Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2026: Unresolved issues galore in Kangayam constituency
The Hindu
Kangayam constituency faces unresolved issues, including pollution, water shortages, and industry grievances, complicating electoral dynamics.
Choice of political candidates, over the last three decades, by the electorate has thrown up surprises in the Kangayam Assembly segment of Tiruppur district that has been witnessing rapid economic strides owing to diverse industrial activities in the main town, as also agriculture in the hinterland.
Candidates of the principal Dravidian parties, DMK and AIADMK, locked horns after a gap of 20 years in the Kangayam General Assembly constituency in the 2021 elections, in which M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Information and Publicity, won by a margin of 7,331 votes over his nearest rival A.S. Ramalingam of AIADMK.
His victory accounted for a margin of 7.78 percentage points.
M.P. Saminathan. File | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran
In the previous two elections in 2016 and 2011, AIADMK candidates had emerged victorious over those of Indian National Congress by comfortable margins.
And, in the 2006 election, the Congress party candidate had an easy sail past the AIADMK candidate.
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