186 | 0.19% |
| 6 | JAIPAL, J.T. | AIIC(T) | 168 | 0.17% |
| 7 | SREEKUMARAN THAMPY, A. | IND | 137 | 0.14% |
| 8 | CHANDRASEKARAN, N. | IND | 130 | 0.14% |
| 8 | THARCHIS XAVIER, S. | IND | 130 | 0.14% |
| 10 | PONNUSWAMY, E. | IND | 83 | 0.09% |
| 11 | MURUGAN, R. | IND | 71 | 0.07% |
| 12 | THOMAS, S. | IND | 66 | 0.07% |
| 13 | POULIN, P. | IND | 62 | 0.06% |
| 14 | PERIYA NADAR, S. | IND | 60 | 0.06% |
| 15 | KRISHNARAJ, M. | IND | 58 | 0.06% |
| 16 | RAJASINGH, C. | IND | 50 | 0.05% |
| 17 | MONIKANDAN, K. | IND | 43 | 0.04% |
Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2026INCby 2,833
- 2021INCby 24,832
- 2016INCby 26,028
- 2011INCby 11,821
- 2006INCby 21,320
- 2001ADMKby 15,089
- 1996DMKby 7,426
- 1991INCby 33,015
- 1989INCby 12,197
- 1984ADKby 589
- 1980DMKby 21,822
- 1977JNPby 1,182
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