Kolathur Assembly constituency

Kolathur
Kolathur
Constituency No. 13 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai North
Established	2011
Total electors	281,128
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M K Stalin
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Kolathur State Assembly constituency (Tamil: கொளத்தூர் சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 13. 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.

List of members of legislative assembly

No.	Name	Term of office		Assembly (Election)	Political party
No.	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Assembly (Election)	Political party
1	M. K. Stalin	23 May 2011	21 May 2016	14th (2011)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
		25 May 2016	3 May 2021	15th (2016)
		11 May 2021	Incumbent	16th (2021)

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			60.86%
2016			54.25%
2011			48.35%

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	105,522	60.86%	6.61%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Aadi Rajaram	35,138	20.27%	-11.56%
	MNM	A. Jagadish Kumar	14,210	8.20%
	NTK	Camilus Selva	11,304	6.52%	4.84%
	NOTA	Nota	1,529	0.88%	-1.23%
	BSP	M. J. S. Jamal Mohamed Meera	1,295	0.75%	0.49%
	AMMK	J. Arumugam	1,081	0.62%
Margin of victory			70,384	40.59%	18.18%
Turnout			173,388	61.68%	-3.10%
Rejected ballots			373	0.22%
Registered electors			281,128
	DMK hold		Swing	6.61%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	91,303	54.25%	5.89%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. C. D. Prabhakar	53,573	31.83%	14.60%
	DMDK	P. Mathivanan	6,276	3.73%
	BJP	K. T. Raghavan	5,289	3.14%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,554	2.11%
	PMK	S. Gopal	3,022	1.80%
	NTK	S. Xavier Felix	2,827	1.68%
Margin of victory			37,730	22.42%	20.49%
Turnout			168,308	64.77%	-3.50%
Registered electors			259,843
	DMK hold		Swing	5.89%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kolathur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	68,677	48.35%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Saidai Duraisamy	65,943	46.43%
	BSP	K. Armstrong	4,004	2.82%
Margin of victory			2,734	1.92%
Turnout			208,018	68.28%
Registered electors			142,028
	DMK win (new seat)

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.