Caste factor, cadre base helped AIADMK in Coimbatore region Updated: Updated: DMK candidates defeated in all 10 Assembly constituencies Share Article AAA AIADMK flags flutter beneath and atop the new Gandhipuram flyover in Coimbatore. File photo | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan DMK candidates defeated in all 10 Assembly constituencies Despite mounting a sustained and vociferous attack on the AIADMK’s prominent faces, the DMK has drawn a blank in the Coimbatore region. Its candidates were defeated in all 10 Assembly seats including Singanallur, the lone constituency it had won in 2016. This is the second time in a decade the party, which is set to form the next government, is facing such a debacle.