# Kolathur Assembly constituency

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 six state legislative assembly constituencies included in Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency has been represented solely by the chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin.

## List of members of legislative assembly

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

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 60.86% | 60.86% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 54.25% | 54.25% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 48.35% | 48.35% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. K. Stalin | 105,522 | 60.86 | 6.61 |
| | AIADMK | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 70,384 | 40.59 | 18.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,388 | 61.68 | −3.10 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 373 | 0.22 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 281,128 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 6.61 | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kolathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. K. Stalin | 91,303 | 54.25 | 5.89 |
| | AIADMK | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,730 | 22.42 | 20.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,308 | 64.77 | −3.50 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 259,843 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 5.89 | |

### 2011

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