Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Coimbatore is a Lok Sabha constituency in western Tamil Nadu, India. It is the largest city of the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu and the district headquarters of the Coimbatore district.
| Coimbatore | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Incumbent | P. R. Natarajan |
| Parliamentary Party | DMK+ |
| Elected Year | 2019 Indian general election |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 2009-present |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 1,720,219 [1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | 115. Palladam 116. Sulur 117. Kaundampalayam 118. Coimbatore North 120. Coimbatore South 121. Singanallur |
Assembly segments
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
- Coimbatore North
- Coimbatore South*
- Kaundampalayam
- Singanallur
- Sulur
- Palladam.
Before delimitation in 2009, it consisted of the following constituencies: Singanallur, Coimbatore West, Coimbatore East, Perur, Palladam and Tiruppur.[2]
Members of the Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Winner | Party | Result | Victory Margin | 1st Runner | Opp.Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1952 | T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar | INC | Won | n/a | Returned Uncontested | n/a | |
| 1 | 1952-57 | N. M. Lingam | INC | Won | 41,327 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Bye-election following the demise of T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar |
| 2 | 1957-62 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | 15012 | P. S. Rangaswamy | INC | |
| 3 | 1962-67 | P. R. Ramakrishnan | INC | Won | 42,561 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Closely contested 3 party election with G.K.Sundaram of Swatantra Party coming as second runner |
| 4 | 1967-71 | K. Ramani | CPI(M) | Won | 65,921 | N. Mahalingam | INC | |
| 5 | 1971-73 | K. Baladhandayutham | CPI | Won | 77,053 | Ramaswamy | NCO | Closely contested 3 party election with K. Ramani of CPI(M) coming as second runner |
| 5 | 1974-77 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | n/a | n/a | n/a | Bye-election |
| 6 | 1977-78 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | 21,178 | S. V. Lakshmanan | NCO | |
| 7 | 1980-84 | Era Mohan | DMK | Won | 56,109 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | |
| 8 | 1984-89 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.02.519 | R. Umanath | CPI(M) | |
| 9 | 1989-91 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.40.068 | R. Umanath | CPI(M) | |
| 10 | 1991-96 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.86.064 | K. Ramani | CPI(M) | . |
| 11 | 1996-98 | M. Ramanathan | DMK | Won | 2,62,787 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | |
| 12 | 1998-99 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | Won | 1,44,676 | K. R. Subbaiyan | DMK | |
| 13 | 1999-04 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | Won | 54,077 | R. Nallakannu | CPI | |
| 14 | 2004-09 | K. Subbarayan | CPI | Won | 1,63,151 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | |
| 15 | 2009-14 | P. R. Natarajan | CPI(M) | Won | 38,664 | R. Prabhu | INC | |
| 16 | 2014-19 | P. Nagarajan | AIADMK | Won | 42,016 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | . |
| 17 | 2019-24 | P. R. Natarajan[3] | CPI(M) | Won | 1,79,143 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | . |
Election results
General Election, 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. R. Natarajan | 5,71,150 | 45.66 | +42.75 | |
| BJP | C. P. Radhakrishnan | 3,92,007 | 31.34 | -1.78 | |
| MNM | R. Mahendran | 1,45,104 | 11.60 | New | |
| NTK | S. Kalyanasundaram | 60,519 | 4.84 | New | |
| AMMK | N.R. Appadurai | 38,061 | 3.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 23,190 | 1.85 | +0.37 | |
| BSP | P. Govindan | 4,314 | 0.34 | ||
| Independent | V. Krishnan | 2,916 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | G. Kanagasabapathy | 2727 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | U. Radhakrishnan | 2630 | 0.21 | ||
| Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi | P. Manikandan | 2307 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | P. Radhakrishnan | 2307 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | M. Dhanapal | 1538 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | V. Pushpanantham | 1422 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | A. Natarajan | 1370 | 0.11 | ||
| Majority | 1,79,143 | 14.32 | +10.75 | ||
| Turnout | 12,50,929 | 63.86 | -4.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,58,577 | ||||
| CPI (M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
General Election, 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Nagarajan | 4,31,717 | 36.69 | ||
| BJP | C. P. Radhakrishnan | 3,89,701 | 33.12 | ||
| DMK | K. Ganesh Kumar | 2,17,083 | 18.45 | ||
| INC | R. Prabhu | 56,962 | 4.84 | ||
| CPI (M) | P. R. Natarajan | 34,197 | 2.91 | ||
| AAP | Pon Chandran | 6,680 | |||
| Independent | Kanagasabapathy, G | 2,329 | |||
| Independent | Kittusamy, P | 2,122 | |||
| BSP | Tamilnadu Selvam, Era | 1,959 | |||
| Independent | Subash, K.R | 1,756 | |||
| Independent | Nagaraj, S | 1,699 | |||
| Independent | Radhakrishnan, R | 1,672 | |||
| CPI (M-L) Liberation | Chandran, D | 1,360 | |||
| Independent | Alphonesraj, M | 1,306 | |||
| Independent | Rajagopal, M | 1,232 | |||
| Independent | Ranjithkumar, M | 1,100 | |||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Kalapirar Kuppusamy, C | 1,051 | |||
| Independent | Jerlld Amalajothi, I | 858 | |||
| Independent | Anbuselvan | 799 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Salam, A | 766 | |||
| Independent | Tamilselvan, K | 640 | |||
| Independent | Mohanraj, K | 607 | |||
| Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | Jagadeeswaran, S | 596 | |||
| Makkal Manadu | Doraisamy, A | 550 | |||
| Independent | Sridharan, S | 450 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 17,428 | 1.48 | ||
| Majority | 42,016 | 3.57 | |||
| Turnout | 11,76,620 | 68.40 | |||
| AIADMK gain from CPI (M) | Swing | ||||
General Election, 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. R. Natarajan | 2,93,165 | 35.58 | ||
| INC | R. Prabhu | 2,54,501 | 30.88 | ||
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 1,28,070 | 15.54 | ||
| DMDK | R. Pandian | 73,188 | 8.88 | ||
| BJP | Dr. G. K. S. Selvakumar | 37,909 | 4.60 | ||
| Majority | 38,664 | 4.70 | |||
| Turnout | 8,24,047 | 70.81 | |||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Coimbatore
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- Constituency(PC) wise summary table Archived 11 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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