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Introduction 1 Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) at a Glance | Features of Assembly 1-2 as per Delimitation Commission of India (2008) Location and Political Maps Location Map | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in 2 District | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency under Parliamentary 3-9 Constituency - (Lok Sabha) | Town & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-14 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns and Villages by 15-16 Population Size | Sex Ratio (Total & 0-6 Years) | Religious Population | Social Population | Literacy Rate Electoral Features Important Dates of Last Elections Held | Electors by Gender | Service 5 Electors | Voters | Voters Turnout | Polling Stations & Average Number of 17-22 Electors per Polling Station | Electors by Age Group | Present Elected Representatives Historical Summary Election Results Vote Share of Major Parties | Winning Margin (Number & Percentage) | 6 Polarity of Parties | Summary Result of Assembly Segment of Parliamentary 23-45 Elections 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999 | Summary Result of Assembly Elections 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1980, 1977, 1971 and 1967 Polling Station Level Election Results Name and Number of Polling Station 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 | 7 Polling Station-wise Electors, Voters & Voters Turnout 2019, 2016, 2014, 46-143 2011 and 2009 | Polling Station wise Elections Results 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Share of Assembly Constituency 8 Share of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in State, District and 144 Parliamentary Constituency - (Lok Sabha) Socio-Economic Amenities Access to Administrative Units | Agricultural, Manufacturing and Industrial Commodities | Demographic Indicators | Education | Health & Manpower | 9 Drinking Water Supply | Sanitation | Entertainment and Recreations 146-160 Infrastructure | Power | Food Allocation Distribution and Marketing of Agriculture Commodities Infrastructure | Transport and Road Infrastructure | Communication | Banking and Financial Services | Land Use | Irrigation Source 10 Abbreviation & Sources 162-164 11 Disclaimer 166

Kovilpatti Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Location & Political Map

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Administrative Setup

List of Village Panchayat & Intermediate Panchayat (Block) Name

Intermediate Panchayat Village Name Village Panchayat Name Name

Achangulam Achankulam

Ahilandapuram Ahilandapuram Kayatharu

Asoor Asoor Kayatharu

Avalnatham Avalnatham Kovilpatti

Ayyanaruthu Ayyanaruthu Kayatharu

Chettikurichi Chettikurichi Kayatharu

Chidambarampatti Chidambarampatti Kayatharu

Duraiyoor Thuraiyoor , Theethampatti Kovilpatti

Govindampatti Theethampatti Kayatharu

Idaiseval Idaiseval , Chatrapatti Kovilpatti

K.Chidambarapuram K.Chidambarapuram Kayatharu

K.Kumarapuram Therku Vandanam Kayatharu

K.Subramaniapuram K.Subramaniapuram Kayatharu

K.Venkateswarapuram K.Venkateswarapuram , K.Duraisamypuram Kayatharu

Kalampatti Kalampatti Kayatharu

Kalangaraipatti Kalangaraipatti Kayatharu

Kamanaickenpatti Kamanaickenpatti Kayatharu

Kappulingampatti Kappulingampatti Kayatharu

Karadikulam Karadikulam Kayatharu

Kattalampatti Kalangaraipatti Kayatharu

Kattarankulam Kattarankulam Kayatharu

Kilalipatti Kilalipatti Kovilpatti

Kodukkamparai Kodukkamparai Kovilpatti

Koppampatti Koppampatti Kayatharu

Kovilpatti Mooppanpatti Kovilpatti

Kumara Ettayapuram Kumara Ettayapuram Kayatharu

Kuppanapuram Kuppanapuram Kayatharu

Kurumalai Kurumalai Kayatharu

Kuruvinatham Kuruvinatham Kayatharu

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Demographics

Number of Villages by Population Size - 2011

Less 10000 100- 200- 500- 1000- 2000- 5000- Total than and 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 Village 100 Above

0 0 3 10 29 16 2 0 60

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

Less than 10000- 20000- 50000- 100000 and Total 5000-9999 4999 19999 49999 99999 Above Town

1 2 5 0 1 0 9

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Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 125823 129434 26 255283 1996 AE 86125 89097 - 175222

