# Kolathur, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency

Kolathur, கொளத்தூர் (புதுக்கோட்டை) (சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி - 190) was former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Formed in the year 1977, it was a part of Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency until the Delimitation of Constituencies, 2008. In the 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. After the delimitation, Kolathur (SC) was dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed Gandarvakottai and Viralimalai constituencies.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| 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 | 2006 | 46.41% | 46.41% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 61.98% | 61.98% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 54.88% | 54.88% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 76.51% | 76.51% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 39.98% | 39.98% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 62.72% | 62.72% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 57.25% | 57.25% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 36.55% | 36.55% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | N. Subramanian | 68,735 | 46.41% | −15.56% |
| | DMK | C. Paranjothi | 62,467 | 42.18% | |
| | DMDK | M. Udayakumar | 7,990 | 5.40% | |
| | BJP | N. Velusamy | 4,827 | 3.26% | |
| | Independent | P. Murugesan | 2,304 | 1.56% | |
| | Independent | A. Palanivelu | 1,082 | 0.73% | |
| | Independent | A. Raju | 685 | 0.46% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,268 | 4.23% | −31.72% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 148,090 | 75.17% | 12.95% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 197,012 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -15.56% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Dr. A. Karuppayee | 80,855 | 61.98% | 25.33% |
| | PT | M. Palaniappan Alias Purachi Kavidasan | 33,956 | 26.03% | |
| | MDMK | A. Mookaiah Alias Nilavudasan | 9,764 | 7.48% | 2.04% |
| | Independent | C. Thangavelu | 3,313 | 2.54% | |
| | Independent | K. Sivagnanam | 2,572 | 1.97% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 46,899 | 35.95% | 17.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,460 | 62.22% | −10.81% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 209,726 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 7.09% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan | 72,706 | 54.88% | |
| | AIADMK | A. Karuppayee | 48,550 | 36.65% | −39.87% |
| | MDMK | R. Gunasekaran | 7,209 | 5.44% | |
| | AIIC(T) | C. Mathimaran | 1,831 | 1.38% | |
| | Independent | M. C. Kalimuthu | 462 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | A. Chennasamy | 450 | 0.34% | |
| | Independent | R. S. Eluvan | 306 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | R. Ravi | 300 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | A. Panneerselvam | 236 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | M. Selvarasu | 207 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | N. Parivalal | 139 | 0.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,156 | 18.23% | −36.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,474 | 73.03% | 2.05% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 191,515 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -21.63% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 65,312 | 54.71% | 44.46% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,389 | 70.99% | −7.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 174,949 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 36.54% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | V. Raju | 47,624 | 39.98% | −22.74% |
| | DMK | Selvaraj Alias Kavithaipithan | 35,419 | 29.73% | −4.99% |
| | Independent | I. Sivananthan | 19,027 | 15.97% | |
| | AIADMK | P. Jambulingam | 15,539 | 13.04% | −49.68% |
| | Independent | R. S. Elavan | 1,011 | 0.85% | |
| | Independent | S. Radhakrishnan | 505 | 0.42% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,205 | 10.25% | −17.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,125 | 78.12% | −1.20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 155,855 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -22.74% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | T. Marimuthu | 62,391 | 62.72% | 5.47% |
| | DMK | Keerai A. Thamizhselvan | 34,544 | 34.73% | −7.19% |
| | Independent | N. Marudhan | 1,986 | 2.00% | |
| | INC(J) | Kulliah | 551 | 0.55% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,847 | 27.99% | 12.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,472 | 79.32% | 8.76% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 134,345 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 5.47% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | T. Marimuthu | 50,810 | 57.25% | 26.39% |
| | DMK | Keerai A. Thamizhselvan | 37,200 | 41.91% | 19.69% |
| | Independent | A. E. Ramasamy | 417 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | G. Rasu | 327 | 0.37% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,610 | 15.33% | 9.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,754 | 70.56% | 8.44% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 127,362 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 20.70% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,218 | 5.70% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,062 | 62.12% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 120,684 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |