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Coimbatore (West)
Coimbatore (West)
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Established	1967
Abolished	2011
Total electors	1,40,374
Reservation	None

Coimbatore West was a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It covers parts of Coimbatore. Coimbatore East assembly constituency is a part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. After 2008 delimitation, this constituency became defunct.

Members of the Legislative Assembly edit

Year	Name
1957	Savithiri Shanmugam	Indian National Congress
1962	G. E. Chinnadurai	Indian National Congress
1967	J. Govindarajulu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971^[1]	P. Gopal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1973 Bye-election	C. Aranganayagam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977-1980^[2]
1980-1984
1984-1989	M. Ramanathan^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989-1991	M. Ramanathan^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991-1996	K. Selvaraj	Indian National Congress
1996-2001	C.T. Dhandapani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001-2006	S. Maheswari^[4]	Indian National Congress
2006-2011	T. Malaravan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Coimbatore West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. E. Chinnadurai	38,645	42.10%	-1.94%
	DMK	Rajamanickam	21,023	22.90%
	CPI	Bhupathy	21,012	22.89%
	SWA	Venkataramana Iyer	8,644	9.42%
	Independent	Natesan	2,278	2.48%
	Independent	P. S. Krishnaswamy	184	0.20%
Margin of victory			17,622	19.20%	-3.50%
Turnout			91,786	78.11%	28.19%
Registered electors			119,949
	INC hold		Swing	-1.94%

^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1971". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1977". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ https://resultuniversity.com › election Coimbatore West Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly ...
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.