K. V. Kuppam (state assembly constituency)

K. V. Kuppam, or Kilvaithinankuppam, is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[1] It is included in the Vellore parliamentary constituency for national elections.

Year	Winner	Party
2011	S. K. Tamilarasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	G. Loganathan[2]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Loganathan	75,612	45.76
	DMK	Amalu V	65,866	39.86
	PMK	Kusalakumari C	13,046	7.90
	DMDK	Deviyammal M	4,170	2.52
	BJP	Vimala R	2,210	1.34
Majority			9,746	5.90
Turnout			1,65,275	80.41
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thamizharasan C K	72,002	51.12
	DMK	Seetharaman K	62,242	44.19
	Independent	Anumanthan S	1,350	0.96
	BSP	Saravanan B	1,226	0.87
	IJK	Ilayakumar N	1,111	0.79
Majority			9,760	6.93
Turnout			1,40,941	80.08
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
2. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 45. Retrieved 27 May 2016.