Kolathur (state assembly constituency)

Kolathur State Assembly constituency (Tamil: கொளத்தூர் சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency). This constituency was represented only by the chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Assembly	Winner	Party		Tenure
2011	14th	M. K. Stalin (Deputy Chief Minister)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2011-2016
2016	15th	M. K. Stalin		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2016-2021
2021	16th	M. K. Stalin (Chief Minister)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2021-Incumbent

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			60.86%
2016			54.25%
2011			48.35%

2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin (CM Candidate)	105,522	60.86	6.61
	AIADMK	Aadirajaram	35,138	20.27	11.57
	MNM	A. Jagadish Kumar	14,076	8.12
	NTK	F. Camilus Selva	11,279	6.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,529	0.88	1.23
	BSP	Mjs. Jamal Mohamed Meera	1,295	0.75%	0.49%
	AMMK	J. Arumugam	1,081	0.62%
	Independent	Agni Sri Ramachandran. N	682	0.39%
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	Independent	Al. Naresh Kumar	197	0.11%
Margin of victory			70,384	40.59%	18.18%
Turnout			173,388	61.68%	-3.10%
Registered electors			281,128
	DMK hold		Swing	6.61%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	91,303	54.25	5.9
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	53,573	31.83	14.6
	DMDK	Mathivanan P	6,276	3.73
	BJP	Raghavan K T	5,289	3.14
	NOTA	None of the above	3,554	2.11
Margin of victory			37,730	22.42	20.8
Turnout			1,68,359	64.79	3.68
	DMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	68,677	48.35
	AIADMK	Saidai Duraisamy	65,943	46.43
	BSP	Armstrong K	4,004	2.82
	Independent	Shankar K P M	778	0.55
Margin of victory			2,734	1.92
Turnout			1,42,435	68.47	New
	DMK win (new seat)

References

• "Kolathur Constituency Polling Area" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission.