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Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 11°30′N 76°36′E / 11.5°N 76.6°E / 11.5; 76.6
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Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency
Nilgiris constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituenciesBhavanisagar (SC)
Udhagamandalam
Gudalur (SC)
Coonoor
Mettuppalayam
Avanashi (SC)
Established1957
Total electors13,65,608[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Election

Nilgiris is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 19 of 39. Since 2009 , this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Assembly segments

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From 2009

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Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

# Name District Member Party
107 Bhavanisagar (SC) Erode A. Bannari ADMK
108 Udhagamandalam Nilgiris R. Ganesh INC
109 Gudalur (SC) Pon. Jayaseelan ADMK
110 Coonoor K. Ramachandran DMK
111 Mettuppalayam Coimbatore A. K. Selvaraj ADMK
112 Avanashi (SC) Tiruppur P. Dhanapal ADMK

Before 2009

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  1. Mettupalayam
  2. Avinashi (SC)
  3. Thondamuthur (moved to Pollachi Constituency)
  4. Coonoor (SC)
  5. Udhagamandalam
  6. Gudalur

Members of Parliament

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Year Member[3] Party
1957 C.Nanjappa Indian National Congress
1962 Akkamma Devi
1967 M.K. Nanja Gowder Swatantra Party
1971 J. Matha Gowder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 P. S Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 R. Prabhu Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 S. R. Balasubramaniam Tamil Maanila Congress
1998 Master Mathan Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 R. Prabhu Indian National Congress
2009 A. Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014 C. Gopalakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 A. Raja[4] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 46.44%
2019
 
 54.36%
2014
 
 52.31%
2009
 
 44.67%
2004
 
 63.28%
1999
 
 50.73%
1998
 
 46.49%
1996
 
 62.91%
1991
 
 58.75%
1989
 
 61.49%
1984
 
 60.31%
1980
 
 57.18%
1977
 
 55.85%
1971
 
 58.25%
1967
 
 48.06%
1962
 
 52.54%
1957
 
 59.16%

General Elections 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Raja 473,212 46.44 Decrease7.92
BJP L. Murugan 232,627 22.83 New
AIADMK D. Logesh Tamil Selvan 220,230 21.61 Decrease12.33
NTK Jayakumar 58,821 5.77 New
NOTA None of the above 13,000 1.28 Decrease0.52
Margin of victory 240,585 21.06 Increase0.64
Turnout 1,142,549
Registered electors
DMK hold Swing

General Elections 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Nilgiris[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Raja 547,832 54.36 +13.89
AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan 3,42,009 33.94 −18.37
MNM N. Rajenthiran 41,169 4.09 N/A
Independent M. Ramaswamy 40,419 4.01 New
NOTA None of the above 18,149 1.80 −3.45
Margin of victory 2,05,823 20.42 8.59
Turnout 10,07,774 74.01 3.92
Registered electors 13,66,060 7.63
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 2.05

General Elections 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Gopalakrishnan 463,700 52.31
DMK A. Raja 3,58,760 40.47 −4.20
NOTA None of the above 46,559 5.25
INC P. Gandhi 37,702 4.25
AAP M. T. Rani 12,525 1.41
Margin of victory 1,04,940 11.84 −0.29
Turnout 8,86,517 73.55 −0.84
Registered electors 12,69,173 26.52
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 7.63

General Elections 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Raja 316,802 44.67%
MDMK C. Krishnan 2,30,781 32.54%
DMDK S. Selvaraj 76,613 10.80%
KNMK S. Bhadiran 32,776 4.62%
BJP S. Gurumurthy 18,690 2.64% −30.35%
Independent C. Velmurugan 11,979 1.69%
Independent G. Nagaraju 8,821 1.24%
Margin of victory 86,021 12.13% −18.16%
Turnout 7,09,158 70.75% 11.42%
Registered electors 10,03,168 −23.86%
DMK gain from INC Swing -18.60%

General Elections 2004

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2004 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Prabhu 494,121 63.28% 15.83%
BJP Master Mathan 2,57,619 32.99% −17.74%
Independent T. K. Pappannan 10,649 1.36%
YSRCP P. Kumaran 6,580 0.84%
Independent M. Tirrumurthi 3,630 0.46%
Margin of victory 2,36,502 30.29% 27.00%
Turnout 7,80,890 59.29% 4.19%
Registered electors 13,17,502 −2.30%
INC gain from BJP Swing 12.55%

General Elections 1999

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1999 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Master Mathan 369,828 50.73% 46.47%
INC R. Prabhu 3,45,869 47.44% 21.76%
PT C. Chinnaraj 7,612 1.04%
Margin of victory 23,959 3.29% −5.41%
Turnout 7,29,000 55.08% −11.34%
Registered electors 13,48,475 4.20%
BJP hold Swing -12.17%

