Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency

Kinathukadavu
Kinathukadavu
Constituency No. 122 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Pollachi
Established	1967
Total electors	305,919
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Vignesh
Party	TVK
Elected year	2026

Kinathukadavu is a legislative assembly constituency that includes a few parts of the south of Coimbatore City. It comes under Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency for Parliamentary elections.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictCoimbatore

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Year	Winner
1967	M. Kannappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. Kannappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. V. Kandaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	K. Kandasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	N. S. Palanisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	M. Shanmugham	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Damodaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
2011
2016	A. Shanmugam
2021	S. Damodaran
2026	K. Vignesh	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			37.31%
2021			44.12%
2016			42.81%
2011			56.17%
2006			47.10%
2001			50.33%
1996			49.42%
1991			65.88%
1989			37.51%
1984			56.69%
1980			53.58%
1977			36.32%
1971			68.42%
1967			64.63%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	Vignesh K	99,950	37.31	New
	DMK	Sabari Karthikeyan	88,240	32.94	10.70
	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	67,789	25.30	18.82
	NTK	M. Banupriya	9,667	3.61	1.29
	NOTA	NOTA	1,717	0.64	0.35
Margin of victory			11,710	4.37	3.89
Turnout			2,67,917	87.58	17.17
Registered electors			3,05,919		20,949
	TVK gain from AIADMK		Swing	37.31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	101,537	44.12	1.31
	DMK	Kurichi Prabhakaran	100,442	43.64	1.47
	MNM	A. Siva	13,939	6.06	New
	NTK	M. Umajagadesh	11,280	4.90	3.97
	NOTA	Nota	2,280	0.99	−0.88
	AMMK	Ma. Pa. Rohini	1,248	0.54	New
Margin of victory			1,095	0.48	−0.16
Turnout			230,155	70.41	0.41
Rejected ballots			241	0.10
Registered electors			326,868
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Shanmugam	89,042	42.81	−13.36
	DMK	Kurichi Prabhakaran	87,710	42.17	4.06
	BJP	V. Muthuramalingam	11,354	5.46	2.72
	MDMK	V. Eswaran	8,387	4.03
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,884	1.87
	NTK	U. Selvakumar	1,946	0.94
	KMDK	S. Selvakumar	1,863	0.90
	SDPI	M. Abdul Kareem	1,367	0.66
	PMK	R. Chinnasami	1,265	0.61
Margin of victory			1,332	0.64	−17.42
Turnout			207,989	70.00	−8.07
Registered electors			297,116
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.36

Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	94,123	56.17%	9.07%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	63,857	38.11%	−4.62%
	BJP	K. Dharmalingam	4,587	2.74%	0.81%
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Dr. B. Ilango	1,737	1.04%
	Independent	S. Nagaraj	1,592	0.95%
	Independent	K. Muruganantham	1,069	0.64%
Margin of victory			30,266	18.06%	13.69%
Turnout			214,627	78.07%	2.79%
Registered electors			167,567
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	55,493	47.10%	−3.23%
	DMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	50,343	42.73%	22.78%
	DMDK	C. B. Latharani	5,449	4.63%
	BJP	V. Muthu Ramalingam	2,267	1.92%
	Independent	R. Rangarasu	1,937	1.64%
	Independent	M. Aaran	1,142	0.97%
	Independent	V. Amirthalingam	792	0.67%
Margin of victory			5,150	4.37%	−26.01%
Turnout			117,812	75.29%	9.44%
Registered electors			156,481
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.23%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Damodaran	55,958	50.33%	14.93%
	DMK	M. Shanmugham	22,178	19.95%	−29.47%
	Independent	K. V. Kandasamy	18,040	16.23%
	MDMK	K. Kandasamy	15,004	13.50%	1.68%
Margin of victory			33,780	30.38%	16.36%
Turnout			111,180	65.85%	−6.88%
Registered electors			168,931
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Shanmugham	49,231	49.42%	16.88%
	AIADMK	K. M. Mylswamy	35,267	35.40%	−30.47%
	MDMK	K. Kandasamy	11,774	11.82%
	BJP	R. Santhil Kumara Murthy	1,461	1.47%
	Independent	K. V. Gurusamy	849	0.85%
Margin of victory			13,964	14.02%	−19.32%
Turnout			99,612	72.73%	3.97%
Registered electors			149,817
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.46%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. S. Palanisamy	64,358	65.88%	42.68%
	DMK	K. Kandasamy	31,792	32.54%	−4.97%
	AAP	C. M. Aruchamy	112	0.11%
	Independent	K. Arumugham	97	0.10%
Margin of victory			32,566	33.34%	19.03%
Turnout			97,691	68.76%	−7.52%
Registered electors			147,834
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	28.37%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Kandasamy	36,897	37.51%	−5.80%
	AIADMK	N. Appadurai	22,824	23.20%	−33.48%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kamdasamy	22,162	22.53%	−34.15%
	INC	S. P. Kailasappan	15,606	15.87%
	Independent	N. Krishnasamy	581	0.59%
Margin of victory			14,073	14.31%	0.94%
Turnout			98,362	76.28%	−0.72%
Registered electors			132,646
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-19.17%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	50,375	56.69%	3.10%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	38,492	43.31%
Margin of victory			11,883	13.37%	6.20%
Turnout			88,867	77.00%	7.75%
Registered electors			120,894
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.10%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	42,822	53.58%	17.27%
	INC	S. T. Doraiswamy	37,093	46.42%	21.07%
Margin of victory			5,729	7.17%	−0.29%
Turnout			79,915	69.26%	2.49%
Registered electors			118,093
	AIADMK hold		Swing	17.27%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	25,909	36.32%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	20,589	28.86%	−39.56%
	INC	S. T. Duraisamy	18,085	25.35%
	JP	K. Subbe Gounder	6,761	9.48%
Margin of victory			5,320	7.46%	−29.39%
Turnout			71,344	66.77%	−10.79%
Registered electors			109,290
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-32.11%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	47,776	68.42%	3.79%
	Independent	S. T. Duraisamy	22,049	31.58%
Margin of victory			25,727	36.84%	5.12%
Turnout			69,825	77.56%	1.05%
Registered electors			93,925
	DMK hold		Swing	3.79%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	40,645	64.63%
	INC	S. Gounder	20,691	32.90%
	Independent	A. C. Mylswamy	1,249	1.99%
	Independent	Ramalingam	302	0.48%
Margin of victory			19,954	31.73%
Turnout			62,887	76.51%
Registered electors			85,384
	DMK win (new seat)