Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Coimbatore #20GEN
Won
Kuppusamy, C.K.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,40,068 18.4 pp
votes
over Umanath, R. (CPIM)
The contest
Electors11,73,906
Votes polled7,62,404
Turnout65.0%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.17 L52.6% of electorate
Female electors5.57 L47.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
902females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuppusamy, C.K. | INC | 4,26,721 | 56.00% | |
| 2 | Umanath, R. | CPIM | 2,86,653 | 37.60% | |
| 3 | Narayanan, V. | BJP | 25,132 | 3.30% | |
| 4 | Kalyanaraman, K. | IND | 1,795 | 0.20% | |
| 5 | Rangan, V. | PMK | 1,604 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | Manian, K. | IND | 1,347 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Mantherachalam, K | IND | 1,086 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Shanmugasundaram, B. | IND | 897 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Palaniswamy, K | IND | 864 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Kathiresan, M | IND | 831 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Mani, P | IND | 813 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Mukilan, M | IND | 687 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Kumaraswamy, C. | IND | 615 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | John, R. | IND | 600 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Irumberai, A. | IND | 582 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Natarajan, S. | IND | 545 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Selveraj, R. | IND | 536 | 0.10% | |
| 18 | Arunan, Ki | IND | 515 | 0.10% | |
| 19 | Rajaram, S. | IND | 384 | 0.10% | |
| 20 | Thangavelu, R. | IND | 366 | 0.00% | |
| 21 | Chelladurai, P. | IND | 345 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,486, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 752,918 · NOTA n/a · published 762,404 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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