Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu

Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency
Nilgiris constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Bhavanisagar (SC) Udhagamandalam Gudalur (SC) Coonoor Mettuppalayam Avanashi (SC)
Established	1957
Total electors	13,65,608
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent A. Raja
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 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

From 2009

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

#	Name	District	Member
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

Mettupalayam
Avinashi (SC)
Thondamuthur (moved to Pollachi Constituency)
Coonoor (SC)
Udhagamandalam
Gudalur

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1957	C.Nanjappa	Indian National Congress
1962	Akkamma Devi	Indian National Congress
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	Master Mathan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
2009	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	C. Gopalakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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

2024 Indian general election: Nilgiris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	473,212	46.44	7.92
	BJP	L. Murugan	232,627	22.83	New
	AIADMK	D. Logesh Tamil Selvan	220,230	21.61	12.33
	NTK	Jayakumar	58,821	5.77	New
	NOTA	None of the above	13,000	1.28	0.52
Margin of victory			240,585	21.06	0.64
Turnout			1,142,549
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Nilgiris
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

References

GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
"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.
"Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Nilgiris Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
"General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 19 - NILGIRIS (Tamil Nadu)". Election Commission of India.
"General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links

Nilgiris lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

List of Lok Sabha constituencies and incumbent members of Tamil Nadu

Total: 39 Lok Sabha constituencies

Tiruvallur	Sasikanth Senthil (INC)
Chennai North	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (DMK)
Chennai South	Thamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK)
Chennai Central	Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
Sriperumbudur	T. R. Baalu (DMK)
Kancheepuram	G. Selvam (DMK)
Arakkonam	S. Jagathrakshakan (DMK)
Vellore	D. M. Kathir Anand (DMK)
Krishnagiri	K. Gopinath (INC)
Dharmapuri	A. Mani (DMK)
Tiruvannamalai	C. N. Annadurai (DMK)
Arani	M.S. Tharanivendhan (DMK)
Viluppuram	D. Ravikumar (VCK)

Kallakurichi	Malaiyarasan D (DMK)
Salem	T. M. Selvaganapathy (DMK)
Namakkal	V. S. Matheswaran (DMK)
Erode	K. E. Prakash (DMK)
Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan (CPI)
Nilgiris	A. Raja (DMK)
Coimbatore	Ganapathi P. Rajkumar (DMK)
Pollachi	Eswarasamy (DMK)
Dindigul	R. Sachithanantham (CPI(M))
Karur	S. Jothimani (INC)
Tiruchirappalli	Durai Vaiko (MDMK)
Perambalur	K. N. Arun Nehru (DMK)
Cuddalore	M. K. Vishnu Prasad (INC)

Chidambaram	Thol. Thirumavalavan (VCK)
Mayiladuthurai	Sudha Ramakrishnan (INC)
Nagapattinam	V. Selvaraj (CPI)
Thanjavur	S. Murasoli (DMK)
Sivaganga	Karti P. Chidambaram (INC)
Madurai	S. Venkatesan (CPI(M))
Theni	Thanga Tamil Selvan (DMK)
Virudhunagar	B. Manickam Tagore (INC)
Ramanathapuram	K. Navas Kani (IUML)
Thoothukkudi	Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK)
Tenkasi	Rani Sri Kumar (DMK)
Tirunelveli	C. Robert Bruce (INC)
Kanniyakumari	Vijay Vasanth (INC)

Defunct constituencies

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