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| Coimbatore (North) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| LS constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 3,38,648[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Coimbatore North or 'Coimbatore (North)' is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 118. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore North assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[2] It is a newly created constituency after 2008 delimitation.[3] Coimbatore (North) will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | T. Malaravan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | G. Arunkumar | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021- | Amman K. Arjunan | ||
| 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% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Arun Kumar. P. R. G. | 77,540 | 41.05% | −19.02% | |
| DMK | S. Meenalogu | 69,816 | 36.96% | 2.72% | |
| BJP | Kannan Alias S. Devaraj | 16,741 | 8.86% | 5.70% | |
| DMDK | S. M. @ Murugan. P. | 12,153 | 6.43% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,574 | 2.42% | ||
| NTK | Balendran. C. B. | 3,114 | 1.65% | ||
| PMK | Kamaraj Natesan | 2,196 | 1.16% | ||
| KMDK | Sanganoor Premkumar | 1,036 | 0.55% | ||
| Independent | Prof. Dr. S. Narayanamoorthy | 397 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | Antony Louis. S. | 331 | 0.18% | ||
| Dennis Kovil Pillai. E. | 303 | 0.16% | |||
| Margin of victory | 7,724 | 4.09% | −21.73% | ||
| Turnout | 1,88,882 | 62.06% | −7.93% | ||
| Registered electors | 3,04,374 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -19.02% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | T. Malaravan | 93,276 | 60.07% | ||
| DMK | Veeragopal M. | 53,178 | 34.25% | ||
| BJP | Subbian G. M. | 4,910 | 3.16% | ||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Durairaj K | 1,887 | 1.22% | ||
| Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | Sathish Kumar T | 975 | 0.63% | ||
| Independent | Saminathan M. S. | 748 | 0.48% | ||
| BSP | Pushpanantham V | 308 | 0.20% | ||
| Margin of victory | 40,098 | 25.82% | |||
| Turnout | 2,21,863 | 69.99% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,55,282 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||