About Colaba Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
A part of Mumbai South parliamentary constituency, the assembly constituency of Colaba is
located in the
mumbai city. The word Colaba is derived from the word Kolabhat, the original inhabitants of
the place. The
place was earlier known as Candil. The seat has been occupied by INC (Indian National
Congress) since
1980. Annie Shekhar of INC won the assembly elections of 2009 for the second consecutive
time and is the
present MLA. He defeated Raj K. Purohit of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Shekhar received
39779 votes as
against Purohit's 31722 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Colaba Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Colaba assembly elections conducted so
far.
| Year |
A C No. |
Constituency Name |
Category |
Winner |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Runner Up |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
| 2014 |
187 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Raj K.Purohit |
M |
BJP |
52608 |
Pandurang Ganpat Sakpal |
M |
SHS |
28821 |
| 2009 |
187 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Annie Shekhar |
F |
INC |
39779 |
Raj K. Purohit |
M |
BJP |
31722 |
| 2004 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Annie Shekhar |
F |
INC |
20266 |
Adv. Rahul Suresh Narwekar |
M |
SHS |
12576 |
| 1999 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Patrawala Marazban Jal |
M |
INC |
23235 |
Ad. Prakash Sampat Bhaud |
M |
SHS |
11962 |
| 1995 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Dhatrak Ashok Gangaram |
M |
INC |
29256 |
Narwekar Suresh Murari |
M |
SHS |
21178 |
| 1990 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Patrawala Marazban |
M |
INC |
19945 |
Gawade Dnyaneshwar Bhimmaji |
M |
SHS |
14007 |
| 1985 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Patrawala Mapazban Jal |
M |
INC |
20836 |
Sharad Rao |
M |
JNP |
10489 |
| 1980 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
O. P. Bahl |
M |
INC(I) |
17091 |
Haresh Jagtiani |
M |
BJP |
10547 |
| 1978 |
19 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Ranjit Bhanu |
M |
JNP |
24479 |
Vyas Manjula Mukundray |
F |
INC(I) |
10848 |
| 1972 |
21 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Aloo Jal Chibber |
M |
INC |
27141 |
Jamitram Kashiram Joshi |
M |
NCO |
8075 |
| 1967 |
21 |
Colaba |
GEN |
B. B. K. Bawan |
M |
IND |
23536 |
K. S. Dhabia |
M |
INC |
13627 |
| 1962 |
1 |
Colaba |
GEN |
Kalaram Shankar Dharia |
M |
INC |
19351 |
Phiroze Jamshedji Shroff |
M |
SWA |
7073 |
Last Updated on July 17, 2023