2016 AE 123144 125133 2 248279 1991 AE 79962 82020 - 161982

2014 PE 114210 114549 1 228760 1989 AE 71046 72625 - 143671

2011 AE 90422 90675 - 181097 1984 AE 59163 61503 - 120666

2009 PE - - - - 1980 AE 55864 57354 - 113218

2006 AE 86044 90814 - 176858 1977 AE 52784 55010 - 107794

2004 PE - - - - 1971 AE 45003 47521 - 92524

2001 AE 95451 98410 - 193861 1967 AE - - - 84101

1999 PE - - - -

Note : AE : Assembly Election, PE : Assembly Segment of Parliamentary Election

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Historical Summary Election Results

Summary Result of Assembly Election - 2011

Candidate Name Party Votes Votes %

Kadambur Raju C AIADMK 73007 55.85

Ramachandran G PMK 46527 35.59

Mariappan P IND 2685 2.05

Rengarajan V BJP 2186 1.67

Visuvasam E IND 1232 0.94

Arumairaj S BSP 1107 0.85

Kennady V IND 1068 0.82

Ramasamy P IND 679 0.52

Maheshwaran R IND 566 0.43

Karthick Rajan P IND 452 0.35

Annadurai K IND 397 0.3

Baskar M IND 370 0.28

Kannammal G IND 260 0.2

Ganapathi M IND 187 0.14

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Tamil Nadu Kovilpatti Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Polling Station Level Election Results

Number and Name of Polling Stations (PS) (2016)

Number Number of Polling Name of Polling Stations of Polling Name of Polling Stations Stations Stations

Panchayat Union Primary School K Panchayat Union Primary School North Side 1 19 Duraisamypuram Velayuthapuramvelayut Hapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School South Panchayat Union Primary Schoolsouth Side 2 20 Venkadeshwarapuram Velayuthapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School North Portion 3 St Marys Primary School Central Side Kalugumalai 21 South Kalugumalai

Panchayat Union Primary School North Portion 4 St Marys Primary School East Portion Kalugumalai 22 South Kalugumalai

5 St Marys Primary School North Portion Kalugumalai 23 Community Hall Kalankaraipatti

Saral Tucker College Branch Primary School West 6 St Marys Primary School West Portion Kalugumalai 24 Side Vanaramutti

Saral Tucker College Branch Primary School West 7 St Marys Primary School West Portion Kalugumalai 25 Side Vanaramutti

Govt Hr Sec School Middle Building South Room Saral Tucker College Branch Primary School North 8 26 Kalugumalai West Side Vanaramutti

Saral Tucker College Branch Primary School South 9 Govt Hr Sec School North Portion Kalugumalai 27 East Side Vanaramutti

Govt Hr Sec School West Portion North Side 10 28 Govt Hr Sec School East Building Vanaramutti Kalugumalai

Govt Hr Sec School S S A Building South Portion 11 29 Govt Hr Sec School East Building Vanaramutti North Room Kalugumalai

Govt Hr Sec School East Main Building South Side S Thayammal Memorial Primary School North Side 12 30 Room No 16 Kalugumalai Kumarettiyapuram

Govt Hr Sec School East Main Building South Side Panchayat Union Primary School 13 31 Room No 13 12B Kalugumalai Sankaralingapuram Kumaretti Yapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School Main Building 14 32 Govt High School Main Building Kalampatti Kalugumalai

Panchayat Union Primary School East Portion 15 33 R C Primary School Main Building Kattarankulam Kalugumalai

Panchayat Union Primary School North Side Panchayat Union Office Main Building 16 34 Karadikulam Colony Kattarankulam

Panchayat Union Middle School Southern Portion Panchayat Union Primary School Main Building 17 35 Karadikulam Chithambarampatti

Panchayat Union Middle School East Portion 18 36 Hindu Nadar Middle School North Side Chettikurchi Karadikulam

