Coimbatore East Assembly constituency

Coimbatore (East)
Coimbatore (East)
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Established	1967
Abolished	2006
Total electors	1,57,364
Reservation	None

Coimbatore East 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
1952	C. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
1957	Marudachalam	Communist Party of India
1957	Palaniswami	Indian National Congress
1962	K. P. Palanisamy	Indian National Congress
1967	M. Bhupathy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Fifth	K. Ranganathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	K. Ramani	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Seventh	K. Ramani	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Eighth	K. Ramani	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ninth	K. Ramani	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth	V. K. Lakshmanan	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	V. K. Lakshmanan	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	V. K. Lakshmanan	Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	N. Pongalur Palanisamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pongalur Palanisamy. N.	51,827	47.50%
	AIADMK	Gopalakrishnan. V.	45,491	41.70%
	DMDK	Mary. G.	7,886	7.23%
	BJP	Shanmugam. K.	2,651	2.43%	-43.76%
	Independent	Ramamoorthy. P. M.	424	0.39%
	JD(U)	Anbuselvam. S. B.	415	0.38%
	BSP	Subramanian. P.	205	0.19%
	Independent	Sivarajasekaran. P.	204	0.19%
Margin of victory			6,336	5.81%	1.93%
Turnout			1,09,103	69.33%	17.33%
Registered electors			1,57,364
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-2.57%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	Lakshmanan V. K.	41,419	50.08%	-18.73%
	BJP	Nanjappan N. R.	38,208	46.19%	42.30%
	JD(S)	Balan. K. B.	1,783	2.16%
	Independent	Ravi P	692	0.84%
	Independent	Manickam N	324	0.39%
	Independent	Padmanapan . K.	285	0.34%
Margin of victory			3,211	3.88%	-49.16%
Turnout			82,711	52.00%	-8.16%
Registered electors			1,59,063
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-18.73%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	V. K. Lakshmanan	61,860	68.81%
	INC	R. S. Velan	14,174	15.77%	-39.79%
	CPI(M)	K. C. Karunakaran	8,523	9.48%	-25.16%
	BJP	N. Soundaraj	3,500	3.89%	-2.40%
	Independent	K. B. Balan	332	0.37%
	IC(S)	Venugopal	282	0.31%
	ATMK	M. Guruswamy	248	0.28%
	Independent	S. Sounderrajan	179	0.20%
	SHS	C. N. Ravishankar	126	0.14%
	Independent	P. Rajendran	91	0.10%
	Independent	G. Krishnamoorthy	73	0.08%
Margin of victory			47,686	53.04%	32.12%
Turnout			89,906	60.16%	7.78%
Registered electors			1,53,644
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	13.25%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakshmanan V. K.	46,544	55.56%	24.79%
	CPI(M)	Karunakaran K. C.	29,019	34.64%	-4.67%
	BJP	Bhupathy G.	5,275	6.30%
	JP	Geetha K. S.	1,151	1.37%
	Tamilar Desiya Iyakkam	Gandhi A.	185	0.22%
	Independent	Rajasekaran C.	149	0.18%
	PMK	Abdul Kareem H.	130	0.16%
	Independent	Balan K. B.	118	0.14%
	Independent	Rajendran G.	100	0.12%
	Independent	Nanjappan C. M.	99	0.12%
	Independent	Anthonyaraj R.	98	0.12%
Margin of victory			17,525	20.92%	12.38%
Turnout			83,780	52.38%	-14.52%
Registered electors			1,62,322
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	16.25%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramani. K.	37,397	39.31%	-8.83%
	INC	Ramakrishnan. E.	29,272	30.77%
	AIADMK	Malaravan. T.	14,727	15.48%	-31.41%
	AIADMK	Manimaran. V.R.	8,799	9.25%	-37.65%
	Independent	Gopal. P.N.	1,751	1.84%
	Independent	Balan. K.B.	1,065	1.12%
	Independent	Kalimuthu. R.	761	0.80%
	Independent	Komahan	313	0.33%
	Independent	Kalidass. M.P.	174	0.18%
	Independent	Manitharachalam. K.	160	0.17%
	Independent	Muthuswamy. K.	154	0.16%
Margin of victory			8,125	8.54%	7.29%
Turnout			95,142	66.90%	2.79%
Registered electors			1,44,236
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-8.83%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramani K.	40,891	48.14%	2.75%
	AIADMK	Kovai Thambi	39,832	46.89%
