Kovilpalayam Assembly constituency

Kovilpalayam
Kovilpalayam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Established	1957
Abolished	1962
Total electors	80,641
Reservation	None

Kovilpalayam Assembly constituency was former state assembly constituency in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It exists from 1957 to 1962.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
Madras State
1957	C. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
1962	M. P. Muthukaruppasami Kounder	Indian National Congress

Vote share of Winning candidates

1962			5 1.22 %
1957			56.27 %

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpalayam^[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 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpalayam^[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 win (new seat)

↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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