| Kolathur, Pudukkottai | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Pudukkottai |
| LS constituency | PudukkottaI |
| Established | 1977 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Total electors | 1,97,012 |
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) 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.
| 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 | 6,268 | 4.23% | -31.72% | ||
| Turnout | 148,090 | 75.17% | 12.95% | ||
| Registered electors | 197,012 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -15.56% | |||
| 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 | 46,899 | 35.95% | 17.71% | ||
| Turnout | 130,460 | 62.22% | -10.81% | ||
| Registered electors | 209,726 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 7.09% | |||
| 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 | 24,156 | 18.23% | -36.47% | ||
| Turnout | 132,474 | 73.03% | 2.05% | ||
| Registered electors | 191,515 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -21.63% | |||
| 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% | |||
| 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 | 12,205 | 10.25% | -17.75% | ||
| Turnout | 119,125 | 78.12% | -1.20% | ||
| Registered electors | 155,855 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -22.74% | |||
| 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 | 27,847 | 27.99% | 12.66% | ||
| Turnout | 99,472 | 79.32% | 8.76% | ||
| Registered electors | 134,345 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 5.47% | |||
| 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 | 13,610 | 15.33% | 9.64% | ||
| Turnout | 88,754 | 70.56% | 8.44% | ||
| Registered electors | 127,362 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 20.70% | |||
| 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) | |||||
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