New Delhi, May 4 -- DMK chief and Chief Minister MK Stalin was trailing from Kolathur, a constituency created after the 2011 delimitation. The 73-year-old leader has won from Kolathur three times.

Earlier, he contested from the Thousand Lights constituency between 1984 and 2006, where he was elected six times.

According to the Election Commission (EC), Stalin, who is contesting in Kolathur, was trailing by over 7000.

Tamil Nadu has 234 assembly seats, and a party or alliance must win at least 118 seats to form the government.

DMK General Secretary and senior minister Durai Murugan was also trailing by 2,293 votes at the Katpadi Assembly segment. Similarly, other ministers, including P Geetha Jeevan (Thoothukkudi), Ma Subramanian (Said...