Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) was won by Natarajan. P.R (CPI (Marxist)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 179,143 votes over Radhakrishnan. C.P. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
K. Balathandayutham
Communist Party of India
214,824
53.0%
Ramaswamy (Congress (O))
77,053 (19.0 pts)
1977
Parvathi Krishnan
Communist Party of India
267,424
52.1%
Lakshmanan S.V. (Congress (O))
21,178 (4.1 pts)
1980
Ram Mohan Alias Era Mohan R.
DMK
276,975
54.3%
Parvathi Krishnan (Communist Party of India)
56,109 (11.0 pts)
1984
Kuppuswamy C. K.
Indian National Congress
355,525
57.8%
Umanath R. (CPI (Marxist))
102,519 (16.7 pts)
1989
Kuppusamy, C.K.
Indian National Congress
426,721
56.7%
Umanath, R. (CPI (Marxist))
140,068 (18.6 pts)
1991
Kuppuswamy C.K.
Indian National Congress
408,891
58.7%
Ramani K. (CPI (Marxist))
186,064 (26.7 pts)
1996
Ramanathan M.
DMK
463,807
56.8%
Kuppuswamy C.K. (Indian National Congress)
262,787 (32.2 pts)
1998
Radhakrishnan C.P.
Bharatiya Janata Party
449,269
55.8%
Subbian K.R. (DMK)
144,676 (18.0 pts)
1999
Radhakrishnan, C.P.
Bharatiya Janata Party
430,068
49.2%
Nallakannu, R. (Communist Party of India)
54,077 (6.2 pts)
2004
Subbarayan, K.
Communist Party of India
504,981
57.5%
Radhakishnan. C. P (Bharatiya Janata Party)
164,505 (18.7 pts)
2009
Natarajan.P.R.
CPI (Marxist)
293,165
35.6%
Prabhu.R (Indian National Congress)
38,664 (4.7 pts)
2014
Nagarajan, P.
AIADMK
431,717
36.7%
Radhakrishnan, C.P. (Bharatiya Janata Party)
42,016 (3.6 pts)
2019
Natarajan. P.R
CPI (Marxist)
571,150
46.5%
Radhakrishnan. C.P (Bharatiya Janata Party)
179,143 (14.6 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K. Balathandayutham
Communist Party of India
214,824
53.0%
Ramaswamy
Congress (O)
137,771
34.0%
K. Bamani
CPI (Marxist)
52,388
12.9%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Parvathi Krishnan
Communist Party of India
267,424
52.1%
Lakshmanan S.V.
Congress (O)
246,246
47.9%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Mohan Alias Era Mohan R.
DMK
276,975
54.3%
Parvathi Krishnan
Communist Party of India
220,866
43.3%
Ramalingam K.
Congress (U)
4,219
0.8%
Lgb Rajan Alias Rajagopal B.
Independent
3,166
0.6%
Gopal A.
Independent
1,920
0.4%
Shanmugam P.
Independent
1,555
0.3%
Natarajan N.
Independent
865
0.2%
Anwar Hussain T.M.S.
Independent
600
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppuswamy C. K.
Indian National Congress
355,525
57.8%
Umanath R.
CPI (Marxist)
253,006
41.1%
J. Stephen
Independent
6,834
1.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppusamy, C.K.
Indian National Congress
426,721
56.7%
Umanath, R.
CPI (Marxist)
286,653
38.1%
Narayanan, V.
Bharatiya Janata Party
25,132
3.3%
Kalyanaraman, K.
Independent
1,795
0.2%
Rangan, V.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
1,604
0.2%
Manian, K.
Independent
1,347
0.2%
Mantherachalam, K
Independent
1,086
0.1%
Shanmugasundaram, B.
Independent
897
0.1%
Palaniswamy, K
Independent
864
0.1%
Kathiresan, M
Independent
831
0.1%
Mani, P
Independent
813
0.1%
Mukilan, M
Independent
687
0.1%
Kumaraswamy, C.
Independent
615
0.1%
John, R.
Independent
600
0.1%
Irumberai, A.
Independent
582
0.1%
Natarajan, S.
Independent
545
0.1%
Selveraj, R.
Independent
536
0.1%
Arunan, Ki
Independent
515
0.1%
Rajaram, S.
Independent
384
0.1%
Thangavelu, R.
Independent
366
0.0%
Chelladurai, P.
Independent
345
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kuppuswamy C.K.
Indian National Congress
408,891
58.7%
Ramani K.
CPI (Marxist)
222,827
32.0%
Narayanan V.
