Coimbatore South (state assembly constituency)

Coimbatore South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore South assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It is newly created constituency after 2008 delimitation.[2]

Coimbatore South
state assembly constituency
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
Existence2008 - present
ReservationGeneral
Current MLAAmman K. Arjunan
PartyAIADMK
Elected Year2016
Total Electors2,49,590 [1]
Most Successful PartyAIADMK (2 times)

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 R. Doraisamy (alias Challenger Dorai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-Incumbent Amman K. Arjunan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Amman K. Arjunan 90,788 38.94 -17.33
INC Mayura Jayakumar S 42,369 27.60 +27.60
BJP Vanathi Srinivasan 33,113 21.57 +17.96
CPI (M) C. Padmanaban 7,248 4.72 +4.72
NOTA None of the above 3,331 2.17 +2.17
Margin of victory 17,419 11.34 -8.05
Turnout 1,53,541 62.59 -9.00
AIADMK hold Swing -17.33

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Doraisamy 80,637 56.27 +56.27
DMK Pongalur Palanisamy N 52,841 36.88 +36.88
BJP Nandha Kumar C R 5,177 3.61 +3.61
LSP Vijay Anand M 1,765 1.23 +1.23
IJK Eswaran G R 573 0.40 +0.40
Margin of victory 27,796 19.39 ----
Turnout 1,43,369 71.59 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. Two more Assembly segments notified

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