Constituency
366. Coimbatore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-COIMBATORE
INC 57.8%won by 16.7%CPM 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.8% of the vote here (+57.8%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 68.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,02,773
Turnout
68.2%
Valid votes
6,15,365
Margin
1,02,519
16.66%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KUPPUSWAMY C. K.Indian National Congress · INC3,55,52557.8%
- 2UMANATH R.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,53,00641.1%
- 3J. STEPHENIndependent · IND6,8341.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +16.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 57.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- 65.0% → 68.2%