Kumarapalayam (state assembly constituency)

Kumarapalayam is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu. It consists of a portion of Kumarapalayam taluk. It is included in the Erode Parliamentary Constituency.[1]

It was newly formed in the year of 2008 by separating the Sankari and Tiruchengode constituencies.

It covers Kumarapalayam Municipality & the majority of Pallipalayam Block. It covers till Bhavani constituency in the north & Erode East with the river Kaveri as its boundary.

Year Winner Party
2011 P. Thangamani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 P. Thangamani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Demographics

Demographics
Category Data
Created 2016
Kongu Vellalar 35%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar 29%
Adi Dravida 7%
Vanniyar 04%
Others 25%
Total Electorate 2,31,009

[2]

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Kumarapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Thangamani 1,03,032 55.20 +1.39
DMK P. Yuvaraj 55,703 29.84 -10.04
DMDK Madeswaran P. A. 9,784 5.24 +5.24
NOTA None of the above 2,994 1.60 +1.60
NTK G. Arunkumar 2,908 1.56 +1.56
Majority 47,329 25.36 +8.65
Turnout 1,86,906 80.91 -5.45
AIADMK hold Swing +1.39

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Kumarapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Thangamani 91,077 56.59 +56.59
DMK G. Selvaraju 64,190 39.88 +39.88
BJP K. S. Bala Murugan 1,600 0.99 +0.99
IND Thangamani S 1,179 0.73 +0.73
IND K. Venugopal 1,126 0.70 +0.70
Majority 26,887 16.71 ----
Turnout 1,61,008 86.36 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. Dinamani (2019). "Who will wins Erode constituency".

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