Bharatiya Janata Party
47,267
6.8%
Abeeb Rahman A.
Indian Union Muslim League
3,381
0.5%
Krishnaswamy N.
Independent
2,067
0.3%
Subramanian R.
Independent
1,490
0.2%
Muthu Krishnan D.
Independent
1,183
0.2%
Usman M.
Independent
1,080
0.2%
Hackeem K.
TMM
1,009
0.1%
Arunachalam K.
Independent
934
0.1%
Ramachandran C.
Independent
873
0.1%
Balan K.B.
Independent
793
0.1%
Thangavelu R.
Independent
701
0.1%
Bala Krishnan R.
Independent
675
0.1%
Manian K.
Independent
648
0.1%
Mugilan M.
Independent
647
0.1%
Mantharasalam K.
Independent
642
0.1%
Natrajan S.
Independent
616
0.1%
Arunan Ki
Independent
470
0.1%
Chelladuri P.
Independent
395
0.1%
Rathanaswamy M.G.B.
Independent
353
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramanathan M.
DMK
463,807
56.8%
Kuppuswamy C.K.
Indian National Congress
201,020
24.6%
Natarajan P.R.
CPI (Marxist)
85,355
10.5%
Natarajan K.S.
Bharatiya Janata Party
43,289
5.3%
Guruswami Siddhan
ATMK
2,873
0.4%
Chelladurai P.
Independent
2,627
0.3%
Tamilselvan S
Independent
2,396
0.3%
Subaramaniam .N.
Independent
2,270
0.3%
Arunan.Ki.
Shiv Sena
1,288
0.2%
Durairaj G
Independent
1,245
0.2%
Sivashanmugam S
Independent
1,092
0.1%
Noormuhamad A
Independent
907
0.1%
Palanisamy S
Independent
856
0.1%
Chinnaponnu Vathiyar V.M.
Independent
695
0.1%
Sakthivel M
Independent
679
0.1%
Natarajan R.Thiyagi
Independent
660
0.1%
Sunderrajan S
Independent
579
0.1%
Karuppusamy.A.
Independent
550
0.1%
Ramchandran .A.
Independent
501
0.1%
Thangavelu R
Independent
491
0.1%
Ramaswamy O
SAP
465
0.1%
Palanisamy V.R.Raju
Independent
459
0.1%
Ramaswamy M
Independent
392
0.0%
Arumugam C.K.
Independent
342
0.0%
Jayabal A.
Independent
339
0.0%
Prabhakaran S
Independent
339
0.0%
Shanmugam D
Independent
332
0.0%
Loganathan K.
Independent
326
0.0%
Ponnusamy P.K.
Independent
265
0.0%
Sampath S
Independent
226
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Radhakrishnan C.P.
Bharatiya Janata Party
449,269
55.8%
Subbian K.R.
DMK
304,593
37.9%
Krishnan R.
Indian National Congress
40,739
5.1%
Kalyanasundaram S.T.
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,596
0.6%
Rangasamy R.
Independent
1,431
0.2%
Krishnaswamy R.
Independent
1,181
0.1%
Santhi C.
Independent
1,091
0.1%
Saminathan M.
Independent
666
0.1%
Ramaswamy.O.
SAP
405
0.1%
Lakshmana Narayanan R.
Independent
220
0.0%
Elangkumaran R.
Independent
161
0.0%
Raghavendra K.S.
Independent
133
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Radhakrishnan, C.P.
Bharatiya Janata Party
430,068
49.2%
Nallakannu, R.
Communist Party of India
375,991
43.0%
Balasubramonian, S.R.
Trinamool Congress
45,205
5.2%
Lakshmana Narayanan, R.
Independent
9,502
1.1%
Sengottaian, M.P.
Independent
3,300
0.4%
Thirumoorthy, K.
All India Forward Bloc
3,089
0.4%
Arjun Sampath
Independent
2,866
0.3%
Noormuhamad, A.
Independent
2,535
0.3%
Palanisamy, R.
TDK
1,464
0.2%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subbarayan, K.
Communist Party of India
504,981
57.5%
Radhakishnan. C. P
Bharatiya Janata Party
340,476
38.7%
Vellingiri. S
Independent
11,562
1.3%
Noor Muhamad. A
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,484
0.5%
Moogambikai Mani
Shiv Sena
4,437
0.5%
Rangasamy. O
Independent
3,222
0.4%
Rangasamy. R
Independent
2,855
0.3%
Rajendran
Janata Party
2,329
0.3%
Subburaju. K
Independent
2,271
0.3%
Annadurai. A
Independent
1,218
0.1%
Anbarasu. R
Independent
1,031
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Natarajan.P.R.
