Kolathur Election Result 2026 Highlights: TVK's VS Babu wins, defeats DMK's MK Stalin by over 8000 votes

TVK's VS Babu won by 8795 votes and defeated DMK's MK Stalin, according to the Election Commission.

TVK's VS Babu maintains lead against DMK's MK Stalin, show trends as of 1:08 pm, as per EC.

DMK MK Stalin trails by over 7000 votes as of 12:39 pm, the EC website showed.

TVK's VS Babu leads by over 7000 votes in Kolathur constituency, show early trends, as per the EC website.

TVK's VS Babu leads by over 6000 votes as of 12:08 pm, while DMK's MK Stalin trails, show early trends, according to EC.

VS Babu is a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Purasawalkam Assembly constituency in the 2006 election. He won that whilerepresenting the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.

TVK's VS Babu leads by over 5000 votes as of 11:46 am, according to the EC website.

TVK's VS Babu leads by over 4000 votes as of 11:42 am, show early trends, according to EC website.

In Kolathur, 24 independent candidates are also contesting, including Arul Doss A., Kaja Maideen, and V. A. Sudhakar, along with 21 others, with their vote counts expected to emerge as counting progresses.

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TVK national spokesperson Felix Gerald on Monday expressed confidence that the party would form the government in Tamil Nadu with an absolute majority as initial election trends showed the party 'scaling high'.

Speaking to PTI Videos, Gerald stated that the results were expected and claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu have chosen TVK because they are "fed up" with established parties.

"They may have experience of 50 or 75 years, but they have got experience only in looting the state," Gerald said, adding that the electorate trusts TVK as the alternative.

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Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 | Chennai: Reacting to the early trends, DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy says, "...going by the postal votes alone, we cannot say anything. But even there, we are leading. We are on very firm footing. We are confident that we will be forming the government with our single largest majority... The 2.0 of the DMK party will happen, where the progress for Tamil Nadu will continue..."

Actor Trisha Krishnan had the darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam earlier this morning.

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Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 | Chennai: Reacting to the early trends, DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy says, "...going by the postal votes alone, we cannot say anything. But even there, we are leading. We are on very firm footing. We are confident that we will be forming the government with our single largest majority... The 2.0 of the DMK party will happen, where the progress for Tamil Nadu will continue..."

In Kolathur, 24 independent candidates are also contesting, including Arul Doss A., Kaja Maideen, and V. A. Sudhakar, along with 21 others, with their vote counts expected to emerge as counting progresses.

Counting of votes for the state assembly elections is underway today. Tamil Nadu has a 234-member assembly, and the majority mark is 118.

As votes for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections 2026 will be counted on May 4 across the state, the EC on Saturday said a three-tier security system will be in place at counting centres.

Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik, in a statement, said that the first tier-a security perimeter extending 100 metres around each counting centre-has been established.