Kolathur (former state assembly constituency)

Kolathur, கொளத்தூர் (புதுக்கோட்டை) (சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி - 190) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Formed in the year 1977, it was a part of Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency) till the Delimitation of Constituencies, 2008. In 2006 assembly election, it had a total of 1,97,012 voters out of which 97,346 were male and 99,666 were female voters. Post delimitation, Kolathur (SC) was dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed Gandarvakottai and Viralimalai constituencies.

Election results

Year	Winner	Party
1977	V. Chinnaiah		Indian National Congress
1980	T. Marimuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. Marimuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. Raju		Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)
1991	C. Kulandaivelu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Selvaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Karuppayee		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	N. Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2006			46.41%
2001			61.98%
1996			54.88%
1991			76.51%
1989			39.98%
1984			62.72%
1980			57.25%
1977			36.55%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Subramanian. N.	68,735	46.41%	−15.56%
	DMK	Paranjothi. C.	62,467	42.18%
	DMDK	Udayakumar. M.	7,990	5.40%
	BJP	Velusamy. N.	4,827	3.26%
	Independent	Murugesan. P.	2,304	1.56%
	Independent	Palanivelu. A.	1,082	0.73%
	Independent	Raju. A.	685	0.46%
Margin of victory			6,268	4.23%	-31.72%
Turnout			148,090	75.17%	12.95%
Registered electors			197,012
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.56%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Karuppayee Dr. A.	80,855	61.98%	25.33%
	PT	Palaniappan Alias Purachi Kavidasan M	33,956	26.03%
	MDMK	Mookaiah Alias Nilavudasan A	9,764	7.48%	2.04%
	Independent	C. Thangavelu	3,313	2.54%
	Independent	K. Sivagnanam	2,572	1.97%
Margin of victory			46,899	35.95%	17.71%
Turnout			130,460	62.22%	−10.81%
Registered electors			209,726
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.09%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan	72,706	54.88%
	AIADMK	Karuppayee A.	48,550	36.65%	−39.87%
	MDMK	Gunasekaran R.	7,209	5.44%
	AIIC(T)	Mathimaran C.	1,831	1.38%
	Independent	Kalimuthu M. C.	462	0.35%
	Independent	Chennasamy A.	450	0.34%
	Independent	Eluvan R. S.	306	0.23%
	Independent	Ravi R.	300	0.23%
	Independent	Panneerselvam A.	236	0.18%
	Independent	Selvarasu M.	207	0.16%
	Independent	Parivalal N.	139	0.10%
Margin of victory			24,156	18.23%	-36.47%
Turnout			132,474	73.03%	2.05%
Registered electors			191,515
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-21.63%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Kulandaivelu	91,350	76.51%	36.54%
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	V. Raju	26,038	21.81%
	THMM	M. Selvaraj	741	0.62%
	PMK	K. Samiayyah	609	0.51%
	JP	R. Mariappan	461	0.39%
	Independent	A. Natesan	190	0.16%
Margin of victory			65,312	54.71%	44.46%
Turnout			119,389	70.99%	−7.13%
Registered electors			174,949
	AIADMK hold		Swing	36.54%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Raju V. M	47,624	39.98%	−22.74%
	DMK	Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan	35,419	29.73%	−4.99%
	Independent	Sivananthan I	19,027	15.97%
	AIADMK	Jambulingam P. M	15,539	13.04%	−49.68%
	Independent	Elavan R. S. M	1,011	0.85%
	Independent	Radhakrishnan S. M	505	0.42%
Margin of victory			12,205	10.25%	-17.75%
Turnout			119,125	78.12%	−1.20%
Registered electors			155,855
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-22.74%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Marimuthu. T.	62,391	62.72%	5.47%
	DMK	Tamilselvan Keerai. A.	34,544	34.73%	−7.19%
	Independent	Marudhan. N.	1,986	2.00%
	Indian Congress (J)	Kulliah	551	0.55%
Margin of victory			27,847	27.99%	12.66%
Turnout			99,472	79.32%	8.76%
Registered electors			134,345
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.47%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Marimuthu. T.	50,810	57.25%	26.39%
	DMK	Thamizhselvan. A. Keerai.	37,200	41.91%	19.69%
	Independent	Ramasamy. A. E.	417	0.47%
	Independent	Rasu. G.	327	0.37%
Margin of victory			13,610	15.33%	9.64%
Turnout			88,754	70.56%	8.44%
Registered electors			127,362
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	20.70%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Chinnaiah	27,071	36.55%
	AIADMK	T. Marimuthu	22,853	30.86%
	DMK	A. Keerai Thamizhselvan	16,459	22.22%
	JP	C. Sundaravelu	4,722	6.38%
	Independent	C. Mathimaran	2,957	3.99%
Margin of victory			4,218	5.70%
Turnout			74,062	62.12%
Registered electors			120,684
	INC win (new seat)

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.