Kanimozhi Santhosh of TVK won the Kavundampalayam Assembly constituency (Coimbatore district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 40.24% of 363,991 votes cast. The winning margin over Arunkumar Prg (ADMK) was 42,140 votes, or 11.58 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
40.24%
Winner vote share
42,140
Margin (11.58%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Kavundampalayam 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanimozhi Santhosh Winner | TVK | 146,466 | 40.24% |
| 2 | Arunkumar Prg 2nd | ADMK | 104,326 | 28.66% |
| 3 | Surya Prakash K.P | INC | 90,726 | 24.93% |
| 4 | Kalamani Jaganathan | NTK | 16,834 | 4.62% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 2,116 | 0.58% |
| 6 | Kanimozhi.K | IND | 567 | 0.16% |
| 7 | K.Velmurugan | Bahujan Samaj Party | 524 | 0.14% |
| 8 | Thozhar.N.Arunkumar | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 424 | 0.12% |
| 9 | S.Thamarai Kannan | Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes | 356 | 0.1% |
| 10 | A.Balamurugan | IND | 340 | 0.09% |
| 11 | M.Rajalingam | IND | 338 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Malliga.M | All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 314 | 0.09% |
| 13 | M.John Bosco | IND | 306 | 0.08% |
| 14 | Suriyakumar.K | IND | 235 | 0.06% |
| 15 | V.Pushpanantham | Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi | 119 | 0.03% |
How Kavundampalayam compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | G.Arunkumar | ADMK | 43.78% |
| 2026 | KANIMOZHI SANTHOSH | TVK | 40.24% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -3.54 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.