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Polling Station-wise Votes Secured by Overall Top Five Parties in Kovilpatti Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Thoothukkudi Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winner - 4th Number 3rd - C. Runner-up - - T. 5th - G. Total of Vinayaka A.Subramanian Muthu Ramachandiran NOTA Other Votes Polling Ramesh Raju (DMK) Mari (PMK) Secured Station (MDMK) (AIADMK) (NTK) 36 231 176 47 3 1 10 4 472 37 166 186 52 3 5 4 7 423 38 257 229 72 1 1 4 10 574 39 163 445 7 3 1 7 22 648 40 279 309 16 0 7 9 8 628 41 322 261 21 2 5 2 7 620 42 166 266 9 2 0 5 5 453 43 192 381 77 1 1 8 6 666 44 148 182 76 1 3 9 7 426 45 286 334 44 8 3 12 21 708 46 304 287 58 9 1 12 10 681 47 341 145 11 1 3 16 13 530 48 454 93 12 2 3 7 6 577 49 396 97 55 12 3 18 9 590 50 247 127 28 4 8 11 7 432 51 205 169 21 4 1 14 12 426 52 118 286 32 7 2 9 13 467 53 333 186 7 1 0 8 15 550 54 189 301 49 8 5 9 18 579 55 314 99 48 2 2 5 7 477 56 150 349 60 3 4 6 7 579 57 56 111 14 2 2 3 6 194 58 288 86 103 1 6 6 6 496 59 100 407 32 11 15 7 11 583 60 31 299 32 2 23 6 13 406 61 212 324 50 7 10 7 21 631 62 297 377 44 3 2 8 25 756 63 184 526 70 8 8 7 18 821 64 486 400 119 8 13 19 15 1060 65 495 347 55 9 6 7 8 927 66 608 251 26 11 2 17 15 930 67 227 511 29 2 6 12 6 793 68 370 273 51 8 3 6 22 733 69 203 351 74 5 3 5 10 651 70 149 359 45 5 2 7 15 582 Contd....

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Kovilpatti Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Thoothukkudi Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winning Third Polling Winner Runner- Winner Runner- Margin Third Party Other Station Votes up Votes Party up Party Votes Party Votes Votes (%) Number (%) (%) (%) (%) 71 DMK 406 (44.47) AIADMK 375 (41.07) 31 (3.4) MDMK 84 (9.2) 48 (5.26) 72 DMK 266 (52.36) AIADMK 173 (34.06) 93 (18.3) MDMK 37 (7.28) 32 (6.3) 73 AIADMK 268 (59.96) DMK 140 (31.32) 128 (28.64) MDMK 30 (6.71) 9 (2.01) 74 AIADMK 301 (59.14) DMK 134 (26.33) 167 (32.81) MDMK 52 (10.22) 22 (4.32) 75 AIADMK 269 (48.12) DMK 179 (32.02) 90 (16.1) MDMK 92 (16.46) 19 (3.4) 76 DMK 189 (40.21) MDMK 140 (29.79) 49 (10.42) AIADMK 117 (24.89) 24 (5.11) 77 DMK 496 (59.69) AIADMK 265 (31.89) 231 (27.8) BSP 11 (1.32) 59 (7.1) 78 AIADMK 575 (78.77) DMK 110 (15.07) 465 (63.7) MDMK 11 (1.51) 34 (4.66) 79 AIADMK 297 (60.74) DMK 94 (19.22) 203 (41.52) MDMK 78 (15.95) 20 (4.09) 80 AIADMK 136 (44.01) MDMK 98 (31.72) 38 (12.29) DMK 60 (19.42) 15 (4.85) 81 AIADMK 215 (40.87) DMK 186 (35.36) 29 (5.51) MDMK 113 (21.48) 12 (2.28) 82 AIADMK 386 (41.68) DMK 253 (27.32) 133 (14.36) MDMK 251 (27.11) 36 (3.89) 83 DMK 532 (55.02) AIADMK 323 (33.4) 209 (21.62) MDMK 51 (5.27) 61 (6.31) 84 AIADMK 380 (53.52) DMK 245 (34.51) 135 (19.01) MDMK 38 (5.35) 47 (6.62) 85 DMK 261 (43.43) MDMK 196 (32.61) 65 (10.82) AIADMK 121 (20.13) 23 (3.83) 86 DMK 300 (54.45) AIADMK 192 (34.85) 108 (19.6) MDMK 38 (6.9) 21 (3.81) 87 AIADMK 190 (51.08) DMK 141 (37.9) 49 (13.18) MDMK 34 (9.14) 7 (1.88) 88 DMK 299 (42.96) AIADMK 185 (26.58) 114 (16.38) MDMK 183 (26.29) 29 (4.17) 89 DMK 310 (36.69) AIADMK 289 (34.2) 21 (2.49) MDMK 201 (23.79) 45 (5.33) 90 MDMK 361 (50.63) AIADMK 264 (37.03) 97 (13.6) DMK 70 (9.82) 18 (2.52) 91 MDMK 505 (81.98) AIADMK 74 (12.01) 431 (69.97) DMK 23 (3.73) 14 (2.27) 92 AIADMK 295 (40.92) DMK 221 (30.65) 74 (10.27) MDMK 156 (21.64) 49 (6.8) 93 MDMK 190 (39.5) DMK 149 (30.98) 41 (8.52) AIADMK 122 (25.36) 20 (4.16) 94 AIADMK 240 (38.34) DMK 197 (31.47) 43 (6.87) MDMK 162 (25.88) 27 (4.31) 95 AIADMK 228 (36.77) MDMK 192 (30.97) 36 (5.8) DMK 181 (29.19) 19 (3.06) 96 DMK 242 (42.68) AIADMK 164 (28.92) 78 (13.76) MDMK 143 (25.22) 18 (3.17) 97 AIADMK 200 (42.37) DMK 135 (28.6) 65 (13.77) MDMK 117 (24.79) 20 (4.24) 98 DMK 323 (44.37) AIADMK 232 (31.87) 91 (12.5) MDMK 134 (18.41) 39 (5.36) 99 DMK 389 (54.1) AIADMK 187 (26.01) 202 (28.09) MDMK 111 (15.44) 32 (4.45) 100 AIADMK 219 (45.82) DMK 168 (35.15) 51 (10.67) MDMK 52 (10.88) 39 (8.16) 101 AIADMK 232 (47.74) DMK 159 (32.72) 73 (15.02) MDMK 60 (12.35) 35 (7.2) 102 DMK 396 (42.81) AIADMK 370 (40) 26 (2.81) MDMK 86 (9.3) 73 (7.89) 103 AIADMK 318 (47.75) DMK 195 (29.28) 123 (18.47) MDMK 108 (16.22) 45 (6.76) 104 AIADMK 292 (53.58) DMK 164 (30.09) 128 (23.49) MDMK 68 (12.48) 21 (3.85) 105 AIADMK 250 (33.65) DMK 242 (32.57) 8 (1.08) MDMK 202 (27.19) 49 (6.59) Contd....

