Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Kumarapalayam Profile: P Thangamani of AIADMK is sitting MLA from seat

Kumarapalayam Assembly Election 2021: Kumarapalayam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Erode Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Kumarapalayam constituency had a total of 2,31,009 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Kumarapalayam in the previous Assembly election was 80.80 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, P Thangamani of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the Kumarapalayam seat. He won 1,03032 votes, as against 55,703 votes won by his main rival P Yuvaraj of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). In the 2011 election, P Thangamani of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had won the Kumarapalayam seat by defeating G Selvaraju of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).  

Election date and timing

The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held on  6 April 2021 , along with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will also see phase three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling booths will be there for the assembly polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for 2 May. The official notification of the Assembly polls in the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates will be accepted from then till 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on 20 March and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a total number of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and 3 ST Constituencies). The current term of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.