Colaba (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections

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