Coimbatore North (state assembly constituency)

Coimbatore North is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore North assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It is a newly created constituency after 2008 delimitation.[2] Coimbatore (North) will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [3]

Coimbatore North
state assembly constituency
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
Existence2008-present
ReservationGeneral
Current MLAP. R. G. Arunkumar
PartyAIADMK
Elected Year2016
Total Electors3,27,431 [1]
Most Successful PartyAIADMK (2 times)

Members


Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 T. Malaravan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016- P. R. G. Arunkumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. R. G. Arunkumar 77,540 41.05 -19.02
DMK S. Meenalogu 69,816 36.96 +2.71
BJP Kannan Alias S Devaraj 16,741 8.86 +5.70
DMDK S M @ Murugan, P 12,153 6.43 +6.43
NOTA None of the above 4,574 2.42 +2.42
Margin of victory 7,729 4.09 -21.73
Turnout 1,88,979 62.09 -7.93
AIADMK hold Swing -19.02

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. Malaravan 93,276 60.07 +60.07
DMK Veeragopal M 53,178 34.25 +34.25
BJP G. M. Subbian 4,910 3.16 +3.16
LSP K. Durai Raj 1,887 1.22 +1.22
UMK Sathish Kumar T 975 0.63 +0.63
Margin of victory 40,098 25.82 ----
Turnout 1,55,338 70.02 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

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