Kumarapalayam (state assembly constituency)

Kumarapalayam is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu. It consists of a portion of . 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
2011	P. Thangamani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Thangamani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. Thangamani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Demographics[]

Demographics
Category	Data
Created	2016
Kongu Vellalar Gounder	39%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar	25%
Adi Dravida	7%
Vanniyar	04%
Others	25%
Total Electorate	2,31,009

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Election results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kumarapalayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	1,00,800	49.92
	DMK	M. Venkatachalam	69,154	34.25
	NTK	S.Varun	13,240	6.56
	Independent	Ommsharravana.S	7,342	3.64
Majority
Turnout			2,01,925
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kumarapalayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	1,04,032	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[]

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

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[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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