# Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency

Kavundampalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 117. It is the second largest electorate holding assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu as of 2021.

## Composition

It comprises the municipality of Kavundampalayam and its surrounding areas in Coimbatore.

## History

It was formed by the 2008 delimitation and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It was created by the bifurcation of Thondamuthur Assembly constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

## Demographics

Gender demographics of Kavundampalayam constituency as of 01.04.2021, taken ahead of the State General election in Tamilnadu in 2021.
| Year | Female | Male | Transgender | Total |
| 2021 | 2,29,997 | 2,30,908 | 95 | 4,61,000 |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| 2011 | V. C. Arukutty | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | V. C. Arukutty | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | P. R. G. Arunkumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 44.19% | 44.19% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 40.70% | 40.70% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 63.22% | 63.22% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. R. 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 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,776 | 3.18 | 0.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,07,026 | 65.99 | −0.43 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 971 | 0.32 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,65,228 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.49 | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam :
| Party | 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 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,025 | 2.95 | −29.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,72,400 | 66.42 | −7.15 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,10,090 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -22.52 | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kavundampalayam :
| Party | 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 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 69,260 | 31.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,94,632 | 73.58 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,16,785 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |