Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India

Kavundampalayam
Constituency No. 117 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
LS constituency	Coimbatore
Established	2011
Total electors	4,65,228^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. R. G. Arunkumar
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

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

Election	Name
2011	V. C. Arukutty	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. C. Arukutty
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

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Kavundampalayam Assembly Constituency". The Times of India. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Patrikai.com Voters Count".