Coimbatore (South)
Constituency No. 120 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
LS constituencyCoimbatore
Established2008
Total electors2,52,753[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2021

Coimbatore South or 'Coimbatore (South)' is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 120. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore South assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 R. Doraisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 Amman K. Arjunan
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent Vanathi Srinivasan Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Vanathi Srinivasan 53,209 34.38 Increase12.81
MNM Kamal Haasan 51,481 33.26 New
INC Mayura Jayakumar S 42,383 27.39 Decrease0.21
NTK Abdul Wahab 4,300 2.78 New
NOTA None of the above 901 0.58 Decrease1.59
Margin of victory 1,728 1.12 Decrease10.22
Turnout 1,54,765
BJP gain from AIADMK Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Amman K. Arjunan 59,788 38.94 Decrease17.33
INC Mayura Jayakumar S 42,369 27.60 Increase27.60
BJP Vanathi Srinivasan 33,113 21.57 Increase17.96
CPI(M) C. Padmanaban 7,248 4.72 Increase4.72
NOTA None of the above 3,331 2.17 Increase2.17
Margin of victory 17,419 11.34 Decrease8.05
Turnout 1,53,541 62.59 Decrease9.00
AIADMK hold Swing Decrease17.33

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Doraisamy 80,637 56.27 Increase56.27
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 52,841 36.88 Increase36.88
BJP Nandha Kumar C R 5,177 3.61 Increase3.61
LSP Vijay Anand M 1,765 1.23 Increase1.23
IJK Eswaran G R 573 0.40 Increase0.40
Margin of victory 27,796 19.39 ----
Turnout 1,43,369 71.59 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ Two more Assembly segments notified
  3. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.

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