# Kangayam Assembly constituency

11°00′19″N 77°33′43″E﻿ / ﻿11.0054°N 77.5620°E﻿ / 11.0054; 77.5620
Kangayam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 102. It consists of Kangayam taluk and a portion of Perundurai taluk. It falls under Erode Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1952 | A. K. Subbaraya Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1953$^*$ | K. G. Palanisamy 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

### 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 (by-election) | 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

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 47.38% | 47.38% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 45.18% | 45.18% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 60.63% | 60.63% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 46.09% | 46.09% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 51.06% | 51.06% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 56.67% | 56.67% |
| 1991 by-election | 1991 by-election | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 63.44% | 63.44% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 40.30% | 40.30% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 57.78% | 57.78% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 41.32% | 41.32% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 42.09% | 42.09% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 66.41% | 66.41% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 36.41% | 36.41% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 61.56% | 61.56% |
| 1953 by-election | 1953 by-election | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 48.06% | 48.06% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. P. Saminathan | 94,197 | 47.38 | |
| | AIADMK | A. S. Ramalingam | 86,866 | 43.70 | −1.48 |
| | NTK | K. Sivanantham | 11,307 | 5.69 | 4.13 |
| | Independent | R. Appasamy | 2,327 | 1.17 | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,027 | 0.52 | −1.19 |
| | AMMK | C. Ramesh | 474 | 0.24 | |
| | Independent | R. Immanuvel | 435 | 0.22 | |
| | BSP | N. Ayyavu | 421 | 0.21 | −0.40 |
| | Independent | R. Manikandan | 330 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | C. Nithiyandhan | 285 | 0.14 | |
| | Independent | P. Nallamuthu | 276 | 0.14 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,331 | 3.69 | −3.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,791 | 77.32 | −1.57 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 558 | 0.28 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 257,102 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 2.20 | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | U. Thaniyarasu | 83,325 | 45.18 | −15.45 |
| | INC | P. Gopi | 70,190 | 38.06 | 3.80 |
| | DMDK | K. G. Muthuvenkateshwaran | 12,108 | 6.57 | |
| | BJP | M. Ushadevi | 7,161 | 3.88 | 2.69 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,141 | 1.70 | |
| | NTK | V. P. Shanmugam | 2,871 | 1.56 | |
| | PMK | V. Amirtavalli | 1,544 | 0.84 | |
| | BSP | G. Thangavel | 1,136 | 0.62 | −0.10 |
| | Independent | B. Rajendran | 759 | 0.41 | |
| | IDMMK | Poovathal | 519 | 0.28 | |
| | Independent | S. Kavinraja | 369 | 0.20 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,135 | 7.12 | −19.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,428 | 78.89 | −2.90 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 233,793 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -15.45 | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | N. S. N. Nataraj | 96,005 | 60.63 | 20.45 |
| | INC | S. Videyal Sekar | 54,240 | 34.26 | −11.83 |
| | BJP | C. Ponnusamy | 1,884 | 1.19 | |
| | Independent | N. Rajamanickam | 1,802 | 1.14 | |
| | Independent | P. K. Periyasamy | 1,165 | 0.74 | |
| | BSP | K. Perumal | 1,129 | 0.71 | −0.16 |
| | Independent | V. Krishna Moorthi | 525 | 0.33 | |
| | Independent | R. Ramasamy | 464 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | P. Chellamuthu | 427 | 0.27 | |
| | Independent | N. Sukumaran | 388 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | M. R. Mani | 309 | 0.20 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 41,765 | 26.38 | 20.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 193,597 | 81.79 | 5.79 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 158,338 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.54 | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | S. Sekar | 56,946 | 46.09 | |
| | AIADMK | N. M. S. Palaniswami | 49,650 | 40.18 | −10.88 |
| | DMDK | P. Kumarasamy | 11,354 | 9.19 | |
| | JD(U) | K. Subramaniyam | 1,883 | 1.52 | |
| | Independent | P. Rajendran | 1,443 | 1.17 | |
| | BSP | K. Perumal | 1,081 | 0.87 | |
| | Independent | K. Palanisamy | 665 | 0.54 | |
| | Independent | M. Sekar | 292 | 0.24 | |
| | Independent | S. Kamatchidevi | 245 | 0.20 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,296 | 5.90 | −3.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,559 | 75.99 | 10.61 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 162,590 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -4.97 | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M. Selvi | 58,700 | 51.06 | 17.49 |
| | DMK | N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar | 47,426 | 41.25 | −15.42 |
| | MDMK | S. Jagadesan | 4,777 | 4.16 | −2.50 |
| | Independent | S. Venkataramanan | 1,797 | 1.56 | |
| | Independent | P. Raju | 677 | 0.59 | |
| | Independent | P. Sampath | 422 | 0.37 | |
| | Independent | V. P. Periasamy | 317 | 0.28 | |
| | Independent | P. M. Karthikeyan | 233 | 0.20 | |
| | Independent | A. K. Krishnan | 229 | 0.20 | |
| | Independent | M. Thangamani | 207 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | R. Chinnasamy | 177 | 0.15 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,274 | 9.81 | −13.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 114,962 | 65.38 | −3.73 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 175,834 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -5.61 | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar | 63,801 | 56.67 | 56.67 |
| | AIADMK | N. Ramasamy | 37,792 | 33.57 | 63 |
| | MDMK | K. Periyasamy | 7,497 | 6.66 | New |
| | BJP | M. S. Venkatachalam | 816 | 0.72 | New |
| | Independent | A. P. Chinnasamy Gounder | 353 | 0.31 | |
| | Independent | M. Chandrasekaran | 337 | 0.30 | |
| | Independent | N. Ramasamy | 276 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | M. Mani @ Manian | 271 | 0.24 | |
| | Independent | M. P. Chandran | 201 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | K. R. Rajan | 195 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | C. Loganathan | 166 | 0.15 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,009 | 23.10 | −7.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,575 | 69.11 | −1.47 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 167,708 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.76 | |

