Kumarapalayam Assembly constituency

Kumarapalayam is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 97. It consists of a portion of Kumarapalayam taluk. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Kumarapalayam
Constituency No. 97 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Established	2008
Total electors	2,54,439[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Thangamani
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

It was newly formed in the year 2008 by separating Sankari and Tiruchengode constituencies.

It covers Kumarapalayam Municipality and the majority of Pallipalayam Block. It covers until Bhavani Assembly constituency in the north and Erode East Assembly constituency with the river Kaveri as its boundary.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2011	P. Thangamani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.92%
2016			55.20%
2011			56.59%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kumarapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	100,800	49.92%	5.28
	DMK	M. Venkatachalam	69,154	34.25%	4.4
	NTK	S. Varun	13,240	6.56%	5
	Independent	S. Ommsharravana	7,342	3.64%	New
	MNM	K. Kamaraj	6,125	3.03%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,342	0.66%	0.94
	DMDK	K. R. Sivasubiramaniyan	1,022	0.51%	4.74
Margin of victory			31,646	15.67%	−9.68%
Turnout			201,925	79.36%	−1.44%
Rejected ballots			87	0.04%
Registered electors			254,439
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.28%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kumarapalayam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	103,032	55.20%	1.39
	DMK	P. Yuvaraj	55,703	29.84%	10.04
	DMDK	P. A. Madeshwaran	9,784	5.24%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,994	1.60%	New
	NTK	G. Arunkumar	2,908	1.56%	New
	KMDK	R. Ponnusamy	2,813	1.51%	New
	PMK	S. Murthy	2,773	1.49%	New
	BJP	K. Easwaran	1,981	1.06%	0.07
Margin of victory			47,329	25.36%	8.65%
Turnout			186,652	80.80%	−5.53%
Registered electors			231,009
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.39%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kumarapalayam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Thangamani	91,077	56.59%	New
	DMK	G. Selvaraju	64,190	39.88%	New
	BJP	K. S. Balamurugan	1,600	0.99%	New
	Independent	S. Thangamani	1,179	0.73%	New
	Independent	K. Venugopal	1,126	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			26,887	16.70%
Turnout			186,437	86.33%
Registered electors			160,955
	AIADMK win (new seat)