Constituency
374. Coimbatore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-COIMBATORE
INC 58.7%won by 26.7%CPM 32.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.6% to 26.7%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 59.1%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,79,032
Turnout
59.1%
Valid votes
6,96,942
Margin
1,86,064
26.70%
Candidates
21 contested · winner INC- 1KUPPUSWAMY C.K.Indian National Congress · INC4,08,89158.7%
- 2RAMANI K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,22,82732.0%
- 3NARAYANAN V.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,2676.8%
- 4ABEEB RAHMAN A.MUL · MUL3,3810.5%
- 5KRISHNASWAMY N.Independent · IND2,0670.3%
- 6SUBRAMANIAN R.Independent · IND1,4900.2%
- 7MUTHU KRISHNAN D.Independent · IND1,1830.2%
- 8USMAN M.Independent · IND1,0800.2%
- 9HACKEEM K.TMM · TMM1,0090.1%
- 10ARUNACHALAM K.Independent · IND9340.1%
- 11RAMACHANDRAN C.Independent · IND8730.1%
- 12BALAN K.B.Independent · IND7930.1%
- 13THANGAVELU R.Independent · IND7010.1%
- 14BALA KRISHNAN R.Independent · IND6750.1%
- 15MANIAN K.Independent · IND6480.1%
- 16MUGILAN M.Independent · IND6470.1%
- 17MANTHARASALAM K.Independent · IND6420.1%
- 18NATRAJAN S.Independent · IND6160.1%
- 19ARUNAN KIIndependent · IND4700.1%
- 20CHELLADURI P.Independent · IND3950.1%
- 21RATHANASWAMY M.G.B.Independent · IND3530.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +8.1%
- INC share
- 56.7% → 58.7%
- CPM share
- 38.1% → 32.0%
- Turnout
- 64.1% → 59.1%