### 1991 by-election

1991 Tamil Nadu By-election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | R. M. Veerappan | 98,783 | 96.57 | 33.13 |
| | Independent | Amnachalam.C.S | 1,072 | 1.05 | New |
| | Independent | R.S.Pon | 800 | 0.78 | New |
| | Independent | G.Murthy | 420 | 0.41 | New |
| | Independent | Palanisamy.P.N | 136 | 0.13 | New |
| | Independent | Veerappan.V.T.R | 131 | 0.13 | New |
| | Independent | Gurusamy.R | 129 | 0.13 | New |
| | Independent | Rajendran.M.L.G.K | 108 | 0.11 | New |
| | Independent | K.Pandian.T.K | 90 | 0.09 | New |
| | Independent | J.Kumari | 85 | 0.08 | New |
| | Independent | C.Vathiyarv | 78 | 0.08 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 97,711 | 95.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,02,297 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | J. Jayalalithaa | 69,050 | 63.44 | 23.14 |
| | DMK | N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar | 35,759 | 32.85 | −0.39 |
| | PMK | V. P. Chandramohan | 623 | 0.57 | |
| | Independent | A. P. Chinnasamy | 435 | 0.40 | |
| | THMM | A. K. Krishnan | 379 | 0.35 | |
| | Independent | P. K. Mohammed | 271 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | P. Ponnusamy | 238 | 0.22 | |
| | Independent | N. Subramaniam | 190 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | K. S. Mani | 186 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | N. C. Shanmugam | 150 | 0.14 | |
| | Independent | P. M. Palanisamy | 126 | 0.12 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,291 | 30.58 | 23.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,849 | 70.58 | −4.44 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 160,773 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 23.14 | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Marappan | 43,834 | 40.30 | −17.49 |
| | DMK | P. Rathingamy | 36,163 | 33.25 | −6.69 |
| | INC | K. Chinnasamy Gr | 21,259 | 19.54 | |
| | AIADMK | Appu Alias Chinnasamy | 4,002 | 3.68 | −54.11 |
| | Independent | P. Krishnasamy | 962 | 0.88 | |
| | Independent | N. G. Sivasabapathy | 477 | 0.44 | |
| | Independent | Aruchamy | 453 | 0.42 | |
| | Independent | P. Ponusamy | 292 | 0.27 | |
| | Independent | Koladan Alias Kolandasamy | 277 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | Rasendiran | 251 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Sahdevan | 183 | 0.17 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,671 | 7.05 | −10.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,776 | 75.02 | −1.12 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 148,106 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -17.49 | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. C. Palanisamy | 54,252 | 57.78 | 16.47 |
| | DMK | M. Sivasabapathy | 37,495 | 39.94 | 9.06 |
| | Independent | K. Namasivayam | 921 | 0.98 | |
| | Independent | Chinnasmay | 882 | 0.94 | |
| | Independent | Arumugham | 337 | 0.36 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,757 | 17.85 | 7.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,887 | 76.14 | 5.72 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 130,059 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.47 | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. G. Krishnaswamy | 45,950 | 41.32 | −0.78 |
| | DMK | M. Sivasabapathi | 34,341 | 30.88 | 6.29 |
| | Independent | K. J. Subbaramaniam | 826 | 0.74 | |
| | Independent | C. Chenniappan | 471 | 0.42 | |
| | Independent | P. Murugesan | 326 | 0.29 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,609 | 10.44 | −7.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111,215 | 70.42 | 9.38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 159,871 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -0.78 | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | R. K. S. Dhandapani | 31,665 | 42.09 | |
| | DMK | M. Sivasabapathy | 18,498 | 24.59 | −41.81 |
| | INC | K. G. Subbiah Gounder | 15,935 | 21.18 | |
| | JP | M. Arjunan | 6,883 | 9.15 | |
| | Independent | K. J. Subramaniam | 1,412 | 1.88 | |
| | Independent | M. Nachimuthu | 830 | 1.10 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,167 | 17.50 | −16.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,223 | 61.04 | −10.23 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 125,068 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -24.31 | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kovai Chezhiyan | 42,461 | 66.41 | 30.21 |
| | Independent | K. G. Palanisamy Gounder | 20,419 | 31.93 | |
| | Independent | Raman | 1,062 | 1.66 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,042 | 34.47 | 34.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,942 | 71.27 | −6.33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,885 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 30.00 | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. Senapathi Gounder | 24,800 | 36.41 | −25.15 |
| | DMK | Velusami | 24,654 | 36.19 | −0.90 |
| | CPI | N. K. Palaniswamy | 17,691 | 25.97 | |
| | Independent | K. Gounder | 974 | 1.43 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 146 | 0.21 | −24.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,119 | 77.59 | 4.40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 93,288 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -25.15 | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. S. Nataraja Gounder | 41,006 | 61.56 | 13.49 |
| | DMK | M. Palanisamy Gounder | 24,711 | 37.10 | |
| | PSP | N. Lingasamy Gounder | 898 | 1.35 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,295 | 24.46 | 3.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,615 | 73.20 | 34.82 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 93,651 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 13.49 | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,743 | 20.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,350 | 38.37 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 97,337 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. K. Subbaraya Gounder | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,808 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |