| Kandiyanallur | |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.383°N 79.597°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil = Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Telugu = Telugu |
Kandiyanallur is a village located south west of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Vandavasi Taluk in the district of Thiruvannamalai. According to the 2011 Government of India Census data,[1] there are a total of 79 families residing in the village. The population is 270 of which 138 are male and 132 are female. The village is administrated by an elected Sarpanch. The primary occupation of the villagers is Agriculture.
Kandiyanallur comes under the Vandavasi Vidhan Sabha constituency of the State of Tamil Nadu. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste[2]
The winner of the 2016 Vidhan Sabha election was Ambethkumar, S from DMK with 80206 votes and runner up was Meganathan, V from AIADMK with 62138 votes.
Previous results are listed below [3]
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Sex | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Gunaseelan.V | M | AIADMK | 84529 | Kamalakkannan.J | M | DMK | 72233 | |
| 2009 | By Polls | Vandavasi | (SC) | J. Kamalakanna | F | DMK | 78827 | P. Munusamy | M | AIADMK | 40810 | |
| 2006 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Jayaraman S P | M | DMK | 65762 | Chakkrapani.M | M | AIADMK | 42974 | |
| 2001 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Murugavelrajan.K | M | PMK | 55773 | Loganathan .K. | M | DMK | 46902 | |
| 1996 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Anandan, Bala | M | DMK | 65775 | Gunaseelan, V. | M | ADMK | 26029 | |
| 1991 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Thamazharasan C.K. | M | ADK | 55990 | Rajagopal V. | M | DMK | 26496 | |
| 1989 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Dhanaraj, V. | M | DMK | 35264 | Govindan, T.S. | M | INC | 21176 | |
| 1984 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | A. Arumugham | M | INC | 48712 | V. Rajagopal | M | DMK | 38326 | |
| 1980 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | Kuppusami, C | M | ADK | 38501 | Kanniappan, C | M | DMK | 36019 | |
| 1977 | 51 | Vandavasi | (SC) | P. Munuswamy | M | ADK | 28306 | C. Kanniappan | M | DMK | 26476 |
PUPS-KANDIYANALLUR is a Tamil medium co-educational school located in the village. School is approved for Primary level education and works under the management of Local body.[4]
In 2010, seven ancient apparently Panchaloha idols were unearthed around an ancient Siva temple.[5]