Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

Kavundampalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 117. It is the second largest electorate holding assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu as of 2021.

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Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

Composition

Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

It comprises the municipality of Kavundampalayam and its surrounding areas in Coimbatore.

History

Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

It was formed by the 2008 delimitation and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It was created by the bifurcation of Thondamuthur Assembly constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Demographics

Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

Gender demographics of Kavundampalayam constituency as of 01.04.2021, taken ahead of the State General election in Tamilnadu in 2021.

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Female</th><th>Male</th><th>Transgender</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2021</td><td>2,29,997</td><td>2,30,908</td><td>95</td><td>4,61,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>V. C. Arukutty</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>P. R. G. Arunkumar</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K P Surya Prakash</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>P. R. G. Arunkumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Kalamani Jagannathan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. T. Kanimozhi</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>407,507</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. R. G. Arunkumar</td><td>135,669</td><td>44.19</td><td>3.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>1,25,893</td><td>41.00</td><td>3.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>Pankaj Jain</td><td>23,527</td><td>7.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Kalamani. M</td><td>17,897</td><td>5.83</td><td>4.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>Nota</td><td>2,892</td><td>0.94</td><td>−0.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>Aruna. M</td><td>2,002</td><td>0.65</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,776</td><td>3.18</td><td>0.24</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>3,07,026</td><td>65.99</td><td>−0.43</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>971</td><td>0.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>4,65,228</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.49</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. C. Arukutty</td><td>110,870</td><td>40.70</td><td>−22.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R.</td><td>1,02,845</td><td>37.76</td><td>6.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nandakumar. R.</td><td>22,444</td><td>8.24</td><td>5.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Ramamurthy. V.</td><td>16,874</td><td>6.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>5,274</td><td>1.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,025</td><td>2.95</td><td>−29.00</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,72,400</td><td>66.42</td><td>−7.15</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>4,10,090</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-22.52</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. C. Arukutty</td><td>137,058</td><td>63.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Subramanian T P</td><td>67,798</td><td>31.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nandakumar R</td><td>6,175</td><td>2.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>69,260</td><td>31.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,94,632</td><td>73.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,16,785</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>