| Kavundampalayam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 117 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 4,65,228[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kavundampalayam is alegislative assembly constituency in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 117. It is the second largest electorate holding assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu as of 2021.[2]
It comprises themunicipality ofKavundampalayam and its surrounding areas inCoimbatore.
It was formed by the 2008 delimitation and is part of theCoimbatore parliamentary constituency.[3] It was created by the bifurcation ofThondamuthur Assembly constituency.[4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
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 |
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | V. C. Arukutty | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | P. R. G. Arunkumar | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 3.49 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,025 | 2.95 | −29.00 | ||
| Turnout | 2,72,400 | 66.42 | −7.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,10,090 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -22.52 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Margin of victory | 69,260 | 31.95 | |||
| Turnout | 2,94,632 | 73.58 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,16,785 | ||||
| AIADMKwin (new seat) | |||||
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