About Kovilpatti Assembly Constituency

Kovilpatti is constituency No. 218 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. It is situated in Thoothukudi district and comes under Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency.

According to data with the Election Commission of India, Kovilpatti has 1,81,097 registered voters. It comprises 90,422 male and 90,675 female registered voters.

The AIADMK won this seat by 26,480 votes in the 2011 Assembly elections. Kadambur Raju C., the winning candidate, got 73,007 votes. The voter turnout was 72.25 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kovilpatti Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kovilpatti assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	218	Kovilpatti	GEN	Kadambur Raju C	M	AIADMK	73007	Ramachandran G	M	PMK	46527
2006	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Radhakrishnan.L	M	AIADMK	53354	Rajendran.S	M	CPI	41015
2001	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Rajendran .S.	M	CPI	45796	Rajaram .K	M	DMK	36757
1996	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Ayyalusamy, L.	M	CPI	39315	Radhakrishnan, K.S.	M	MDMK	31828
1991	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Shymala R.	F	ADK	58535	Aiyalusamy L.	M	CPI	30284
1989	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Alagarsomy, S.	M	CPI	35008	Radhakrishnan, S.	M	DMK	31724
1984	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	R.Rangasamy	M	INC	45623	S.Alagarsamy	M	CPI	28327
1980	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	Alagarasamy, S.	M	CPI	39442	Jeyalakshmi, V.	F	INC(I)	30792
1977	212	Kovilpatti	GEN	S. Alagarsamy	M	CPI	21985	P. Seeniraj	M	ADK	21588
1971	210	Kovilpatti	GEN	Alagarsamy S.	M	CPI	38844	Subba Naicker L.	M	NCO	23646
1967	210	Kovilpatti	GEN	S.Alagirisamy	M	CPI	33311	V.O.C.A.Pillai	M	INC	22885