Kavundampalayam (state assembly constituency)

Kavundampalayam
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

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 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Assembly	Duration	Winner
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-	P.R.G.Arunkumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[edit | edit source]

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam
	Candidate	Votes
AIADMK	P. R. G. Arunkumar	1,35,669
DMK	Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R	1,25,893

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. C. Arukutty	1,10,870	40.70
	DMK	Payya Gounder @ Krishnan, R	1,02,845	37.76
	BJP	Nandakumar R	22,444	8.24
	CPI(M)	Ramamurthy V	16,874	6.19
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,274	1.94
Majority			8,025	2.95
Turnout			2,72,518	66.45
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. C. Arukutty	1,37,058	63.22
	DMK	Subramanian T P	67,798	31.27
	BJP	Nandakumar R	6,175	2.85
	IND	Ganesan D	1,749	0.81
	IND	Vasanthakumar D	1,436	0.66
Majority			69,260	31.95
Turnout			2,17,050	73.67
	AIADMK win (new seat)