Coimbatore South (state assembly constituency)

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Coimbatore (South)
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Coimbatore
LS constituency Coimbatore
Established2008
Total electors2,52,753 [1]
ReservationGeneral
Most successful party AIADMK (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Vanathi Srinivasan
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

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. [2]

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Members in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

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

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Vanathi Srinivasan 53,20934.38Increase2.svg12.81
MNM Kamal Haasan (CM Candidate)51,48133.26New
INC Mayura Jayakumar S42,38327.39Decrease2.svg0.21
NTK Abdul Wahab4,3002.78New
NOTA None of the above 9010.58Decrease2.svg1.59
Margin of victory1,7281.12Decrease2.svg10.22
Turnout 1,54,765
BJP gain from AIADMK Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Amman K. Arjunan 59,78838.94Decrease2.svg17.33
INC Mayura Jayakumar S42,36927.60Increase2.svg27.60
BJP Vanathi Srinivasan 33,11321.57Increase2.svg17.96
CPI(M) C. Padmanaban7,2484.72Increase2.svg4.72
NOTA None of the above 3,3312.17Increase2.svg2.17
Margin of victory17,41911.34Decrease2.svg8.05
Turnout 1,53,54162.59Decrease2.svg9.00
AIADMK hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.33

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK R. Doraisamy 80,63756.27Increase2.svg56.27
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 52,84136.88Increase2.svg36.88
BJP Nandha Kumar C R5,1773.61Increase2.svg3.61
LSP Vijay Anand M1,7651.23Increase2.svg1.23
IJK Eswaran G R5730.40Increase2.svg0.40
Margin of victory27,79619.39----
Turnout 1,43,36971.59New
AIADMK win (new seat)

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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