Kovilpalayam Assembly constituency

Kovilpalayam Assembly constituency was former state assembly constituency in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It existed from the 1951 delimitation to 1967.

Kovilpalayam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Established	1951
Abolished	1967
Total electors	80,641
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1952	V . K . Palani Swamy Gounder		Indian National Congress
1957	C. Subramaniam		Indian National Congress
1962	M. P. Muthukaruppasami Kounder		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			51.22 %
1957			56.27 %
1952			54.99 %

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Koilpalayam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. P. Muthukaruppasami Kounder	27,464	51.22%	−5.05%
	DMK	K. Gopal	13,636	25.43%
	PSP	C. Gurusami Naidu	11,216	20.92%
	Independent	S. Krishnasami Gounder	1,308	2.44%
Margin of victory			13,828	25.79%	7.17%
Turnout			53,624	70.77%	8.85%
Registered electors			80,641
	INC hold		Swing	-5.05%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Koilpalayam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Subramaniam	27,199	56.27%
	PSP	C. Guruswamy Naidu	18,202	37.66%
	Independent	N. Krishnamurthy	2,937	6.08%
Margin of victory			8,997	18.61%
Turnout			48,338	61.92%
Registered electors			78,059
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Koilpalaiyam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V . K . Palani Swamy Gounder	20,539	54.99%
	Socialist	Ramaswamy Naidu	10,193	27.29%
	Independent	Shanmugasundaram Chettiar	5,336	14.29%
	Independent	Stephen	1,281	3.43%
Margin of victory			10,346	27.70%
Turnout			37,349	55.66%
Registered electors			67,098
	INC win (new seat)