Ganapathi P.Raj Kumar

Ganapathi P.Raj Kumar of AIADMK party is the fifth and incumbent mayor of Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu. He succeeded S. M. Velusamy of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as the mayor, by defeating his nearest rival Nandhakumar of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Mayor Election

In the mayor elections of Coimbatore city in the year 2014, Ganapathi P.Raj Kumar on the side of AIADMK defeated Nandhakumar of BJP with a distinct margin of 2.91 lakh votes. In this election both DMK and INC didn't participate.

AIADMK supported Rajkumar won 420,104 votes whereas BJP supported Nandhakumar won only 128,761 votes. Than these both the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s C.Padmanabhan managed only 31,000 votes in the election.

Ganapathi Raj Kumar was elected as Mayor of Coimbatore.[2]

References

  1. "AIADMK's Rajkumar wins Coimbatore mayoral elections - Times of India".
  2. "P.Rajkumar is Kovai Mayor". 23 September 2014.
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