Coimbatore South Assembly constituency

Coimbatore South Assembly constituency or 'Coimbatore (South)' is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 120. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore South Assembly constituency is a part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Coimbatore South
Constituency No. 120 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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 Vanathi Srinivasan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Members in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South

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
	BJP gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South

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
	AIADMK hold		Swing	17.33

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coimbatore South

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
	AIADMK win (new seat)