Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

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Kavundampalayam
Constituency No. 117 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency Coimbatore
Established2008
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 Tamil Nadu as of 2021. [2]

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Composition

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

History

It was formed by the 2008 delimitation and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. [3] It was created by the bifurcation of 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.

YearFemaleMaleTransgenderTotal
20212,29,9972,30,908954,61,000

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
2011 V. C. Arukutty All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK P. R. G. Arunkumar 135,669 44.19 3.49
DMK R. Krishnan1,25,89341.003.25
MNM Pankaj Jain23,5277.66
NTK Kalamani. M17,8975.834.46
NOTA Nota2,8920.94−0.99
AMMK Aruna. M2,0020.65
Margin of victory9,7763.180.24
Turnout 3,07,02665.99−0.43
Rejected ballots9710.32
Registered electors 4,65,228
AIADMK hold Swing 3.49

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. C. Arukutty 110,870 40.70 −22.52
DMK Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R.1,02,84537.766.48
BJP Nandakumar. R.22,4448.245.39
CPI(M) Ramamurthy. V.16,8746.19
NOTA None of the above 5,2741.94
Margin of victory8,0252.95−29.00
Turnout 2,72,40066.42−7.15
Registered electors 4,10,090
AIADMK hold Swing -22.52

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. C. Arukutty 137,058 63.22
DMK Subramanian T P67,79831.27
BJP Nandakumar R6,1752.85
Margin of victory69,26031.95
Turnout 2,94,63273.58
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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