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Polling in 38 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu was held in the second phase of general elections.
Updated : May 23, 2019, 08:41 AM IST
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Coimbatore Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Election in Coimbatore constituency was held on April 18 in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. Polling in 39 out of 38 parliamentary constituencies was held in the second phase of general elections.
BJP's CP Radhakrishnan and CPI(M) PR Natarajan. The two arch rivals in Tamil Nadu — AIADMK and DMK — did not field their candidates in Coimbatore and allotted the seat to their respective alliance partners in the recently held election.
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency profile
Apart from BJP, AIADMK had an alliance with PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress. While DMK contested 2019 election in alliance with Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.
AIADMK's P Nagarajan (M) was the sitting MP in Coimbatore. He defeated CP Radhakrishnan (M) of the BJP in 2014 General election.
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) had also fielded its candidate R Mahendran from Coimbatore seat.
Since AIADMK and BJP are contesting the forthcoming polls by entering into a pre-poll alliance, BJP has fielded CP Radhakrishnan who had won from the seat in 1998 and 1999 polls. However, he had lost to P Nagarajan in 2014. This time, he will represent AIADMK-BJP alliance in Tamil Nadu.
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency has six assembly segments, out of them, one is reserved for Scheduled caste candidate.
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
BJP: CP Radhakrishnan
Communist Party of India (Marxist): PR Natarajan
Naam Tamilar Katchi: S Kalyanasundaram
Makkal Needhi Maiam: R Mahendran
Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi: P Manikandan
Bahujan Samaj Party: P Govindan
Independents: NR Appathurai, G Kanagasabapathy, V Krishnan, M Dhanapal, A Natarajan, V Pushpanantham, U Radhakrishnan, P Radhakrishnan
Coimbatore Lok Sabha election results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014: P Nagarajan (M) of the AIADMK received 431717 votes. He defeated CP Radhakrishnan (M) of the BJP who secured 389701 votes.
2009: PR Natarajan (M) of the CPM got 293165 votes. He defeated R Prabhu (M) of the Congress who got 254501 votes.
2004: K Subbarayan (M) of the CPI received 504981 votes. He defeated CP Radhakishnan (M) of the BJP who secured 340476 votes. Subbarayan registered victory with a margin of more than 1.5 lakh votes.
Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 parliamentary constituencies where 7 of them including Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam have been reserved for candidates representing scheduled caste community. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
The state of Tamil Nadu has 39 parliamentary constituencies out of which seven are reserved for SCs (Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam). However, no seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the state.
In 2019, EC had cancelled the election in Vellore constituency after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from a DMK candidate's office in Vellore, therefore, out of 39, polling took place in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies only.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari.