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		Indian National Congress
1962	K. S. Nataraja Gounder
1967	A. Senapathi Gounder

*By election

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	Kovai Chezhiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. K. S. Dhanapandi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. G. Krishnasamy
1984	K. C. Palanisamy
1989	P. Marappan
1991	J. Jayalalithaa (Resigned and retained Bargur)
1991*	R. M. Veerappan (by-election)
1996	N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. Selvi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Vidiyal Sehar	Indian National Congress
2011	N. S. N. Nataraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	U. Thaniyarasu
2021	M. P. Saminathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

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

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
Party	Candidate	Votes
	AIADMK	N. S. N. Nataraj
	DMK	M. P. Saminathan
	NTK	Dr. Karmegam
	TVK	T. Mani	New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors	216,646
	gain from	Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	7,331	3.69	−3.43
Turnout	198,791	77.32	−1.57
Rejected ballots	558	0.28
Registered electors	257,102
	DMK gain from AIADMK	Swing	2.20

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	13,135	7.12	−19.26
Turnout	184,428	78.89	−2.90
Registered electors	233,793
	AIADMK hold	Swing	-15.45

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	41,765	26.38	20.47
Turnout	193,597	81.79	5.79
Registered electors	158,338
	AIADMK gain from INC	Swing	14.54

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	7,296	5.90	−3.90
Turnout	123,559	75.99	10.61
Registered electors	162,590
	INC gain from AIADMK	Swing	-4.97

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	11,274	9.81	−13.30
Turnout	114,962	65.38	−3.73
Registered electors	175,834
	AIADMK gain from DMK	Swing	-5.61

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	26,009	23.10	−7.48
Turnout	112,575	69.11	−1.47
Registered electors	167,708
	DMK gain from AIADMK	Swing	-6.76

1991 by-election

1991 Tamil Nadu By-election: Kangayam
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	97,711	95.52
Turnout	1,02,297
	AIADMK hold	Swing

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	33,291	30.58	23.53
Turnout	108,849	70.58	−4.44
Registered electors	160,773
	AIADMK hold	Swing	23.14

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	7,671	7.05	−10.80
Turnout	108,776	75.02	−1.12
Registered electors	148,106
	AIADMK hold	Swing	-17.49

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	16,757	17.85	7.41
Turnout	93,887	76.14	5.72
Registered electors	130,059
	AIADMK hold	Swing	16.47

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	11,609	10.44	−7.07
Turnout	111,215	70.42	9.38
Registered electors	159,871
	AIADMK hold	Swing	-0.78

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	13,167	17.50	−16.97
Turnout	75,223	61.04	−10.23
Registered electors	125,068
	AIADMK gain from DMK	Swing	-24.31

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	22,042	34.47	34.26
Turnout	63,942	71.27	−6.33
Registered electors	95,885
	DMK gain from INC	Swing	30.00

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	146	0.21	−24.25
Turnout	68,119	77.59	4.40
Registered electors	93,288
	INC hold	Swing	-25.15

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kangayam
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	16,295	24.46	3.73
Turnout	66,615	73.20	34.82
Registered electors	93,651
	INC hold	Swing	13.49

1957

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

1952

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

. Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.