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Assembly constituency 13 · Tamil Nadu

Kolathur is assembly constituency number 13 in Tamil Nadu, in Chennai district, and one of the segments of the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election V. S. Babu of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 45.1% of the vote, 8,795 votes ahead of M. K. Stalin (DMK).

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Kolathur · 2026AC 13
  1. 01
    V. S. Babu
    TVK
    82,997
    45.09%
  2. 02
    M. K. Stalin
    DMK
    74,202
    40.32%
  3. 03
    P. Santhana Krishnan
    AIADMK
    18,430
    10.01%
  4. 04
    Soundara Pandian Luder Seth
    NTK
    5,046
    2.74%
  5. 05
    S.Y. Syed Yusuf
    RPPRINAT
    484
    0.26%
  6. 30 other candidates · 2,000 votesNOTA · 892 (0.48%)

Margin 8,795 votes · 4.78% of valid votes

2,11,833
Registered electors
2026 election
87.0%
Turnout
+25.2 pts vs 2021
8,795
Victory margin
4.8% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 35 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,84,051 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kolathur 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1V. S. BabuMale · 75 yrsTVK82,997
45.09%
2M. K. StalinMale · 72 yrsDMK74,202
40.32%
3P. Santhana KrishnanMale · 51 yrsAIADMK18,430
10.01%
4Soundara Pandian Luder SethMale · 53 yrsNTK5,046
2.74%
—NOTANOTA892
0.48%
5S.Y. Syed YusufMale · 32 yrsRPPRINAT484
0.26%
6SubashiniFemale · 37 yrs · SCBSP236
0.13%
7AathithyaMale · 48 yrsSAP181
0.10%
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8R. Raj GuruMale · 45 yrs · SCIndependent153
0.08%
9R. Senthil KumarMale · 45 yrsIndependent125
0.07%
10Selvi Steffi. V. MFemale · 26 yrsIndependent122
0.07%
11OormilaFemale · 42 yrstavk105
0.06%
12J. Suriya MuthuMale · 51 yrsIndependent84
0.05%
13Nanda KumarMale · 34 yrsIndependent79
0.04%
14A. L. Naresh KumarMale · 33 yrsIndependent74
0.04%
15M. RajeshkumarMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent73
0.04%
16R. MaheshMale · 35 yrsIndependent64
0.03%
17M. PoornimaFemale · 44 yrs · SCIndependent56
0.03%
18P. MilanyMale · 45 yrsIndependent56
0.03%
19Arul Doss. A.Male · 44 yrsIndependent55
0.03%
20VigirdhanMale · 53 yrs · SCIndependent53
0.03%
21V. Naresh BabuMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent52
0.03%
22K. Panneer SelvamMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent50
0.03%
23E. RaamadasanMale · 73 yrs · SCMANAK49
0.03%
24Kaja MaideenMale · 34 yrsIndependent43
0.02%
25S. SharanMale · 27 yrsIndependent35
0.02%
26R. RavikumarMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent34
0.02%
27M. SureshMale · 39 yrsIndependent33
0.02%
28V. A. SudhakarMale · 46 yrs · SCIndependent31
0.02%
29Raja. G.Male · 71 yrs · SCIndependent28
0.02%
30SivagnanasamMale · 71 yrsDMSK26
0.01%
31K. ElumalaiMale · 49 yrsVTVTK24
0.01%
32A. RajiMale · 59 yrsIndependent23
0.01%
33Farmer Jayaraman. S K J.Male · 50 yrsIndependent22
0.01%
34R. BalajiMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent21
0.01%
35S. BalachandarMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent13
0.01%
Past results

The seat changed hands: DMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 45.1%DMK 40.3%AIADMK 10.0%MNM 8.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026V. S. BabuTVK · 45.1% · margin 8,795Turnout87.0%
2021M.K. StalinDMK · 60.9% · margin 70,384Turnout61.8%
2016Stalin.m.kDMK · 54.3% · margin 37,730Turnout64.8%
2011Stalin M.K.DMK · 48.4% · margin 2,734Turnout68.5%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kolathur result 2021

