| Kilvaithinankuppam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Vellore |
| LS constituency | Vellore |
| Total electors | 2,27,241[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
K. V. Kuppam, or Kilvaithinankuppam, is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 45. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[2] It is included in the Vellore parliamentary constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | S. K. Tamilarasan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | G. Loganathan | ||
| 2021 | M. Jaganmoorthy[3] | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Jaganmoorthy | 84,579 | 49.08% | 3.32% | |
| DMK | K. Seetharaman | 73,997 | 42.94% | 3.08% | |
| NTK | J. Divya Rani | 10,027 | 5.82% | 5.34% | |
| NOTA | Nota | 1,798 | 1.04% | -0.16% | |
| DMDK | P. Dhanaseelan | 1,432 | 0.83% | -1.69% | |
| RPPRINAT | K. Elavarasan | 547 | 0.32% | ||
| IJK | K. Venkatasamy | 519 | 0.30% | ||
| BSP | D. Pushpalatha | 519 | 0.30% | 0.02% | |
| Independent | S. Selva Chenguttuvan | 331 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | E. P. Elanchezhiyan | 242 | 0.14% | ||
| NDPOSI | K. Sathu | 133 | 0.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,582 | 6.14% | 0.24% | ||
| Turnout | 172,326 | 75.83% | -4.56% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 553 | 0.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 227,241 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.32% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | G. Loganathan | 75,612 | 45.76% | -5.36% | |
| DMK | V. Amalu | 65,866 | 39.86% | -4.33% | |
| PMK | C. Kusalakumari | 13,046 | 7.90% | ||
| DMDK | M. Deviyammal | 4,170 | 2.52% | ||
| BJP | R. Vimala | 2,210 | 1.34% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,990 | 1.20% | ||
| NTK | N. Archana | 788 | 0.48% | ||
| BSP | K. Mohan | 457 | 0.28% | -0.59% | |
| Independent | J. Raja | 283 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | S. Annammal | 238 | 0.14% | ||
| LJP | A. Selva Kumar | 229 | 0.14% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,746 | 5.90% | -1.03% | ||
| Turnout | 165,226 | 80.39% | 0.36% | ||
| Registered electors | 205,533 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -5.36% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. K. Thamizharasan | 72,002 | 51.12% | ||
| DMK | K. Seetharaman | 62,242 | 44.19% | ||
| Independent | S. Anumanthan | 1,350 | 0.96% | ||
| BSP | B. Saravanan | 1,226 | 0.87% | ||
| IJK | N. Ilayakumar | 1,111 | 0.79% | ||
| Independent | M. Ravi | 1,061 | 0.75% | ||
| Independent | S. Ramesh | 592 | 0.42% | ||
| Independent | Tamilarasan | 454 | 0.32% | ||
| Independent | S. Sudhakar | 370 | 0.26% | ||
| LJP | C. Chandran | 257 | 0.18% | ||
| Independent | M. Sankar | 183 | 0.13% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,760 | 6.93% | |||
| Turnout | 175,992 | 80.03% | |||
| Registered electors | 140,848 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
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