Coimbatore West Assembly constituency

Coimbatore West was a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore East assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. After 2008 delimitation, this constituency became defunct.

Coimbatore (West)
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
Established1967
Abolished2011
Total electors1,40,374
ReservationNone

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Winner Party
1957 Savithiri Shanmugam Indian National Congress
1962 G. E. Chinnadurai Indian National Congress
1967 J. Govindarajulu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971[1] P. Gopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1973 Bye-election C. Aranganayagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977-1980[2] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980-1984 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984-1989 M. Ramanathan[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989-1991 M. Ramanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991-1996 K. Selvaraj Indian National Congress
1996-2001 C.T. Dhandapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001-2006 S. Maheswari[4] Indian National Congress
2006-2011 T. Malaravan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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Election results

1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. E. Chinnadurai 38,645 42.10% -1.94%
DMK Rajamanickam 21,023 22.90%
CPI Bhupathy 21,012 22.89%
SWA Venkataramana Iyer 8,644 9.42%
Independent Natesan 2,278 2.48%
Independent P. S. Krishnaswamy 184 0.20%
Margin of victory 17,622 19.20% -3.50%
Turnout 91,786 78.11% 28.19%
Registered electors 119,949
INC hold Swing -1.94%

References
  1. "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1971". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1977". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  4. "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. https://resultuniversity.com › election Coimbatore West Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly ...
  6. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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