Coimbatore (South)
Coimbatore South — Senthil Balaji wins DMK's Kongu cliffhanger by 2,271 votes
V. Senthil Balaji of DMK has narrowly won Coimbatore South by 2,271 votes against TVK's V. Senthilkumar, completing a politically charged comeback for the former minister who had spent time in custody during the cash-for-jobs probe. The constituency has a habit of nail-biters: Vanathi Srinivasan of BJP took the seat in 2021 by just 1,728 votes over Kamal Haasan (MNM), and Amman K. Arjunan of AIADMK won in 2016 by 17,419 votes over INC's Mayura Jayakumar.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V SENTHILBALAJI | DMK | 59,724 | 38.49% |
| 2 | V. SENTHILKUMAR | TVK | 57,453 | 37.02% |
| 3 | AMMAN K.ARJUNAN | AIADMK | 31,689 | 20.42% |
| 4 | PERARIVALAN. V | NTK | 5,062 | 3.26% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 759 | 0.49% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V SENTHILBALAJI | DMK | 557 | 59,167 | 59,724 |
| 2 | AMMAN K.ARJUNAN | AIADMK | 453 | 31,236 | 31,689 |
| 3 | V. SENTHILKUMAR | TVK | 277 | 57,176 | 57,453 |
| 4 | PERARIVALAN. V | NTK | 45 | 5,017 | 5,062 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 12 | 747 | 759 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- One of the most crowded ballots in TN 2026 — 32 candidates on this single seat.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Coimbatore South was created in the 2008 delimitation, so no pre-2008 row applies. AIADMK held it in 2011 and 2016; BJP took it on AIADMK ticket in 2021 over Kamal Haasan's MNM by 1,728 votes; DMK reclaimed in 2026.
About Coimbatore South
Coimbatore (South) — AC 120 — is the urban core of Tamil Nadu's manufacturing capital, the Kongu Nadu power-loom and pump-set city built on the cool, dry plain between the Western Ghats and the Noyyal. The seat covers R.S. Puram's shopping streets, Race Course's tree-lined bungalows and the Perur belt where the 1,300-year-old Patteeswarar temple sits on the Noyyal bank. Velliangiri's seven hills — backdrop to the Isha Foundation's Adiyogi statue — rise 30 km west, and Siruvani's drinking-water dam and falls lie just beyond. The seat has been a BJP-friendly urban pocket since 2021, distinct from Coimbatore's textile-belt seats.
Coimbatore South & the Velliangiri foothills
Coimbatore South is the city at its dressed-up best — R.S. Puram for Kongu silk and Annapoorna tiffin, Race Course for a morning walk under rain trees. Drive west to Perur Patteeswarar, the 7th-century Chola shrine on the Noyyal, then on to Isha's 112-foot Adiyogi at the foot of Velliangiri. Stretch the trip with the Siruvani waterfalls and the dam reservoir behind it.
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