Administration and Politics
| Assembly Constituency |
Political Party |
Elected Representative |
|---|---|---|
| Mettuppalayam | AIADMK | O.K. Chinnaraj |
| Sulur | DMDK | K. Thinakaran |
| Kavundampalayam | AIADMK | V.C. Arukutty |
| Singanallur | AIADMK | R. Chinnaswamy |
| Coimbatore (North) | AIADMK | T. Malaravan |
| Thondamuthur | AIADMK | S.P. Velumani |
| Coimbatore (South) | AIADMK | Challenger Dorai |
| Kinathukadavu | AIADMK | S. Damodaran |
| Pollachi | AIADMK | M K Muthukaruppannasamy |
| Valparai (SC) | CPI | M. Arumugham |
| Lok Sabha Constituency |
Political Party |
Elected Representative |
| Coimbatore | CPI(M) | P.R. Natarajan |
| Pollachi | AIADMK | K. Sugumar |
| Nilgiris (SC) | DMK | A. Raja |
| Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India. | ||
The district collector of Coimbatore is Thiru M. Karunakaran, IAS and the district revenue officer is Thiru. A. Shanmuga Sundaram. The following table lists the details of revenue divisions, taluks, firkas and revenue villages.
| Revenue Division | No. of taluks | No. of zones | No. of firkas | No. of revenue villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coimbatore | 3 | 4 | 15 | 100 |
| Pollachi | 3 | 6 | 18 | 225 |
| Total | 6 | 10 | 33 | 325 |
Out of the two revenue divisions, Coimbatore is industrially developed and Pollachi is predominantly agriculture. Coimbatore district has 3 parliament constituencies and 10 assembly constituencies. Under former alliances, from the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2006, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and its allies won 7 constituencies and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies won the remaining 3 constituencies. Since in 2009, the Left Front joined the AIADMK alliance, AIADMK and its allies now hold power in 10 constituencies, while DMK and its allies hold power in 5 constituencies.
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