	Independent	Jagadeesan P. V.	1,485	1.75%
	Independent	Mariaselvam Anthonisamy. P.	543	0.64%
	Independent	Rajan C.	409	0.48%
	Independent	Sundareswaran N.	302	0.36%
	Independent	Narayanaswamy. G. P	292	0.34%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran	249	0.29%
	Independent	Ramasamy. M.	217	0.26%
	Independent	Jayachandran A.	189	0.22%
	Independent	Subbian. R. A.	154	0.18%
Margin of victory			1,059	1.25%	1.07%
Turnout			84,941	64.11%	10.80%
Registered electors			1,37,305
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.75%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramani. K.	33,666	45.39%	14.85%
	INC	Ganga Nair	33,533	45.21%	24.84%
	JP	Venkatachalam. K. R.	5,406	7.29%
	BJP	Ramani Kumar. G.	870	1.17%
	Independent	Marudachala. V.	358	0.48%
	Independent	Nadai Mannan Parthasarathy. N.	182	0.25%
	Independent	Arunan. K.	157	0.21%
Margin of victory			133	0.18%	-2.78%
Turnout			74,172	53.30%	-3.22%
Registered electors			1,40,417
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	14.85%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Ramani	20,803	30.54%
	DMK	K. Aranganathan	18,784	27.58%	-19.14%
	JP	K.R. Venkatachalam	14,049	20.63%
	INC	S. Ramaswamy	13,877	20.37%	-21.05%
	Independent	K. Palaniswamy	407	0.60%
	Independent	K.K. Vadivelu	194	0.28%
Margin of victory			2,019	2.96%	-2.33%
Turnout			68,114	56.52%	-7.95%
Registered electors			1,21,664
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-16.17%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Rangana Than	31,003	46.71%
	INC	A. Devaraj	27,491	41.42%	-0.72%
	CPI(M)	M. Bupathy	7,873	11.86%
Margin of victory			3,512	5.29%	-3.37%
Turnout			66,367	64.47%	-8.26%
Registered electors			1,09,398
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-4.09%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore (East)[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	M. Bhupathy	33,122	50.81%
	INC	G. R. Damodaran	27,477	42.15%
	CPI	R. Rangaswamy	4,595	7.05%
Margin of victory			5,645	8.66%
Turnout			65,194	72.73%
Registered electors			92,200
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore II[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. P. Palanisamy	32,313	37.38%	15.15%
	CPI	N. Marudachalam	23,948	27.70%
	PSP	V. Nagaraj	16,362	18.93%
	DMK	V. Petchimuthu	11,628	13.45%
	Socialist	V. Arumugam	1,914	2.21%
	Independent	C. T. Subbiah	280	0.32%
Margin of victory			8,365	9.68%	8.93%
Turnout			86,445	81.20%	-10.97%
Registered electors			1,09,764
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	14.40%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore II[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Marudachalam (Sc)	38,929	22.98%
	INC	Palaniswami (Sc)	37,662	22.23%
	INC	Kuppuswamy	36,549	21.58%
	PSP	P. Veluswami	33,188	19.59%
	Independent	Rajamanickkam	12,636	7.46%
	Independent	Sadayappan	10,435	6.16%
Margin of victory			1,267	0.75%
Turnout			1,69,399	92.17%
Registered electors			1,83,799
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Subramaniam	21,406	43.46%	43.46%
	CPI	C. P. Kandaswami	16,354	33.21%
	Independent	K. Venkataswami Naidu	8,323	16.90%
	Socialist	Kanakasabhapathy	1,466	2.98%
	Independent	P. A. Natesan	1,169	2.37%
	Independent	S. Narasimha Iyer	533	1.08%
Margin of victory			5,052	10.26%
Turnout			49,251	65.06%
Registered electors			75,701
	INC win (new seat)

References

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
"2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
"1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
"1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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[2] "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[3] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[4] Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[5] Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[6] Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.

[11] "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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