CPI (Marxist)
293,165
35.6%
Prabhu.R
Indian National Congress
254,501
30.9%
Eswaran.E.R
KNMK
128,070
15.5%
Pandian.R
DMDK
73,188
8.9%
Selvakumar.G.K.S
Bharatiya Janata Party
37,909
4.6%
Noormuhamad.A
Independent
4,172
0.5%
Prem Anand.J
Independent
3,872
0.5%
Murugan.M
Independent
3,424
0.4%
Ramasubramanian.K
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,937
0.4%
Rajan.S.K
PPOI
2,340
0.3%
Selvam.M
Shiv Sena
2,007
0.2%
Ramasamy.P
Independent
1,833
0.2%
Sivaraj.V
Independent
1,747
0.2%
Murugesan.K
Independent
1,690
0.2%
Eswaran.G
Independent
1,677
0.2%
Venkatachalam.A
Independent
1,439
0.2%
Kathirmani.P
Samajwadi Party
1,396
0.2%
Kathiresan.C
Independent
1,333
0.2%
Markandan.N
Independent
1,274
0.2%
Arunachalam.K.V
Independent
1,237
0.2%
Rajappan.N
Independent
1,088
0.1%
Rajkiran
Independent
1,069
0.1%
Natarajan.L
Independent
913
0.1%
Vijayakumar.C
Independent
907
0.1%
Stephen Ganeshan.S
AIJMK
859
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nagarajan, P.
AIADMK
431,717
36.7%
Radhakrishnan, C.P.
Bharatiya Janata Party
389,701
33.1%
Ganeshkumar, K.
DMK
217,083
18.4%
Prabhu, R.
Indian National Congress
56,962
4.8%
Natarajan, P.R.
CPI (Marxist)
34,197
2.9%
None Of The Above
Independent
17,428
1.5%
Pon Chandran.
Aam Aadmi Party
6,680
0.6%
Kanagasabapathy, G.
Independent
2,329
0.2%
Kittusamy, P.
Independent
2,122
0.2%
Tamilnadu Selvam, Era.
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,959
0.2%
Subash, K.R.
Independent
1,756
0.1%
Nagaraj, S.
Independent
1,699
0.1%
Radhakrishnan, R.
Independent
1,672
0.1%
Chandran, D.
CPI (ML) Liberation
1,360
0.1%
Alphonesraj, M.
Independent
1,306
0.1%
Rajagopal, M.
Independent
1,232
0.1%
Ranjithkumar, M.
Independent
1,100
0.1%
Kalapirar Kuppusamy, C.
CPI(ML)RS
1,051
0.1%
Jerlld Amalajothi, I.
Independent
858
0.1%
Anbuselvan.
Independent
799
0.1%
Abdul Salam, A.
Independent
766
0.1%
Tamilselvan, K.
Independent
640
0.1%
Mohanraj, K.
Independent
607
0.1%
Jagadeeswaran, S.
UMK
596
0.1%
Doraisamy, A.
MMK
550
0.0%
Sridharan, S.
Independent
450
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Natarajan. P.R
CPI (Marxist)
571,150
46.5%
Radhakrishnan. C.P
Bharatiya Janata Party
392,007
31.9%
Mahendran. R
MNM
145,104
11.8%
Kalyana Sundaram. S
NTK
60,519
4.9%
Appathurai. N.R.
Independent
38,061
3.1%
Govindan. P
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,314
0.4%
Krishnan. V
Independent
2,916
0.2%
Kanagasabapathy. G
Independent
2,727
0.2%
Radhakrishnan. U
Independent
2,633
0.2%
Manikandan. P
TNIK
2,307
0.2%
Radhakrishnan. P
Independent
1,627
0.1%
Dhanapal. M
Independent
1,538
0.1%
Pushpanantham. V
Independent
1,422
0.1%
Natarajan. A
Independent
1,370
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Coimbatore has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Communist Party of India, DMK, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Coimbatore in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Natarajan. P.R (CPI (Marxist)) won Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 571,150 votes (46.5%), a margin of 179,143 votes over Radhakrishnan. C.P.
Which parties have won Coimbatore since 1971?
Since 1971, Coimbatore has been won by: AIADMK, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), Communist Party of India, DMK, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Coimbatore?
The closest result on record for Coimbatore was 2014, when AIADMK beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 42,016 votes (3.6 percentage points).