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Socio-Economic Amenities - Rural

Access to Education Facilities

Number of Village (% of Population)

If Not Available Particulars Available Not Available (Distance of Nearest Facility)

A B C

Govt. Primary School 53 (93) 7 (7) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 19 (40) 41 (60) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 20 (45) 40 (55) 14 (19) 12 (15) 3 (4)

Private Middle School 7 (16) 53 (84) 6 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 9 (25) 51 (75) 20 (29) 25 (36) 4 (5)

Private Secondary School 1 (3) 59 (97) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 6 (18) 54 (82) 15 (20) 29 (43) 7 (11)

Private Senior Secondary School 0 (0) 60 (100) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (3)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 1 (0) 7 (9)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 1 (5) 59 (95) 3 (4) 12 (24) 36 (59)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3)

Private Engineering College 1 (5) 59 (95) 3 (6) 7 (13) 46 (73)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 60 (100)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 1 (1) 8 (15)

Private Management Institute 0 (0) 60 (100) 2 (3) 5 (11) 44 (71)

Govt. Polytechnic 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (2)

Private Polytechnic 1 (5) 59 (95) 4 (7) 6 (12) 46 (74)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 11 (24) 20 (27)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 60 (100) 3 (7) 9 (15) 17 (27)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 53 (93) 7 (7) 6 (6) 1 (1) 0 (0)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. School For Disabled 0 (0) 60 (100) 2 (6) 12 (21) 45 (71)

Private School For Disabled 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2)

Government Others 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Others 0 (0) 60 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Note : Distance A : Less than 5 km; B : Between 5-10 km; C : 10+ km.; Source : Data Analysis is based on 2011 Census.

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