Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.

[1] The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

From its creation, the Kota Lama constituency has the most Chinese voters compared to other constituency in Kelantan, which has a Malay-Muslim majority voters.

Therefore usually Chinese candidates were selected by parties to contest the seat.

[2] Ethnic breakdown of Kota Lama's electorate as of 2023[3] According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kota Lama constituency has a total of 12 polling districts.