Kavundampalayam
Constituency No. 117 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
LS constituencyCoimbatore
Established2011
Total electors4,65,228[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

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 Tamilnadu as of 2021.[2]

Composition

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

History

It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[3] It was created by the bifurcation of the Thondamuthur assembly constituency.[4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Demographics

Gender demographics of Kavundampalayam constituency as of 01.04.2021,[5] taken ahead of the State General election in Tamilnadu in 2021.

Year Female Male Transgender Total
2021 2,29,997 2,30,908 95 4,61,000

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 V. C. Arukutty All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021
Sixteenth 2021- P. R. G. Arunkumar

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 44.19%
2016
 
 40.70%
2011
 
 63.22%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kavundampalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. R. G. Arunkumar 135,669 44.19% 3.49%
DMK R. Krishnan 1,25,893 41.00% 3.25%
MNM Pankaj Jain 23,527 7.66%
NTK Kalamani. M 17,897 5.83% 4.46%
NOTA Nota 2,892 0.94% -0.99%
AMMK Aruna. M 2,002 0.65%
Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi Siva. K 726 0.24%
Independent Pushpanantham. V 420 0.14%
Independent Arunkumar. T 296 0.10%
Selvaraj. M 178 0.06%
Independent Gnanaraj. M 161 0.05%
Margin of victory 9,776 3.18% 0.24%
Turnout 3,07,026 65.99% -0.43%
Rejected ballots 971 0.32%
Registered electors 4,65,228
AIADMK hold Swing 3.49%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kavundampalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. C. Arukutty 110,870 40.70% -22.52%
DMK Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R. 1,02,845 37.76% 6.48%
BJP Nandakumar. R. 22,444 8.24% 5.39%
CPI(M) Ramamurthy. V. 16,874 6.19%
NOTA None Of The Above 5,274 1.94%
NTK Kousalya. P. 3,735 1.37%
PMK Thangavelu. A. 2,533 0.93%
KMDK Kulandaivelu. K. S. 2,521 0.93%
Independent Aruna. D. 1,045 0.38%
CPI(ML)L Velmurugan. M. S. 1,004 0.37%
Independent Mari. V. 576 0.21%
Margin of victory 8,025 2.95% -29.00%
Turnout 2,72,400 66.42% -7.15%
Registered electors 4,10,090
AIADMK hold Swing -22.52%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kavundampalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. C. Arukutty 137,058 63.22%
DMK Subramanian T P 67,798 31.27%
BJP Nandakumar R 6,175 2.85%
Independent Ganesan D 1,749 0.81%
Independent Vasanthakumar D 1,436 0.66%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Vishwanathan V 1,331 0.61%
JMM Parthipan P 654 0.30%
Independent Kumanan R 584 0.27%
Margin of victory 69,260 31.95% (({change))}
Turnout 2,94,632 73.58%
Registered electors 2,16,785
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Kavundampalayam Assembly Constituency". The Times of India. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Patrikai.com Voters Count".

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