General Elections 1998

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1998 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Master Mathan 322,818 46.49%
TMC(M) S. R. Balasubramaniam 2,62,433 37.80%
INC R. Prabhu 1,06,588 15.35%
Margin of victory 60,385 8.70% −28.53%
Turnout 6,94,358 55.50% −10.92%
Registered electors 12,94,110 7.93%
BJP gain from TMC(M) Swing -16.41%

General Elections 1996

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1996 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) S. R. Balasubramaniam 475,515 62.91%
INC R. Prabhu 1,94,139 25.68% −33.07%
JD C. V. Kandasamy 38,462 5.09%
BJP Master Mathan 32,185 4.26% −1.99%
Margin of victory 2,81,376 37.22% 9.82%
Turnout 7,55,924 66.42% 4.18%
Registered electors 11,99,070 8.64%
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing 4.15%

General Elections 1991

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1991 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Prabhu 387,707 58.75% −2.74%
DMK S. Duraisamy 2,06,905 31.35% −6.67%
BJP Master Mathan 41,231 6.25%
IUML K. M. Mohamed Zackariah 7,160 1.09%
Margin of victory 1,80,802 27.40% 3.94%
Turnout 6,59,884 62.24% −5.73%
Registered electors 11,03,713 −0.13%
INC hold Swing -2.74%

General Elections 1989

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1989 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Prabhu 455,411 61.49% 1.18%
DMK S. A. Mahalingam 2,81,640 38.03% 0.99%
Margin of victory 1,73,771 23.46% 0.18%
Turnout 7,40,620 67.98% −3.84%
Registered electors 11,05,096 33.51%
INC hold Swing 1.18%

General Elections 1984

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1984 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Prabhu 341,824 60.31%
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 2,09,885 37.03%
Independent Kovai Ganesan 3,203 0.57%
Independent K. Devappan 2,988 0.53%
Margin of victory 1,31,939 23.28% 5.36%
Turnout 5,66,742 71.82% 5.39%
Registered electors 8,27,733 12.65%
INC gain from INC(I) Swing 3.13%

General Elections 1980

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1980 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) R. Prabhu 273,614 57.18%
JP T. T. S. Thippiah 1,87,871 39.26%
JP(S) G. S. Venkatachalam 8,827 1.84%
Independent K. P. Raju 2,846 0.59%
Independent J. Selavaraj 2,461 0.51%
Margin of victory 85,743 17.92% 4.21%
Turnout 4,78,505 66.43% 2.52%
Registered electors 7,34,760 5.63%
INC(I) gain from AIADMK Swing 1.33%

General Elections 1977

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1977 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. S. Ramalingam 241,777 55.85%
INC(O) M. K. Nanja Gowder 1,82,431 42.14% 0.39%
Independent V. Subramaniam 5,057 1.17%
Independent Aadrpus Mayason 3,622 0.84%
Margin of victory 59,346 13.71% −2.79%
Turnout 4,32,887 63.91% −5.71%
Registered electors 6,95,566 25.58%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -2.40%

General Elections 1971

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1971 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. Matha Gowder 215,654 58.25%
INC(O) Akkamma Devi 1,54,560 41.75% −0.66%
Margin of victory 61,094 16.50% 10.86%
Turnout 3,70,214 69.62% −2.69%
Registered electors 5,53,870 10.31%
DMK gain from SWA Swing 10.20%

General Elections 1967

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1967 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA M. K. N. Gowder 167,712 48.06%
INC A. Devi 1,48,010 42.41% −10.13%
CPI T. S. K. Gowder 33,275 9.53%
Margin of victory 19,702 5.65% −22.68%
Turnout 3,48,997 72.31% 0.78%
Registered electors 5,02,089 11.46%
SWA gain from INC Swing -4.48%

General Elections 1962

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1962 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Akkamma Devi 163,420 52.54% −6.62%
CPI M. E. Madhanan 75,299 24.21%
SWA A. K. Bheeman 72,337 23.26%
Margin of victory 88,121 28.33% −3.40%
Turnout 3,11,056 71.53% 20.09%
Registered electors 4,50,481 12.02%
INC hold Swing -6.62%

General Elections 1957

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1957 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Nanjappan 122,388 59.16%
Independent P. S. Bharathi 56,754 27.43%
Independent P. N. Mariappan 27,727 13.40%
Independent M. V. Ramachandra Naidu 0 0.00%
Margin of victory 65,634 31.73%
Turnout 2,06,869 51.44%
Registered electors 4,02,143
INC win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Nilgiris Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  4. ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 19 - NILGIRIS (Tamil Nadu)". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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11°30′N 76°36′E / 11.5°N 76.6°E / 11.5; 76.6

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