Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency


Kavundampalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comprises the municipality of Kavundampalayam and its surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It was created by the bifurcation of the Thondamuthur assembly constituency.[2]

Kavundampalayam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
LS constituencyCoimbatore
Established2011
Total electors4,65,228[1]
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAG. Arunkumar
Party  AIADMK  
Elected year2021

Kavundampalayam is an area located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Kavundampalayam is along Mettupalayam road in Coimbatore, one of the arterial roads of the city.

Demographics

Kavundampalayam has a population of 46,984. Males constitute 51% of the population, and females 49%. Kavundampalayam has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 72%. In Kavundampalayam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Members
Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 V. C. Arukutty All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 V. C. Arukutty All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021- G. Arunkumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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 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
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

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