V. S. Babu

V. S. Babu is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kolathur Assembly constituency.

Personal Details He was born in 1951. his father's name is V.Sundarampillai and attended Singarapillai school, Villivakkam.

Career He won the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election representing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. As a former DMK Public Servant, he would become the party’s north Chennai district in-charge and oversaw the 2011 election campaign in the newly established Kolathur constituency instrumental in election work for M.K.Stalin. Following a narrower-than-expected victory in the campaign, DMK said he was removed from this post and in 2016 joined the AIADMK party.

On 7 February 2026, he joined Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam and was nominated to contest against former chief minister M. K. Stalin in the Kolathur constituency in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He garnered 82,997 votes and won the constituency by a margin of 8,795.

He was DMK's North Chennai District Secretary until 2011. During his time, P.K. Sekar Babu was his peer in AIADMK in the same post.

He was popularly known in political circles as Purasai Babu and in the town he is well known for his party work at local level in North Chennai from Ayanavaram, ICF and Purasai till Jamalia.

Electoral performances 2026:

2006: