Kabilarmalai Assembly constituency

Kabilarmalai was former state assembly constituency in Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Kabilarmalai
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,71,751

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	V. Velappa Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	C. V. Velappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	C. V. Velappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Sengodan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. V. Velappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Sengottaiyan		Indian National Congress
1989	K. A. Mani		Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)
1991	P. Saraswathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. K. Veerappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. R. Malaiyappasamy		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	K. Nedumchezhiyan		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	K. Nedunchezhian	58,048	47.25%
	MDMK	T. N. Guruswamy	49,101	39.96%	37.76%
	DMDK	K. Selvi	9,576	7.79%
	Independent	K. Vijayakumar	1,639	1.33%
	Independent	E. Rangasamy	1,012	0.82%
	BJP	L. Raju	911	0.74%
	Independent	S. Egambaram	589	0.48%
	Independent	M. P. Dharmalingam	529	0.43%
	Independent	N. Yoganathan	387	0.31%
	Independent	K. Selvarasu	261	0.21%
	Independent	A. Palanivel	250	0.20%
Margin of victory			8,947	7.28%	3.57%
Turnout			122,862	71.53%	8.36%
Registered electors			171,751
	PMK hold		Swing	5.50%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	A. R. Malaiyappasamy	48,447	41.75%
	DMK	S. Gandhiselvan	44,135	38.03%	−17.96%
	Independent	K. K. Veerappan	9,999	8.62%
	MDMK	K. C. Krishnamoorthy	2,563	2.21%	−4.62%
	Independent	R. Tamilmani	2,341	2.02%
	Independent	K. T. Velavan	1,984	1.71%
	Independent	K. K. Shanmugam	1,830	1.58%
	Independent	R. Appan	1,770	1.53%
	Independent	C. Rajamani	1,022	0.88%
	RLD	D. Muthukumar	950	0.82%
	Independent	K. N. Sekar	666	0.57%
Margin of victory			4,312	3.72%	−22.04%
Turnout			116,042	63.17%	−6.32%
Registered electors			183,691
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.25%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. Veerappan	64,605	56.00%	29.29%
	AIADMK	R. Rajalingam	34,895	30.25%	−36.78%
	MDMK	M. Kandasamy	7,882	6.83%
	PMK	K. Chandrasekaran	5,221	4.53%
	BJP	A. Ramalingam	664	0.58%
	Independent	S. Ilango	355	0.31%
	Independent	K. Gunasekaran	203	0.18%
	Independent	K. C. Devaraj	159	0.14%
	Independent	A. Mani	132	0.11%
	Independent	P. Marimuthu	127	0.11%
	Independent	S. Velusamy	127	0.11%
Margin of victory			29,710	25.75%	−14.57%
Turnout			115,369	69.49%	3.50%
Registered electors			171,394
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.03%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Saraswathi	72,903	67.03%	25.76%
	DMK	S. Moorthy	29,050	26.71%	−7.00%
	PMK	S. Ramesh	5,539	5.09%
	THMM	P. Ashok Kumar	259	0.24%
	Independent	M. Subramaniam	182	0.17%
	Independent	P. Chandrasekaran	153	0.14%
	Independent	C. Dhanapal	145	0.13%
	Independent	A. Selvam	140	0.13%
	Independent	R. K. Kaliappan	132	0.12%
	Independent	R. Murugesan	100	0.09%
	Independent	G. Krishnamoorthy	91	0.08%
Margin of victory			43,853	40.32%	32.76%
Turnout			108,764	65.99%	−8.14%
Registered electors			169,105
	AIADMK hold		Swing	25.76%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Mani	46,223	41.27%
	DMK	K. S. Moorthy	37,757	33.71%
	INC	P. Sengottayan	23,201	20.72%	−32.81%
	Independent	A. R. Chinnusamy	1,478	1.32%
	Independent	A. Mani	712	0.64%
	Independent	C. Palanisamy	614	0.55%
	Independent	K. Sekar	530	0.47%
	Independent	T. K. Ramasamy	302	0.27%
	Independent	K. Subbarayan	264	0.24%
	Independent	K. Netasan	174	0.16%
	Independent	S. Veeramani	146	0.13%
Margin of victory			8,466	7.56%	−4.08%
Turnout			111,993	74.13%	−1.27%
Registered electors			153,675
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-12.25%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Sengottaiyan	51,233	53.52%	14.62%
	Independent	K. A. Mani	40,090	41.88%
	Independent	V. P. Badrinarayanan	1,738	1.82%
	Independent	V. Aridhas	1,409	1.47%
	Independent	R. Kondappan	1,253	1.31%
Margin of victory			11,143	11.64%	5.43%
Turnout			95,723	75.40%	8.02%
Registered electors			135,937
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.41%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Velappan	39,224	45.11%	8.57%
	INC	P. Sengottaiyan	33,823	38.90%	24.84%
	JP	V. S. Paramashivam	13,032	14.99%
	Independent	A. Mani	869	1.00%
Margin of victory			5,401	6.21%	−7.58%
Turnout			86,948	67.38%	1.18%
Registered electors			131,117
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.57%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Sengodan	30,194	36.54%
	JP	S. Paramasivam	18,798	22.75%
	Independent	P. Arunagiri	11,785	14.26%
	INC	P. R. Kumaramangalam	11,621	14.07%	−28.75%
	DMK	V. Manivasaham	9,637	11.66%	−44.08%
	Independent	A. Mani	587	0.71%
Margin of victory			11,396	13.79%	0.87%
Turnout			82,622	66.20%	−5.37%
Registered electors			126,322
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.20%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. V. Velappan	43,022	55.74%	3.49%
	INC	P. Thyagarajan	33,045	42.82%	1.13%
	Independent	A. Mani	1,113	1.44%
Margin of victory			9,977	12.93%	2.36%
Turnout			77,180	71.57%	−6.81%
Registered electors			110,808
	DMK hold		Swing	3.49%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. V. Velappan	41,026	52.25%	−11.57%
	INC	R. S. Gounder	32,733	41.69%	5.51%
	Independent	P. Gounder	2,223	2.83%
	Independent	P. P. Naicker	1,945	2.48%
	Independent	K. R. Arumugam	590	0.75%
Margin of victory			8,293	10.56%	−17.08%
Turnout			78,517	78.39%	6.49%
Registered electors			103,680
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.57%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kapilamalai^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Velappa Gounder	36,960	63.82%
	INC	P. K. Ramalinga Gounder	20,954	36.18%
Margin of victory			16,006	27.64%
Turnout			57,914	71.90%
Registered electors			83,811
	DMK win (new seat)