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395. Coimbatore

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-COIMBATORE

CPM 35.6%won by 4.7%INC 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 35.6% of the vote here (+35.6%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.3% to 70.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,63,781
Turnout
70.8%
Valid votes
8,24,047
Margin
38,664
4.69%

Candidates

25 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1NATARAJAN.P.R.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,93,16535.6%
  2. 2PRABHU.RIndian National Congress · INC2,54,50130.9%
  3. 3ESWARAN.E.RKNMK · KNMK1,28,07015.5%
  4. 4PANDIAN.RDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK73,1888.9%
  5. 5SELVAKUMAR.G.K.SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,9094.6%
  6. 6NOORMUHAMAD.AIndependent · IND4,1720.5%
  7. 7PREM ANAND.JIndependent · IND3,8720.5%
  8. 8MURUGAN.MIndependent · IND3,4240.4%
  9. 9RAMASUBRAMANIAN.KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,9370.4%
  10. 10RAJAN.S.KPPOI · PPOI2,3400.3%
  11. 11SELVAM.MShiv Sena · SHS2,0070.2%
  12. 12RAMASAMY.PIndependent · IND1,8330.2%
  13. 13SIVARAJ.VIndependent · IND1,7470.2%
  14. 14MURUGESAN.KIndependent · IND1,6900.2%
  15. 15ESWARAN.GIndependent · IND1,6770.2%
  16. 16VENKATACHALAM.AIndependent · IND1,4390.2%
  17. 17KATHIRMANI.PSamajwadi Party · SP1,3960.2%
  18. 18KATHIRESAN.CIndependent · IND1,3330.2%
  19. 19MARKANDAN.NIndependent · IND1,2740.2%
  20. 20ARUNACHALAM.K.VIndependent · IND1,2370.2%
  21. 21RAJAPPAN.NIndependent · IND1,0880.1%
  22. 22RAJKIRANIndependent · IND1,0690.1%
  23. 23NATARAJAN.LIndependent · IND9130.1%
  24. 24VIJAYAKUMAR.CIndependent · IND9070.1%
  25. 25STEPHEN GANESHAN.SAIJMK · AIJMK8590.1%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+4.7%
CPM share
0.0% → 35.6%
INC share
0.0% → 30.9%
Turnout
55.5% → 70.8%
394. Nilgiris396. Pollachi
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