Kolathur 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.K. StalinDMK1,05,522
60.86%
2AadirajaramAIADMK35,138
20.27%
3A.jagadish KumarMNM14,210
8.20%
4Camilus SelvaNTK11,304
6.52%
—NOTANOTA1,529
0.88%
5Mjs.jamal Mohamed MeeraBSP1,295
0.75%
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6J.arumugamAMMK1,081
0.62%
7Agni Sri Ramachandran. NIndependent682
0.39%
8SureshTNLK620
0.36%
9Ashok Kumar.sNGPP257
0.15%
10Al. Naresh KumarIndependent197
0.11%
11DivyaIndependent182
0.10%
12Vivekraj.jtmc118
0.07%
13L.kathiresanIndependent117
0.07%
14J.suriyamuthuIndependent110
0.06%
15Mirza Safdar AliIndependent98
0.06%
16MalarvizhiIndependent91
0.05%
17SathiyaseelanIndependent88
0.05%
18M.rajendranNDPOSI63
0.04%
19Rama DeviIndependent61
0.04%
20C.jeevakumarIndependent52
0.03%
21D.sureshbabuDMSK44
0.03%
22K.elumalaiVTVTK44
0.03%
23D.nilamaniIndependent43
0.02%
24K. PannerselvamIndependent42
0.02%
25S.sureshkumarMKat42
0.02%
26A.seethaBHUDRP41
0.02%
27G.velmuruganShiv Sena39
0.02%
28P.senthil KumarIndependent38
0.02%
29P.harishkumarIndependent38
0.02%
30DevikaraniIndependent37
0.02%
31M.A.S. Senthil KumarIndependent34
0.02%
32R.selvamIndependent32
0.02%
33E.rajendranAMGRDMK30
0.02%
34Nirmala DeviIndependent30
0.02%
35V.sureshkumarIndependent21
0.01%
36B.vijaya KumarIndependent18
0.01%

Kolathur result 2016

Kolathur 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Stalin.m.kDMK91,303
54.25%
2Prabhakar.j.c.dAIADMK53,573
31.83%
3Mathivanan.pDMDK6,276
3.73%
4Raghavan.k.tBJP5,289
3.14%
—NOTANOTA3,554
2.11%
5Gopal.sPMK3,022
1.80%
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6Xavier Felix.sNTK2,827
1.68%
7Shajini.mIndependent525
0.31%
8Velan.cBSP438
0.26%
9Ashok Kumar.sVTIP256
0.15%
10Sivashankar.rIndependent202
0.12%
11Seetha MallarIndependent201
0.12%
12Prakash.mIndependent127
0.08%
13Sathyanarayanan.gYSP112
0.07%
14Stalinkumar.aIndependent83
0.05%
15Vijayakumari.vRPI(A)65
0.04%
16Aravind.aIndependent62
0.04%
17Mohanraj.jJJ60
0.04%
18Vasantha Kumar.mVBMP60
0.04%
19Ragavanayagam.gIndependent59
0.04%
20Karthick.sIndependent51
0.03%
21Charavanan.m.pIndependent48
0.03%
22Murali Vinodh.mIndependent42
0.02%
23Devakumaran.aIndependent37
0.02%
24Subbiah.jIndependent36
0.02%

Kolathur result 2011

Kolathur 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Stalin M.K.DMK68,677
48.35%
2Sadai.sa. DuraisamyAIADMK65,943
46.43%
3Armstrong K.BSP4,004
2.82%
4Shankar K.P.M.Independent778
0.55%
5Ashok Kumar S.LSP502
0.35%
6Sivakumar M.IJK285
0.20%
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7Saravanan S.pIndependent193
0.14%
8Suriya Narayanan DIndependent187
0.13%
9Suresh DIndependent185
0.13%
10Jayaramaraj TIndependent160
0.11%
11Sivasubramani S.Independent157
0.11%
12Padmarajan K.Independent114
0.08%
13Venkataramani KIndependent89
0.06%
14Atick Yezdon A.S.RPI(A)83
0.06%
15Charavanan M.P.Independent72
0.05%
16Azhagesan SIndependent67
0.05%
17Jayaseelan A.Independent66
0.05%
18Venugopal MIndependent56
0.04%
19Narayanarao V.S.Independent55
0.04%
20Ravi Kumar TIndependent54
0.04%
21Gopi K.S.Independent53
0.04%
22Kandasamy S.Independent51
0.04%
23Ganesan P.Independent50
0.04%
24Murali Vinodh M.Independent41
0.03%
25Kalai Arasan M.Independent41
0.03%
26Ramesh D.Independent34
0.02%
27Raghu V.M.Independent31
0.02%
Map

Kolathur outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

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Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kolathur is one of the assembly segments of Chennai North. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Chennai North candidates.

  • Dr.kalanidhi VeeraswamyDMK95,084 60.5%
  • R.C. Paul KanagarajBJP25,585 16.3%
  • R. ManoharAIADMK18,108 11.5%
  • AmudiniNTK13,773 8.8%
  • Sarah FathimaIndependent783 0.5%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 69,499 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kolathur.

Who won the Kolathur assembly seat in 2026?

V. S. Babu of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Kolathur in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 82,997 votes, which was 45.09% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kolathur?

The margin was 8,795 votes (4.78% of valid votes). The runner-up was M. K. Stalin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 74,202 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kolathur in 2026?

Turnout was 86.99%: 1,84,284 of 2,11,833 registered electors voted, across 286 polling stations. That is 25.2 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kolathur part of?

Kolathur is an assembly segment of the Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr.kalanidhi Veeraswamy got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kolathur a reserved constituency?

No. Kolathur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kolathur?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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