Kumarapalayam Assembly constituency
State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu
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Kumarapalayam is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 97. It consists of a portion of Kumarapalayam taluk. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Kumarapalayam | |
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| Constituency No. 97 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Namakkal |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Erode |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 220,048 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
It was newly formed in the year 2008 by separating Sankari and Tiruchengode constituencies.
It covers Kumarapalayam Municipality and the majority of Pallipalayam Block. It covers until Bhavani Assembly constituency in the north and Erode East Assembly constituency with the river Kaveri as its boundary.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Balu | ||||
| AIADMK | P. Thangamani | ||||
| NTK | Yuvarani | ||||
| TVK | C. Vijayalakshmi | New | |||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | 217,224 | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Thangamani | 100,800 | 49.92% |  5.28 | |
| DMK | M. Venkatachalam | 69,154 | 34.25% |  4.4 | |
| NTK | S. Varun | 13,240 | 6.56% | 5 | |
| Independent | S. Ommsharravana | 7,342 | 3.64% | New | |
| MNM | K. Kamaraj | 6,125 | 3.03% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,342 | 0.66% | 0.94 | |
| DMDK | K. R. Sivasubiramaniyan | 1,022 | 0.51% | 4.74 | |
| Margin of victory | 31,646 | 15.67% | −9.68% | ||
| Turnout | 201,925 | 79.36% | −1.44% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 87 | 0.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 254,439 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -5.28% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Thangamani | 103,032 | 55.20% | 1.39 | |
| DMK | P. Yuvaraj | 55,703 | 29.84% | 10.04 | |
| DMDK | P. A. Madeshwaran | 9,784 | 5.24% | New | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,994 | 1.60% | New | |
| NTK | G. Arunkumar | 2,908 | 1.56% | New | |
| KMDK | R. Ponnusamy | 2,813 | 1.51% | New | |
| PMK | S. Murthy | 2,773 | 1.49% | New | |
| BJP | K. Easwaran | 1,981 | 1.06% | 0.07 | |
| Margin of victory | 47,329 | 25.36% | 8.65% | ||
| Turnout | 186,652 | 80.80% | −5.53% | ||
| Registered electors | 231,009 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -1.39% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Thangamani | 91,077 | 56.59% | New | |
| DMK | G. Selvaraju | 64,190 | 39.88% | New | |
| BJP | K. S. Balamurugan | 1,600 | 0.99% | New | |
| Independent | S. Thangamani | 1,179 | 0.73% | New | |
| Independent | K. Venugopal | 1,126 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 26,887 | 16.70% | |||
| Turnout | 186,437 | 86.33% | |||
| Registered electors | 160,955 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||