Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency

Kilvaithinankuppam
Constituency No. 45 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Established	2008
Total electors	2,27,241 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Jagan Moorthy
Party	PBK (AIADMK)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

K. V. Kuppam, or Kilvaithinankuppam, is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 45. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. ^[2] It is included in Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2011	S. K. Tamilarasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	G. Loganathan
2021	M. Jagan Moorthy [3]		Puratchi Bharatham Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			49.08%
2016			45.76%
2011			51.12%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: K. V. Kuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SPA
	AIADMK+
	TVK				New
	NTK
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PBK	M. Jagan Moorthy	84,579	49.08%	3.32%
	DMK	K. Seetharaman	73,997	42.94%	3.08%
	NTK	J. Divya Rani	10,027	5.82%	5.34%
	NOTA	Nota	1,798	1.04%	−0.16%
	DMDK	P. Dhanaseelan	1,432	0.83%	−1.69%
	RPPRINAT	K. Elavarasan	547	0.32%
	IJK	K. Venkatasamy	519	0.30%
	BSP	D. Pushpalatha	519	0.30%	0.02%
	Independent	S. Selva Chenguttuvan	331	0.19%
	Independent	E. P. Elanchezhiyan	242	0.14%
	NDPOSI	K. Sathu	133	0.08%
Margin of victory			10,582	6.14%	0.24%
Turnout			172,326	75.83%	−4.56%
Rejected ballots			553	0.32%
Registered electors			227,241
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.32%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Loganathan	75,612	45.76%	−5.36%
	DMK	V. Amalu	65,866	39.86%	−4.33%
	PMK	C. Kusalakumari	13,046	7.90%
	DMDK	M. Deviyammal	4,170	2.52%
	BJP	R. Vimala	2,210	1.34%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,990	1.20%
	NTK	N. Archana	788	0.48%
	BSP	K. Mohan	457	0.28%	−0.59%
	Independent	J. Raja	283	0.17%
	Independent	S. Annammal	238	0.14%
	LJP	A. Selva Kumar	229	0.14%
Margin of victory			9,746	5.90%	−1.03%
Turnout			165,226	80.39%	0.36%
Registered electors			205,533
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.36%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. K. Thamizharasan	72,002	51.12%
	DMK	K. Seetharaman	62,242	44.19%
	Independent	S. Anumanthan	1,350	0.96%
	BSP	B. Saravanan	1,226	0.87%
	IJK	N. Ilayakumar	1,111	0.79%
	Independent	M. Ravi	1,061	0.75%
	Independent	S. Ramesh	592	0.42%
	Independent	Tamilarasan	454	0.32%
	Independent	S. Sudhakar	370	0.26%
	LJP	C. Chandran	257	0.18%
	Independent	M. Sankar	183	0.13%
Margin of victory			9,760	6.93%
Turnout			175,992	80.03%
Registered electors			140,848
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 45. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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