Amman K. Arjunan


Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Preceded by	P. R. G. Arunkumar
Constituency	Coimbatore (North)
In office 23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Preceded by	R. Doraisamy
Succeeded by	Vanathi Srinivasan
Constituency	Coimbatore (South)

Personal details
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Amman K. Arjunan is an Indian politician and businessman currently Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Coimbatore North state assembly constituency.^[1]^[2] Previously he won in Coimbatore South constituency in the fifteenth legislative assembly.^[3]^[4] He contested as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate and won 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election by 4001 votes.

He is native of Coimbatore and has no academic degree.^[1]

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Amman K. Arjunan	81,454	40.15%	-0.90%
	DMK	Shanmugasundaram V. M	77,453	38.18%	1.22%
	MNM	Thangavelu R	26,503	13.06%
	NTK	Balendran C. B	11,433	5.64%	3.99%
	NOTA	Nota	1,701	0.84%	-1.58%
	AMMK	Appathurai N. R	1,659	0.82%
Margin of victory			4,001	1.97%	-2.12%
Turnout			2,02,860	59.90%	-2.15%
Rejected ballots			61	0.03%
Registered electors			3,38,648
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.90%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Amman K. Arjunan	59,788	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

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