Kangayam Assembly constituency

Kangayam is a state assembly constituency in tirupur district in Tamil Nadu.[2] It consists of Kangayam taluk and a portion of Perundurai taluk. It falls under Erode (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Kangayam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTiruppur
LS constituencyErode
Total electors2,57,102[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAM. P. Saminathan
Party  DMK  
Elected year2021

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 A. K. Subbaraya Gounder Indian National Congress
1953* P. Gounder Independent
1957 K. G. Palanisamy Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 K. S. Nataraja Gounder Indian National Congress
1967 A. Senapathi Gounder Indian National Congress

*By election[4]

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 Kovai Chezhiyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 R. K. S. Dhanapandi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 K. G. Krishnasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 K. C. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 P. Marappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 J. Jayalalithaa (Resigned and retained Bargur) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 * R. M. Veerappan (bye-poll) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 M. Selvi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 S. Sekar Indian National Congress
2011 N. S. N. Nataraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 U.Thaniyarasu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. P. Saminathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kangayam[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. G. Palaniswamy Gounder 17,952 48.06%
Independent P. Muthuswamy Gounder 10,209 27.33%
Independent V. Mutuiswamy Gounder 9,189 24.60%
Margin of victory 7,743 20.73%
Turnout 37,350 38.37%
Registered electors 97,337
INC hold Swing

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kangayam[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. K. Subbaraya Gounder Unopposed
Margin of victory
Turnout 0
Registered electors 0
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. "By election results 1952-1995". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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