Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency
One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India
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Kavundampalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 117. It historically ranks as one of the largest electorates by population size in the state.[1]
| Kavundampalayam | |
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| 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 |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 4,22,240 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TVK |
| Alliance | TVK+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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.[2] It was created by the bifurcation of Thondamuthur Assembly constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Demographics
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVK | Kanimozhi Santhosh | 146,466 | 40.24 | New | |
| AIADMK | Arunkumar PRG | 1,04,326 | 28.66 |  15.53 | |
| INC | Surya Prakash K.P | 90,726 | 24.93 | New | |
| NTK | Kalamani Jaganathan | 16,834 | 4.62 | 1.21 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 2,116 | 0.58 | 0.36 | |
| Independent | Kanimozhi.K | 567 | 0.16 | New | |
| BSP | K. Velmurugan | 524 | 0.14 | New | |
| TVK | Thozhar.N. Arunkumar | 424 | 0.12 | New | |
| Party For The Rights Of Other Backward Classes | S. Thamarai Kannan | 356 | 0.10 | New | |
| Independent | A. Balamurugan | 340 | 0.09 | New | |
| Independent | M. Rajalingam | 338 | 0.09 | New | |
| All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | Malliga.M | 314 | 0.09 | New | |
| Independent | M. John Bosco | 306 | 0.08 | New | |
| Independent | Suriyakumar.K | 235 | 0.06 | New | |
| Makkal Manadu | V. Pushpanantham | 119 | 0.03 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 42,140 | 11.58 |  8.40 | ||
| Turnout | 3,63,991 | 86.20 | 20.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,22,240 | 42,988 | |||
| TVK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 40.24 |
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2021
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.49 |
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2016
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 22.52 |
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2011
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||