Coimbatore (North)
V. Sampathkumar (TVK) is the MLA for Coimbatore (North).
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 V. Sampathkumar won with 40.9% of the vote, 21,992 votes ahead of Senthil Selvan Durai Devaraj (DMK).
Coimbatore (North) is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 2 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Coimbatore
- Area
- about 50 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 59.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Coimbatore (South) · Kavundampalayam · Singanallur · Thondamuthur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK V. Sampathkumar | 92,500 · 40.9% | DMK Senthil Selvan Durai Devaraj | 70,508 · 31.2% | 21,992 (9.7 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK Amman K. Arjunan | 81,454 · 40.2% | DMK V M Shamuga Sundaram | 77,453 · 38.2% | 4,001 (2.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Arun Kumar. P.R.G. | 77,540 · 41.0% | DMK S.Meenalogu | 69,816 · 37.0% | 7,724 (4.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK T. Malaravan | 93,276 · 60.1% | DMK M. Veeragopal | 53,178 · 34.2% | 40,098 (25.8 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Coimbatore district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 12 October (377 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Coimbatore (North)paler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Coimbatore (North) itself is named in 2 of the district's 2,644 mentions (0.1%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Coimbatore district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Coimbatore district
Coimbatore| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mettupalayam | TVK | 3.2 | 19 |
| Sulur | TVK | 1.8 | 5 |
| Kavundampalayam | TVK | 11.6 | 2 |
| Coimbatore (North) | TVK | 9.7 | 1 |
| Thondamuthur | ADMK | 5.7 | 0 |
| Coimbatore (South) | DMK | 1.4 | 0 |
| Singanallur | TVK | 8.7 | 0 |
| Kinathukadavu | TVK | 4.4 | 0 |
| Pollachi | DMK | 2.5 | 23 |
| Valparai | DMK | 6.2 | 36 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Coimbatore district: no recent headline names Coimbatore (North)
- கோவை சிறையிலிருந்து நாதக கார்த்திகா விடுவிப்புTamil Murasu (SG)
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.