| Coimbatore South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 120 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,52,753[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Coimbatore South Assembly constituency or 'Coimbatore (South)' is alegislative assembly constituency in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 120. It covers parts ofCoimbatore. Coimbatore South Assembly constituency is a part ofCoimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vanathi Srinivasan | 53,209 | 34.38 |  12.81 | |
| MNM | Kamal Haasan | 51,481 | 33.26 | New | |
| INC | Mayura Jayakumar S | 42,383 | 27.39 |  0.21 | |
| NTK | Abdul Wahab | 4,300 | 2.78 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 901 | 0.58 | 1.59 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,728 | 1.12 | 10.22 | ||
| Turnout | 1,54,765 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Amman K. Arjunan | 59,788 | 38.94 | 17.33 | |
| INC | Mayura Jayakumar S | 42,369 | 27.60 | 27.60 | |
| BJP | Vanathi Srinivasan | 33,113 | 21.57 | 17.96 | |
| CPI(M) | C. Padmanaban | 7,248 | 4.72 | 4.72 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,331 | 2.17 | 2.17 | |
| Margin of victory | 17,419 | 11.34 | 8.05 | ||
| Turnout | 1,53,541 | 62.59 | 9.00 | ||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 17.33 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Doraisamy | 80,637 | 56.27 | 56.27 | |
| DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | 52,841 | 36.88 | 36.88 | |
| BJP | Nandha Kumar C R | 5,177 | 3.61 | 3.61 | |
| LSP | Vijay Anand M | 1,765 | 1.23 | 1.23 | |
| IJK | Eswaran G R | 573 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Margin of victory | 27,796 | 19.39 | −−−− | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,369 | 71.59 | New | ||
| AIADMKwin (new seat) | |||||